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Properties on a Friday week 1 Waste and Recycling collection incorrectly showing a non-recycling collection due today 19th April 2025.

We are aware of an error impacting Friday week 1 waste collections, which meant some properties showed a non-recycling waste collection due today, 19th April, on Where I Live and the Our Street App, ahead of weekly collections starting from 28th April. This collection was showing in error and the issue which caused this has now been resolved. As per the fortnightly week 1 waste collection still active, your next collection was due Saturday 26th April, and weekly thereafter. Please therefore take your black wheelie bin back in and represent this on your next collection date. Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience that this error may have caused.

A Guide To Renovating Your home

Our Guide To Renovating Your Home booklet It is not a substitute for professional advice but aims to show how your project will be affected by the Planning and Building Regulations.

The guide is divided into chapters that contain advice about popular projects and will explain whether or not you're likely to need Planning Permission or Building Regulations consent.

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Download: LABC and Basildon Building Control - Guide to renovating your home (PDF, 10 MB)(opens new window)

Our Guide To Renovating Your Home booklet contents include:

  • Introduction
    Button image - to downloadable document Guide to renovating your home
  • Planning your project
  • Funding your project
  • Green Deal
  • Consents that you may need
  • Assistance with selling your home
  • Getting your project started
  • Tips for employing builders
  • Conservatories
  • Alterations - partition walls/structural alterations
  • Changing your doors
  • Re-fitting kitchens
  • Re-fitting or adding bathrooms
  • Replacing or adding windows
  • Re-wiring and electrical alterations
  • Replacing boilers and alterations to heating systems
  • Chimneys, flues and wood burners
  • Re-roofing
  • Lighting
  • Re-decoration
  • Insulation
  • Outdoors
  • Conclusion
  • Contacts