East Suffolk District Council

Bins, council tax and planning, and what the council covers

East Suffolk District Council is the district, borough or city council for East Suffolk. It collects bins and council tax, and decides planning applications. Schools, roads and social care here are run by the county council, Suffolk. ONS places 9,097 postcodes in use in East Suffolk, in 19 postcode districts across 2 postcode areas.

85% of homes and businesses in East Suffolk can get gigabit broadband, Ofcom says. The Environment Agency puts 4,255 homes and businesses in East Suffolk in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea.

Its own pages listed
16
Postcodes in use
9,097
Postcode districts
19
Towns and villages
23

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources

Its website

East Suffolk District Council

eastsuffolk.gov.uk

Name and website as GOV.UK gives them.

Do it on East Suffolk District 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 East Suffolk District Council. GOV.UK lists 17. When we opened them on 14 October 2026, 1 page had gone (missing, or moved to a page about something else). We left it 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 East Suffolk?

Across East Suffolk, 85% of homes and businesses can get gigabit broadband and 85% full fibre, Ofcom says.

Full fibre85% can get it
Gigabit (1,000 Mbit/s)85% can get it
Superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)98% can get it
Cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s)Under 1%

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 East Suffolk?

Band D for 2026‑27: £2,335 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.

BandA year
Band A£1,557
Band B£1,816
Band C£2,075
Band D£2,335
Band E£2,854
Band F£3,372
Band G£3,891
Band H£4,670

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.UK

Source: 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 East Suffolk are at risk of flooding?

Across East Suffolk, the Environment Agency puts 4,255 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 1,170 postcodes with any property at risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 1,170 postcodes High: 2,732Medium: 1,523Low: 4,506Very low: 2,342

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 East Suffolk the Environment Agency counts 4,795 properties at high risk of flooding from surface water (3% of all its properties), 4,026 at medium risk (2.5%) and 13,044 at low risk (8.1%). 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: Suffolk

East Suffolk has two councils. The county council, Suffolk, runs schools, roads, social care and libraries here.

Everything Suffolk County Council does

Postcode districts with postcodes in East Suffolk

Counted from the ONS Postcode Directory. A postcode district is drawn for sorting post, so many cross a council's edge.

Its postcode areas

IP postcode area: Ipswich, postcodes in use here:6,101 of 21,951NR postcode area: Norwich, postcodes in use here:2,996 of 24,304

Beside each area: how many of its postcodes in use are in East Suffolk.

Towns and villages

LowestoftFelixstoweWoodbridgeKesgraveBecclesHalesworthLeistonAldeburghBungayIpswichFramlinghamSaxmundhamSouthwoldKessinglandReydonWorlinghamMartlesham HeathTrimley St MaryMeltonWickham MarketGrundisburghRendleshamTrimley St Martin

Is an address in East Suffolk?

A council's edge does not follow postcodes exactly. Check the postcode.

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What East Suffolk 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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