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Uttlesford: what’s happening where you live
What the council itself has published on the five things it most shapes for a household: homes, getting about, the bill, the local environment and schools. Each line is quoted from the council’s own document, with the link. This page says what was decided or proposed; it never says whether it was right.
Uttlesford District Council: Non-metropolitan district (lower tier), England, East of England; within the county of ESS. GOV.UK lists it as a district council, within Essex County Council.
Do it online
- Household waste collection: Providing information
- Household waste collection: Reporting
- Bulky household waste collections: Applications for service
- Household garden waste: Providing information
- Recycling bags and containers: Providing information
- Flytipping: Reporting
- Noise pollution: Reporting
- Council tax annual notification: Providing information
- Council tax discount: Applications for service
- Council tax benefit new claim: Applications for service
- Housing benefit new claim: Providing information
- Electoral register: Providing information
- Parking permits: Providing information
- Planning decision notices: Providing information
- Councillors directory: Providing information
- Complaints procedure: Providing information
Housing
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Transport
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Council tax
Band D set by Uttlesford for 2026–27: £187.46 of a £2,333.82 total bill in the area.
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Environment
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Education
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What the council plans to spend, 2026–27
| Service | Budget |
|---|---|
| Education services | none budgeted |
| Highways and transport services | −£1.2 million |
| Children's social care | none budgeted |
| Adult social care | none budgeted |
| Public health | £210,000 |
| Housing services (general fund only) | £2.2 million |
| Cultural and related services | £2.3 million |
| Environmental and regulatory services | £8.8 million |
| Planning and development services | £2.4 million |
| Police services | none budgeted |
| Fire and rescue services | none budgeted |
| Central services | £5.8 million |
| Other services | none budgeted |
| Total service expenditure | £20.6 million |
Uttlesford in numbers
- Total population
- 95,106 people
- Median age
- 44 years
- Gross disposable household income per head
- £33,494
- Gross median weekly pay
- £815
- Children in relative poverty after housing costs
- 13.9%
- Claimant Count
- 1.9%
- Average house price
- £476,329
- Housing affordability ratio (residence-based)
- 9.2 affordability ratio
- Greenhouse gas emissions
- 8.8 tCO2e per capita
- Gigabit capable broadband
- 82.9%
- Public electric vehicle chargers
- 164.0 per 100,000 population
- Active businesses
- 5,700 number of enterprises
Who runs the council
39 seats in 2026. Run by: independents, with a majority.
Councillors by party: Residents for Uttlesford 19, Conservative and Unionist 10, Liberal Democrats 4, Independent / Other 3, Reform UK 3.
Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.
All 39 councillors, by ward
- John Moran (Conservative and Unionist) — Ashdon
- Geof Driscoll (Residents for Uttlesford) — Broad Oak & the Hallingburys
- Neil Reeve (Residents for Uttlesford) — Broad Oak & the Hallingburys
- Edward Oliver (Conservative and Unionist) — Clavering
- Stewart Luck (Residents for Uttlesford) — Debden & Wimbish
- Bianca Donald (Residents for Uttlesford) — Elsenham & Henham
- Petrina Lees (Residents for Uttlesford) — Elsenham & Henham
- John Evans (Residents for Uttlesford) — Felsted & Stebbing
- Richard Silcock (Liberal Democrats) — Felsted & Stebbing
- Christian Criscione (Conservative and Unionist) — Flitch Green & Little Dunmow
- Alexander Armstrong (Residents for Uttlesford) — Great Dunmow North
- John Davey (Conservative and Unionist) — Great Dunmow North
- Brian Regan (Independent / Other) — Great Dunmow South & Barnston
- Chris Martin (Conservative and Unionist) — Great Dunmow South & Barnston
- Thomas Loveday (Conservative and Unionist) — Great Dunmow South & Barnston
- Mark Lemon (Conservative and Unionist) — Hatfield Heath
- Susan Barker (Conservative and Unionist) — High Easter & the Rodings
- Neil Gregory (Independent / Other) — Littlebury, Chesterford & Wenden Lofts
- Richard Pavitt (Independent / Other) — Littlebury, Chesterford & Wenden Lofts
- Judy Emanuel (Residents for Uttlesford) — Newport
- Neil Hargreaves (Residents for Uttlesford) — Newport
- Alex Reeve (Residents for Uttlesford) — Saffron Walden Audley
- Arthur Coote (Residents for Uttlesford) — Saffron Walden Audley
- Heather Asker (Reform UK) — Saffron Walden Castle
- Richard Freeman (Residents for Uttlesford) — Saffron Walden Castle
- Chloë Fiddy (Residents for Uttlesford) — Saffron Walden Shire
- Daniel McBirnie (Residents for Uttlesford) — Saffron Walden Shire
- Jubeyuir Ahmed (Residents for Uttlesford) — Saffron Walden Shire
- Alan Dean (Liberal Democrats) — Stansted North
- Geoffrey Sell (Liberal Democrats) — Stansted North
- Nick Church (Conservative and Unionist) — Stansted South & Birchanger
- Ray Gooding (Conservative and Unionist) — Stansted South & Birchanger
- Janice Loughlin (Liberal Democrats) — Stort Valley
- Geoff Bagnall (Reform UK) — Takeley
- Maggie Sutton (Residents for Uttlesford) — Takeley
- Mark Coletta (Reform UK) — Takeley
- Martin Foley (Residents for Uttlesford) — Thaxted & the Eastons
- Richard Haynes (Residents for Uttlesford) — Thaxted & the Eastons
- Mike Tayler (Residents for Uttlesford) — The Sampfords