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The City of Colchester is a local government district with city status in Essex, England, named after its main settlement, Colchester.It is, with 194,394 people according to Office of National Statistics estimate for mid 2022, the most populous district in Essex and also includes the towns of West Mersea and Wivenhoe and the surrounding rural areas stretching from Dedham Vale on the Suffolk ...
Borough/district councils are responsible for local planning and building control, council housing, environmental health, markets and fairs, refuse collection and recycling, cemeteries and crematoria, leisure services, parks, and tourism.
The interior featured a marble staircase with a statue of Queen Victoria and a monument to the Colchester Martyrs. The first floor was equipped a mayoral suite, a committee room and the council chamber with a painted ceiling and stained glass by Clayton and Bell. [4] The second floor was fitted out with a large assembly hall called the Moot ...
2023 Colchester City Council election; 2024 Colchester City Council election This page was last edited on 12 February 2017, at 21:37 (UTC). Text ...
District Councils were created alongside County Councils and are responsible for running services such as housing, economic development, waste collection, planning and community services. Following the re-organisation of local government the Association of District Councils (ADC) was set up in April 1974.
Borough and district council responsibilities include waste management, the consideration of planning applications and the provision of certain leisure services e.g. swimming pools and fitness centres.
Tiptree is within the City of Colchester and is administered by Tiptree Parish Council, Colchester City Council and Essex County Council. It is within the Parliamentary constituency of Witham . Tiptree was the site of the Tiptree sneeze, an event that occurred on 22 February 2014 at a concert by the London Central Fellowship Band at St. Luke's ...
There are several theories about the origin of the name Colchester.Some contend that is derived from the Latin words colonia (referring to a type of Roman settlement with rights equivalent to those of Roman citizens, one of which was believed to have been founded in the vicinity of Colchester) and castra, meaning fortifications (referring to the city walls, the oldest in Britain).