To cancel a Proxy or Postal Vote or amend a Proxy vote, please complete and return this form

For commercial waste enquiries, please see our website for further information.

Anglia Revenues Partnership runs this service on behalf of East Cambridgeshire District Council. 

Anglia Revenues Partnership (ARP) is currently made up of Revenues Services for Breckland Council, Fenland District Council, East Cambridgeshire District Council, West Suffolk Council and East Suffolk Council who are working together to provide a quality Council Tax, Business Rates and Benefits Service for all our residents.

For further information, please see our website.

You might be able to get help for energy-saving improvements to your home if you are on certain benefits and own or privately rent your home.

You may get all or part of the cost of:

• insulation work, eg to your loft or cavity walls
• replacing or repairing your boiler - or other upgrades to your heating

For more information go to the Gov.uk website.

Information about CCTV cameras in the area.

CCTV on private property

Environmental Health are unable to assist and and have no powers when it comes to people installing CCTV systems on their own properties.

To complain about the direction of the camera, please report to the Information Commissioners Office. 

• https://ico.org.uk
• https://ico.org.uk/your-data-matters/domestic-cctv-systems-guidance-for-people-being-filmed

CCTV cameras on domestic properties can in some/most circumstances be installed under permitted development (not requiring planning permission) – contact planning with enquiries.

If images are used for harassment purposes contact the Police.

For a privacy issue go to https://ico.org.uk/your-data-matters/domestic-cctv-systems-guidance-for-people-using-cctv

All East Cambridgeshire planning applications can be found on the public access website.

This can be searched either by using the number on any correspondence you have recieved or by using part of the address.

You will need a Temporary Event Notice if you are planning to:

• sell or supply alcohol
• supply alcohol to a club member, or to guests of members of a club
• hold regulated entertainment
• provide late-night refreshment (selling hot food and drink between 23:00 and 05:00)

For details of how to apply, please see our website

You will need a Personal Licence if you are planning:

• to authorise the sale or supply of alcohol in accordance with a premises licence
• you want to become a Designated Premises Supervisor on a Premises Licence
• you need to increase the number of Temporary Event Notices you can apply for

For details of how to apply, please see our website.

You will need a Premises Licence if you are planning to:

• sell or supply alcohol
• hold regulated entertainment
• provide late-night refreshment (selling hot food and drink between 23:00 and 05:00)

For details of how to apply, please see our website.

If you receive mail showing your address but in someone else's name, it is likely that they previously lived at your address.

If you know the address that the person has moved to, you can forward the mail to them.  To do this, you should:

• cross out the address on the front of the envelope with a pen
• write 'NO LONGER AT THIS ADDRESS, PLEASE FORWARD' on the front of the envelope, followed by their new address
• place the letter back in the post box, which is free of charge

Royal Mail will charge extra postage and may charge a handling fee for forwarding an item if it has been opened before being re-posted, if the name of the original addressee has been covered or obscured, or if it has been forwarded by a business.

Mail originally sent using 'Special Delivery' or 'Recorded Signed For' services will either be delivered or returned to the sender and extra postage and/or a handling fee will be charged.

If you do not recognise the name or don't know the previous occupier's new address, you should:

• cross out the address on the front of the envelope with a pen
• write 'NOT KNOWN AT THIS ADDRESS, RETURN TO SENDER' on the front of the envelope
• place the letter back into a post box, which is free of charge

If there is no return address visible, Royal Mail has a returned letter centre in Belfast where they are allowed to open the mail in an attempt to identify the sender so they can return it.  The returned letter centre can add these details to their database and the unwanted mail should stop.

If they cannot identify who the mail should be sent to, the item will be destroyed.

Property numbers and/or names must be displayed on the property.  

Ideally the number and/or name should be at least 100mm in height and on a contrasting background and should be clearly visible from the highway.

This may require the number and/or name to be displayed at the property boundary and not necessarily just on the front door of the property.  Also consider how visible the property number and/or name is at night.

For more information about Street Naming & Numbering, see our website.

If you move into a new build property and find that the property does not have a postcode, it is likely that the postcode has not been activated.  

To activate the postcode, either call the Royal Mail Address Management Centre on:

0345 606 6854 and option 3 (8:30am – 5pm)

Email: address.management@royalmail.com

See our website for more information about street naming and numbering.

The grass cutting schedule can be found on the Council's Website.

