District council · England
Basildon
Basildon is a district council. It shares responsibility with its county council, which runs the larger services.
What this council is responsible for
Basildon
District council · E07000066
- Planning applications
- Bin and recycling collection
- Council tax and business rates collection
- Housing and homelessness
- Licensing
- Environmental health
- Parks and leisure
- Local elections
Type
District council
Lower tier of two
Official code
E07000066
ONS GSS code
Nation
England
Local planning authority
Yes. Decides planning applications in its area.
Other bodies covering this area
Essex
Fire and rescue authority
- Fire and rescue
22
Postcode sectors
14
Wards
3
Constituencies
5 of these postcode sectors are shared with a neighbouring council. Postcode sectors are a Royal Mail construct and do not follow council boundaries.
Boundary
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Ultra-generalised boundary (500 m) from the ONS Open Geography Portal, Open Government Licence v3. Indicative at this scale; not for legal or planning use. See it among its neighbours on the UK map →
Towns in this area
Parliamentary constituencies
Wards
14 wards recorded in this council area.
Billericay East · Billericay West · Burstead · Castledon & Crouch · Fryerns · Laindon Park · Langdon Hills · Lee Chapel North · Nethermayne · Pitsea North West · Pitsea South East · St Martin's · Wickford North · Wickford Park
Postcode sectors
Sources: ONS Open Geography Portal (boundaries and names, retrieved 2026-09-05, Open Government Licence v3); National Statistics Postcode Lookup May 2026; Wikidata (official website, CC0). Official code E07000066.