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Council Tax Benefit was a means-tested rebate that potentially rebated 100% of a claimant's Council Tax bill. The rebate would be reduced by a fifth of any qualifying income above a certain level; benefits did not qualify for this calculation, but most other income did. In effect, Council Tax Benefit was a rebate for people with low incomes.
Hawthorn Lodge continued to serve as the headquarters of the council for much of the 20th century, [6] but ceased to be the local seat of government when the enlarged Epping Forest District Council was formed at No. 323 High Street in Epping in 1974. [7] [8] By the late 1980s, the council needed more substantial offices.
Epping Forest District Council is based at the Civic Offices at 323 High Street, Epping. [18] When the council was first created it inherited four sets of offices from its predecessors and functions were initially divided between them: [19] Council Offices, Old Station Road, Loughton from Chigwell Urban District Council. 25 Hemnall Street ...
There are three tiers of local government covering Epping, at parish (town), district and county level: Epping Town Council, Epping Forest District Council and Essex County Council. The town council is based at Epping Hall on St John's Road. [11] The district council is also based in the town, at the Civic Offices on High Street. [12]
323 High Street, Epping: Council's offices at the time of its dissolution. At the time of its dissolution it consisted of 29 civil parishes.Since 1 April 1974 it has formed part of the District of Epping Forest, except for the civil parishes of Blackmore, Doddinghurst, Kelvedon Hatch, Navestock and Stondon Massey, which became part of the Borough of Brentwood.
In February 2025, The Guardian named Windsor and Maidenhead as one of the councils "considered to be in serious financial difficulties" alongside Hampshire County Council and Bradford City Council while suggesting that the government would allow councils to increase council tax by up to 25% to avoid issuing Section 114 notices.
The council's headquarters were in the town of Epping. Over its existence, the rural district lost territory to new urban districts. In 1896 Epping became a separate urban district, although Epping RDC continued to be based in the town. Loughton and Chigwell were constituted urban districts in 1900 and 1933 respectively. [1]
The district of Epping Forest is in the county of Essex in England.It was created on 1 April 1974, following the merger of Epping Urban District, Chigwell Urban District, Waltham Holy Cross Urban District, and part of Epping and Ongar Rural District.