East Cambs are responsible for the following play areas:

Ely

Beresford Road, CB6 3WD

Brooke Grove, CB6 3WT

Collier Close, CB6 3WX

Cherry Drive, CB6 2FP

Darwin Close, CB6 3WY

Ely Country Park, CB7 4PU

Goldsmiths Court, CB6 3FW

Jubilee Gardens, CB7 ABJ

Kingsley Walk, CB6 3BZ

Morley Drive, CB6 3FQ

Murfitts Close, CB6 3FN

Tennyson Place, CB6 3WF

Littleport

Fishers Bank, CB6 1LL

Highfields Green, CB6 1FN

Sandys Crescent, CB6 1LP

The Orchards, CB6 1GH

The Paddocks, CB6 1EX

Mepal

Meadow Way, CB6 2GH

Soham

Bittern Grove, CB7 5FR

Celandine View, CB7 5DP

Downfields, CB7 5BG

Kingfisher Drive, CB7 5GP

Lapling Way, CB7 5GE

Lion Mills, CB7 5FN

Millers Place, CB7 5ZU

Teal Avenue, CB7 5UX

Witchford

Victoria Green, CB6 2XB

Please see our website for more details.

Where possible we will remove graffiti from public property, but graffiti on private property is the responsibility of the property owner. However, ECSS will remove offensive graffiti from private property, free of charge, with the land owners permission.

We aim to remove offensive graffiti quickly, within 48 hours.

Report Graffiti Online

Please visit our website for full information on how to comment on an application.

For advice and information on what you need to do for a demolition, please visit our website: Demolition Information 

Shopmobility is a scheme to provide electrically powered scooters and manual wheelchairs to help people who have limited mobility - through permanent or temporary disablement, accident, illness or pregnancy - to shop and use the other facilities in Ely.  The service must be pre-booked.

The office is at Ely Museum in Market Street, Ely, and parking is available at The Grange.  There is no charge for this service.

To book, or for more information contact Ely Museum on 01353-666655

The Museum is open from 10.30am - 5.30pm.

Shopmobility is open on Thursday, Friday and Saturday between 10.30am - 1.00pm, and 2.00pm - 4.00pm.

These complaints generally would not be considered a statutory nuisance under the Environmental Protection Act 1990, although this link to some guidance may help from the Department of Transport:

• Quiet Deliveries

See our website for more information about noise nuisance.

There is guidance with regard to building site times, and these times are usually as below:

• Monday to Friday: 7:30am to 6:00pm
• Saturday: 7:30am to 1:00pm
• Sunday: No noisy work at all

There are no limits to the levels of noise of building sites within the above times, although under Health & Safety legislation, there are precautions that have to be taken with regard to the employees on the site, wearing ear protection etc. As the noise is only for a short period, it is unlikely to be a statutory nuisance.

For more information and to report a problem online, please go to our website.

For planning advice in the first instance, we recommend that you visit the Interactive House on the Planning Portal.

There is also some technical guidance which helps to clarify common queries regarding permitted development 

Permitted development rights for householders (PDF)

For further information about Planning in our district, please see our website.

For planning advice in the first instance, we recommend that you visit the Interactive House on the Planning Portal or Planning Permission - Fences, gates and garden walls - Planning Portal.

For further information about Planning in our district, please see our website. 

*In a conservation area, you might need permission to take down a fence, wall or gate. Find out more about conservation areas and when permission may be required.Conservation Areas - Other permissions you may require - Planning Portal

For planning advice in the first instance, we recommend that you visit the Interactive House on the Planning Portal or Planning Permission - Outbuildings - Planning Portal.

For further information about Planning in our district, please see our website.

There is also some technical guidance which helps to clarify common queries regarding permitted development:

Permitted development rights for householders (PDF) 

For planning advice in the first instance, we recommend that you visit the Interactive House on the Planning Portal or Outdoor swimming pool - Swimming pools - Planning Portal.

For further information about Planning in our district, please see our website.

For planning advice in the first instance, we recommend that you visit the Interactive House on the Planning Portal or Planning Permission: Solar equipment mounted on a house or a block of flats or on a building within the curtilage - Solar panels - Planning Portal

Further information can be found on the Council's website.

For planning advice in the first instance, we recommend that you visit the Interactive House on the Planning Portal or Planning Permission - Outbuildings - Planning Portal.

