Basildon Borough Council
Bins, council tax and planning, and what the council covers
Basildon Borough Council is the district, borough or city council for Basildon. It collects bins and council tax, and decides planning applications. Schools, roads and social care here are run by the county council, Essex. ONS places 4,133 postcodes in use in Basildon, in 13 postcode districts across 2 postcode areas.
91% of homes and businesses in Basildon can get gigabit broadband, Ofcom says. The Environment Agency puts 245 homes and businesses in Basildon in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Do it on Basildon Borough Council's own website
Each link goes straight to the page on the council's own website for that task. We opened every one on 14 October 2026.
Bins and recycling
Council tax
Planning and building
Housing
Roads and parking
Report a problem
Councillors, voting and complaints
The pages are the ones GOV.UK lists for Basildon Borough Council. GOV.UK lists 18. When we opened them on 14 October 2026, 4 pages had gone (missing, or moved to a page about something else), and 3 more did not open for us. We left those out rather than send you to a page we could not see. If one has moved since, tell us.
What broadband can you get in Basildon?
Across Basildon, 91% of homes and businesses can get gigabit broadband and 74% full fibre, Ofcom says.
For one street, look up its postcode: each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.
Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
How much is council tax in Basildon?
Band D for 2026‑27: £2,327 a year
Every other band is a fixed share of Band D, set in law. Band A is two thirds of it; band H is twice it.
| Band | A year |
|---|---|
| Band A | £1,551 |
| Band B | £1,810 |
| Band C | £2,069 |
| Band D | £2,327 |
| Band E | £2,844 |
| Band F | £3,362 |
| Band G | £3,879 |
| Band H | £4,654 |
Band D is the average across the area, including the county council, police, fire and combined authority charges, and parish or town council charges, so a home's own bill can be a little different. Bands other than D are worked out by us from Band D and rounded to the pound. A home's bill also takes off any discount, such as 25% for one adult living alone.
Check one home's band on GOV.UKSource: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 10, published 25 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
How many homes in Basildon are at risk of flooding?
Across Basildon, the Environment Agency puts 245 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 192 postcodes with any property at risk.
High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.
Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them. It leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.
Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Surface water
In Basildon the Environment Agency counts 12,922 properties at high risk of flooding from surface water (14.3% of all its properties), 4,491 at medium risk (5%) and 18,567 at low risk (20.5%). Surface water is rain that cannot drain away fast enough.
Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Surface Water, properties at risk by local authority, version 2025-09, listed 18 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Schools, roads and care: Essex
Basildon has two councils. The county council, Essex, runs schools, roads, social care and libraries here.
Everything Essex County Council doesPostcode districts with postcodes in Basildon
- CM4 postcode district4 of its 442 postcodes in use are in Basildon.
- CM11 postcode district373 of its 453 postcodes in use are in Basildon.
- CM12 postcode district505 of its 507 postcodes in use are in Basildon.
- CM13 postcode district15 of its 702 postcodes in use are in Basildon.
- SS6 postcode district1 of its 747 postcodes in use is in Basildon.
- SS7 postcode district1 of its 1,120 postcodes in use is in Basildon.
- SS11 postcode district306 of its 476 postcodes in use are in Basildon.
- SS12 postcode districtAll 403 of its postcodes in use are in Basildon.
- SS13 postcode districtAll 495 of its postcodes in use are in Basildon.
- SS14 postcode districtAll 735 of its postcodes in use are in Basildon.
- SS15 postcode districtAll 640 of its postcodes in use are in Basildon.
- SS16 postcode district647 of its 658 postcodes in use are in Basildon.
- SS17 postcode district8 of its 786 postcodes in use are in Basildon.
Counted from the ONS Postcode Directory. A postcode district is drawn for sorting post, so many cross a council's edge.
Its postcode areas
Beside each area: how many of its postcodes in use are in Basildon.
Towns and villages
Is an address in Basildon?
A council's edge does not follow postcodes exactly. Check the postcode.
All councils, A to ZWhat Basildon covers: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. Its name, website and own pages: GOV.UK, Local authority services, downloaded 14 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0; every link opened on 14 October 2026. See all our data sources
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