Customer service centre – email and online

You can contact the customer service centre by:

  • Email
  • Calling: 01702 215000

You can also contact a service directly through one of our MySouthend online forms.

You will receive an immediate automatic acknowledgement so that you know we have received your enquiry.

Where they have the information available, our staff will send you a reply within 5 working days, sooner if your request relates to a shorter service standard.

If our staff are unable to answer your enquiry, it will be referred to a specialist from the department concerned and you will receive a further email letting you know what is happening and advising you of your unique reference number. You will then receive a full reply from the specialist once they have considered your query.

The targets to which Customer Service Centre staff work with regard to e mails are:

Use first column for service then move across for response target and year to date.
Service Response target Year to date

council@southend.gov.uk

100% of emails will be answered within 5 days*

100%

*Relates to emails suitable for answer in full by the customer service centre and excludes those referred for specialist reply.

We review our standards annually, if you have comments about them that you would like us to take into account, please get in touch.

Contact switchboard and out of hours

Telephone: 01702 215000

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