Council Services

Local government services in and around Beccles are provided by three levels of authority: Suffolk County Council, East Suffolk Council, and Beccles Town Council.

We understand it can be difficult to know which council is responsible for what, so we hope the following will clarify this.

Beccles Town Council Responsibilities

Blyburgate Hall

Friday Market

Grants

Planning

Street cleaning

Town Hall

Beccles Allotments

Waveney Meadow

Containers & Storage

Water Quality Testing

East Suffolk Council responsibilities cover a smaller area than Suffolk County Council and has responsibility for delivering services such as:

Benefits

Business

Community

Council Tax

Elections

Environment

Housing

Leisure

Planning

Visitors

Waste

About East Suffolk Council

Suffolk Country Council
Suffolk County Council is responsible for county-wide services including:

Roads and transport

Roadworks, potholes, dropped kerbs, parking, Blue Badges, public transport, gritting, road safety, flooding and reporting a problem on a road or pavement.

Care and support for adults

Support to live independently, help to stay at home, adult social care, paying for care, help for carers, safeguarding and reporting abuse.

Children, families and learning

Schools, children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), childcare, fostering, adoption, children's health, wellbeing and safeguarding.

Council and democracy

County councillors, council tax, consultations, committees and meetings, council directorates, salaries and open data.

Business

Tenders and opportunities, economic development and inward investment, council services and advice for businesses, and local projects and programmes.

Jobs and careers

Find out what it's like working for Suffolk County Council, find a job, temporary vacancies, our values, employee benefits, staff networks and apprenticeships.

Births, deaths and ceremonies

Registration of births and deaths, the Coroner service, marriages, civil partnerships, citizenships and certificates.

Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service

Fire safety advice in the home, for businesses and the community, becoming a firefighter, our fire stations and home fire safety visits.

Suffolk Trading Standards

Trading Standards help, customer rights advice for consumers and businesses, product safety, scams, and how to report an issue.

Planning, waste and environment

Planning applications, waste and recycling centres, development advice, countryside and wildlife, buildings and major infrastructure projects.

Community and safety

Cost of living support, Emergency Planning, crime and public safety, road and online safety, moving to Suffolk, funding and grants.

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