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Essex County Council

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Contracts running: 254
Ending in the next year: 87
Payments published: £17.1B
Paid in 2026-27 so far: £1.2B
Council tax collected: £799.0M
Borrowing: £478.5M
Debt interest: £21.7M a year
Schools: 610
Properties owned: 1

About

Essex County Council is a county council serving 1,576,125 people. Housing, planning and parking are run by the 12 district councils in its area. It has published 3,451,564 payments since 2019-20, worth £17.1B, and 254 of the 1,051 contracts on record are still running.

Paid most in 2026-27 so far

District councilsBasildon Braintree Brentwood Castle Point Chelmsford Colchester Epping Forest Harlow Maldon Rochford Tendring Uttlesford

Spending

Payments of any amount, published to August 2026

Paid in 2026-27 so far: £1.20B; April to August 2026
Same months of 2025: £1.26B; 2026-27 is 4% lower
Payments: 208,673; in 2026-27 so far
Latest month published: August 2026

Paid each month

Spending to note, 2026-27 so far

Taxis and passenger transport: £8.2M; 414 payments ·
Payments to individuals: £51.0M; Names withheld ·
Consultancy: £3.7M
Agency staff: £12.9M

Borrowing

End of December 2025

£478.5M borrowed and £572.3M invested.

Public Works Loan Board£460.5M · 96%

Other lenders£18.0M · 4%

Council details

Type: County council
Code: E10000012
Population: 1,576,125
Payments: 2019-20 to 2026-27
Contract notices: 1,051, latest 28 Oct 2026

Latest contract notices

Stationery28 Oct 2026 · Awarded · £150K · Banner Group Limited Maylandsea Primary School SEND26 Oct 2026 · In Delivery · £134K · RE-Gen Harlow Fields School26 Oct 2026 · Ended · £101K · Phelan Construction Limited

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