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	Title	Help Topics	Provider	hf:tax:link_library_category
	Potholes: Report road defects, street light, pavements or other highways issues (ECC)	Roads, Parking and Getting Around	Essex County Council	highways community-directory
	Roads: Flooding, drainage, manhole covers (ECC)	Roads, Parking and Getting Around	Essex County Council	highways community-directory
	Waste: Kerbside bin collections and calendar (UDC)	Bins and Waste	Uttlesford District Council	waste-management community-directory
	Nuisance: Reporting dog poo and animal fouling	Animals, Bins and Waste	Uttlesford District Council	animals waste-management community-directory
	Nuisance: Reporting Fly-tipping	Bins and Waste	Uttlesford District Council	waste-management community-directory
	Roads: Street cleaning and littering	Bins and Waste, Roads, Parking and Getting Around	Uttlesford District Council	waste-management highways community-directory
	Nuisance: Reporting Fly-posting	Bins and Waste	Uttlesford District Council	waste-management community-directory
	Contact Essex County Council – Phone: 0345 743 0430	General Inquiries	Essex County Council	general community-directory
	Contact Uttlesford District Council – Phone: 01799 510 510	General Inquiries	Uttlesford District Council	general community-directory
	Contact Saffron Walden Town Council – Phone: 01799 516 501	General Inquiries	Saffron Walden Town Council	general community-directory
	Contact Great Dunmow Town Council – Phone: 01371 872 406	General Inquiries	Great Dunmow Town Council	general community-directory
	Contact R4U	General Inquiries	R4U	general community-directory
	Contact your R4U Councillor	General Inquiries	R4U	general community-directory
	Find your parish, district ward and county division	General Inquiries	mysociety.org	general community-directory
	Uttlesford District Council: A-Z directory of services	General Inquiries	Uttlesford District Council	general community-directory
	Parking: Parking and residents permits (UDC)	Roads, Parking and Getting Around	Uttlesford District Council	highways community-directory
	Buses: Stops and timetables (ECC)	Roads, Parking and Getting Around	Essex County Council	highways community-directory
	Dogs, strays and animal welfare	Animals	Uttlesford District Council	animals community-directory
	Nuisance: Rats, foxes, wasps and controlling other pests	Animals	Uttlesford District Council	animals community-directory
	Allotments	Leisure Time	Saffron Walden Town Council, Uttlesford District Council	leisure-time community-directory
	Council Housing Repairs	Homes and Housing	Uttlesford District Council	housing community-directory
	Council Housing and Homelessness	Homes and Housing	Uttlesford District Council	housing community-directory
	Planning: Planning Applications and Permission	Planning and Development	Uttlesford District Council	planning community-directory
	Planning: Find and comment on a Planning Application	Planning and Development	Uttlesford District Council	planning community-directory
	Council Tax	Money	Uttlesford District Council	money community-directory
	Benefits (UDC)	Money	Uttlesford District Council	money community-directory
	Benefits Calculator	Money	gov.uk	money community-directory
	Getting help with money, debt and benefits with ECC	Money	Essex County Council	money community-directory
	Social Care and health support through ECC	Health and Wellbeing	Essex County Council	health community-directory
	Report abuse or neglect at ECC	Health and Wellbeing	Essex County Council	health community-directory
	Local crime statistics and report a crime with Essex Police	Emergencies and Crime	Essex Police	emergency-services community-directory
	Registering births, marriages and deaths at UDC	Health and Wellbeing	Uttlesford District Council	health community-directory
	Taxis: Licensing and complaints	Businesses, Roads, Parking and Getting Around	Uttlesford District Council	businesses highways community-directory
	Licensing: Apply for an alcohol licence if you’re running an event	Leisure Time	Uttlesford District Council	leisure-time community-directory
	Licensing: Apply for a licence for an event, charity collection, taxi, or gambling (UDC)	Businesses	Uttlesford District Council	businesses community-directory
	Nuisance: Reporting noise, bonfires, abandoned vehicles with UDC Environmental Health	Health and Wellbeing, Homes and Housing	Uttlesford District Council	health housing community-directory
	Parking: Report airport fly-parking	Roads, Parking and Getting Around	Uttlesford District Council	highways community-directory
	Parking: Apply for or renew a Blue Badge at ECC	Health and Wellbeing, Roads, Parking and Getting Around	Essex County Council	health highways community-directory
	Food: See restaurant hygiene ratings or make a complaint	Businesses, Health and Wellbeing, Leisure Time	Uttlesford District Council	businesses health leisure-time community-directory
	Schools: Snow-days and closures	Emergencies and Crime, Schools and Education	Essex County Council	emergency-services schools-and-education community-directory
	Parking: Parking Tickets, street parking and yellow lines	Roads, Parking and Getting Around	Essex County Council, NEPP, Uttlesford District Council	highways community-directory
	Newspapers: Walden Local	Leisure Time	Local Newspapers, Walden Local	leisure-time community-directory
