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With just five weeks to go until the return of Southend City Jam, the UK’s largest free street art festival, preparations are well underway to transform Southend’s city centre and seafront into a spectacular open-air gallery.

A new app has been launched by Southend-on-Sea City Council, in partnership with SUEZ, to help residents manage their household recycling and non-recyclable waste more easily.

Following discussion at last night’s Cabinet meeting (21 July, item 4), residents are set to be asked for their views on new planning powers aimed at tackling or limiting fast-food outlets near schools.

Southend-on-Sea City Council’s Cabinet has approved a bold £100 million, five-year investment plan to help tackle the growing housing pressures in the city (Cabinet, 21 July, item 6).

Southend-on-Sea City Council is set to introduce major changes to household waste and recycling collections from October 2025. The new scheme will include the rollout of wheeled bins, alternate weekly collections for general and recycling waste, and continued weekly food waste services. The aim is to boost recycling rates, reduce landfill, and cut costs amid rising environmental and financial pressures.

Every Southend-on-Sea household will soon receive important letters outlining upcoming changes to their kerbside recycling and waste collections in the Autumn. 

Southend-on-Sea City Council has welcomed the outcome of a court case that saw ten teenagers sentenced for violent disorder in the city last summer.

Children across Southend are invited to take part in this year’s Summer Reading Challenge, running from Thursday 24 July to Saturday 30 August. 

Should Essex have 3 or 5 councils? Thousands of Essex residents have already responded to a survey from a group of councils backing a proposal for 5 councils, and you can too over the next few days. 

Southend-on-Sea City Council is pleased to confirm a new agreement with Stephensons of Essex to deliver a vital extended bus service for residents living around Highlands Estate and West Leigh areas.