35+ min ago   (493+ words) Concerns have been raised that residents won't be able to park outside their own homes Concerns have been raised over parking in a small Essex village if plans to extend one of the most celebrated restaurants in the county. Alec’s…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (290+ words) St Mary the Virgin church in Tilty, near Dunmow, Essex(Image: Google Street View) Essex is home to some stunning rural villages dotted around the county. Each of them come with their own personalities and history, but some are more…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (535+ words) Linda Stanton, 71, a Braintree resident, hopes the security patrols will make a difference(Image: Matt Lee/EssexLive) Women in an Essex town have reacted to plans for a vigilante security operation funded by the county council. The scheme, dubbed Operation…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (500+ words) The group moved onto the four-acre field in Essex with 30 lorries to rip up grassland - just hours after the council closed for the bank holiday Travellers who carried out a bold "Bank Holiday land grab" by bulldozing a wildlife habitat…...

2+ week, 23+ hour ago   (442+ words) A leading Basildon councillor has said he is “extremely unhappy” with his own council's planning team following the launch of an appeal for more than 900 homes in Billericay. Developers who want permission to build 910 homes at Foots Farm, off Southend…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (353+ words) An Essex hotel has come under fire after visitors reported that the grounds are "littered with rubbish" with "disgusting" rooms. In 2020, the Rivenhall Hotel in Witham, located just off the A12, was being used to house asylum seekers. The Home Office…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (266+ words) Plans have been submitted to transform an old Brentwood bank, that has remained empty for almost a year, into a brand new business. The building next to KFC on Brentwood's high street has been left empty for months. 12 High Street…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (210+ words) (Image: Charlie Ridler LDR) 12,000 new homes are expected to be built across Colchester, a housing plan has revealed. They are new allocations as part of how Colchester City Council will plan, monitor and manage the delivery of more than 20,000 new…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (137+ words) Church Street Saffron Walden(Image: Google Street View) A historic Essex street has been closed due to an "unsafe structure" in the area. Uttlesford District Council has announced that an unsafe structure has been identified on Church Street, Saffron Walden....

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (163+ words) It's one of the 10 of the least friendly places An Essex area may be one of the least friendly places to live in the country, according to an ongoing independent study. Out of 296 local authorities in England, Thurrock currently ranks…...