	Newspapers: Saffron Walden Reporter	Leisure Time	Archant, Local Newspapers	leisure-time community-directory
	Newspapers: Dunmow Broadcast	Leisure Time	Archant, Local Newspapers	leisure-time community-directory
	Water: Reporting sewage leaks and blocked sewers	Bins and Waste, Emergencies and Crime, Homes and Housing	Anglian Water, Thames Water, Utilities, Uttlesford District Council	waste-management emergency-services housing community-directory
	Water: Contact Affinity Water, Uttlesford’s water supplier	Homes and Housing	Affinity Water	housing community-directory
	Electricity: Find and report power cuts	Emergencies and Crime, Homes and Housing	UK Power Networks, Utilities	emergency-services housing community-directory
	Broadband: Find your local internet provider options from ECC	Homes and Housing	Essex County Council	housing community-directory
	Need help: Contact Citizens Advice about benefits, money, relationships, housing and more	Health and Wellbeing, Money	Uttlesford Citizens Advice, Volunteer Sector	health money community-directory
	Samaritans: Having a difficult time? Call 116 123 for free	Health and Wellbeing	Samaritans, Volunteer Sector	health community-directory
	Can’t afford to eat? Contact Uttlesford Foodbank	Health and Wellbeing	Uttlesford Foodbank, Volunteer Sector	health community-directory
	Leisure Centre: Great Dunmow	Leisure Time	Uttlesford District Council	leisure-time community-directory
	Leisure Centre: Saffron Walden	Leisure Time	Uttlesford District Council	leisure-time community-directory
	Leisure Centre: Stansted Mountfitchet	Leisure Time	Uttlesford District Council	leisure-time community-directory
	Market: Saffron Walden	Businesses	Saffron Walden Town Council	businesses community-directory
	Market: Thaxted (Fridays)	Businesses	Thaxted Parish Council	businesses community-directory
	Libraries: Find your local library branch and opening hours	Leisure Time, Schools and Education	Essex County Council	leisure-time schools-and-education community-directory
	Waste: Find your local waste and recycling centre locations and opening times	Bins and Waste	Essex County Council	waste-management community-directory
	Report an unauthorised Traveller encampment to ECC	Homes and Housing	Essex County Council	housing community-directory
	Adult Education: Find out about courses and learning for adults supported by ECC	Schools and Education	Essex County Council	schools-and-education community-directory
	Find out about Children’s Services at ECC	Health and Wellbeing	Essex County Council	health community-directory
	Potholes: Report defects to ECC via FixMyStreet.com and see the road defect map	Roads, Parking and Getting Around	Essex County Council	highways community-directory
	Book a community centre or hall from Saffron Walden Town Council	Leisure Time	Saffron Walden Town Council	leisure-time community-directory
	Feeling lonely or isolated? Contact CVSU	Health and Wellbeing	Council for Voluntary Services Uttlesford (CVSU), Volunteer Sector	health community-directory
	Find health and wellbeing services from Uttlesford Frontline	Health and Wellbeing	Uttlesford Frontline, Volunteer Sector	health community-directory
	Get help for loneliness and isolation in the Stansted area	Health and Wellbeing	Touchpoint, Volunteer Sector	health community-directory
	Schools: Admissions at ECC	Schools and Education	Essex County Council	schools-and-education community-directory
	Schools: Buses and transport (ECC)	Schools and Education	Essex County Council	schools-and-education community-directory
	Schools: Special Educational Needs & Disabilities (ECC)	Health and Wellbeing, Schools and Education	Essex County Council	health schools-and-education community-directory
	Which council is responsible for what service?	General Inquiries	R4U	general community-directory
	Check Listed Building status and Conservation Areas	Planning and Development	Uttlesford District Council	planning community-directory
	Planning: Find or apply for Tree Preservation Orders (TPOs) or for approval to cut	Planning and Development	Uttlesford District Council	planning community-directory
	See the UDC area map, including rights of way, TPOs, zoning and more (turn on layers at the top right)	Planning and Development	Uttlesford District Council	planning community-directory
	Book a community centre or hall from Great Dunmow Town Council	Leisure Time	Great Dunmow Town Council	leisure-time community-directory
	Trading Standards: Report a business acting unfairly or breaking the law	Businesses	Citizens Advice	businesses community-directory
	Water: Find your water and sewage supplier by postcode	Homes and Housing	Water UK	housing community-directory
	Trains: Greater Anglia timetables	Roads, Parking and Getting Around	Greater Anglia	highways community-directory
	Trains: Greater Anglia departure boards	Roads, Parking and Getting Around	Greater Anglia	highways community-directory
	Trains: Tube status	Roads, Parking and Getting Around	Transport for London	highways community-directory
	Uttlesford District Council: Calendar of council meetings	General Inquiries	Uttlesford District Council	general community-directory
	Potholes: Claim from ECC for pothole damage to your vehicle	Roads, Parking and Getting Around	Essex County Council	highways community-directory
	Title	Help Topics	Provider	hf:tax:link_library_category