For further information about Planning in our district, please see our website.

For planning advice in the first instance, we recommend that you visit the Interactive House on the Planning Portal or Planning Permission - Outbuildings - Planning Portal.

For further information about Planning in our district please see our website. 

There is also some technical guidance which helps to clarify common queries regarding permitted development: Permitted development rights for householders (PDF)

Please direct your enquiry to  Anglian Water

For planning advice in the first instance, we recommend that you visit the Interactive House on the Planning Portal or Planning Permission: General information - Satellite, TV and radio antenna - Planning Portal.

For further information about Planning in our district please see our website.

There is also some technical guidance which helps to clarify common queries regarding permitted development:

Permitted development rights for householders (PDF).

For planning advice in the first instance, we recommend that you visit the Interactive House on the Planning Portal or Planning Permission - Flue, chimney or soil and vent pipe - Planning Portal for chimneys and Roof - Planning Permission - Roof - Planning Portal for roof work.

For further information about planning in our district, please see our website.

There is also some technical guidance here which helps to clarify common queries regarding permitted development: Permitted development rights for householders

All enquiries about private roads or roads on new developments that have not been completed refer to County Council 0345 045 5212. Alternatively go to the Cambridgeshire County Council website.

For planning advice in the first instance, we recommend that you visit the Interactive House on the Planning Portal or Planning Permission - Porches - Planning Portal.

For further information about Planning in our district, please see our website.

There is also some technical guidance here which helps to clarify common queries regarding permitted development:

Permitted development rights for householders (PDF)

Please see our Please see our website for information about the Planning process.

Applying for Permission | East Cambridgeshire District Council (eastcambs.gov.uk)

No works can be carried out when only outline planning permission has been obtained.

A reserved matters or full application is required before work can commence. The form is available on Applying for Permission | East Cambridgeshire District Council (eastcambs.gov.uk)

For more information, please see our website.

For planning advice in the first instance, we recommend that you visit the Interactive House on the Planning Portal or Planning Permission - Outbuildings - Planning Portal

For further information about Planning in our district, please see our website.

There is also some technical guidance here which helps to clarify common queries regarding permitted development:

Permitted development rights for householders (PDF)

We are unable to supply Ordnance Survey Maps or Location Plans.

Please visit the Ordnance Survey website or visit the Planning Portal for more information.

Alternatively, the following may be of use to you:-

• Blackwells, 20 Trinity Street, Cambridge (t: 01223 463241)
• Cambridge Copy Studio Ltd, 3 Clifton Road, Cambridge (t: 01223 211554)
• Mail Boxes etc Cambridge, 23 King Street, Cambridge (t: 01223 361601)

For planning advice in the first instance, we recommend that you visit the Interactive House on the Planning Portal or Planning Permission - Fuel tanks - Planning Portal

For further information about Planning in our district, please see our website.

Objections are available to view via Public Access or by viewing the working file.  

Objections should be submitted in writing or online, PLservices@eastcambs.gov.uk, during the 21 day consultation period, however, objections may still be considered outside of this timescale, as long as before a decision is issued.

Please ensure that your comments relate to material planning considerations as listed What are material considerations? - Planning Portal

For further information about Planning in our district, please see our website.

Please view the Pre Application Advice available on our main website.

Our Licensing information pages may also be helpful if you are holding an event.

For more information about Planning in our district, please see our website

For planning advice in the first instance, we recommend that you visit the Interactive House on the Planning Portal Planning Permission - Loft conversion - Planning Portal.

For more information about Planning in our district, please see our website.

There is also some technical guidance here which helps to clarify common queries regarding permitted development:

Permitted development rights for householders (PDF)

In the first instance, please view our website Listed Buildings | East Cambridgeshire District Council (eastcambs.gov.uk) or alternatively the planning portal webpage Listed building consent - Consent types - Planning Portal.

You may also like to visit our Listed Buildings & Conservation Area webpages for more information.

All enquiries about Land Ownership should be referred to the Land Registry Website or they can be contacted on 0300 006 0411

If you have an enquiry about Council owned land, please contact the Legal Department, The Grange, Nutholt Lane, Ely, Cambs, CB7 4EE and enclose a map of the area.

In the first instance, please visit our website and view our Pre application process information.

You may also wish to visit the Planning Portal's Interactive House

Information on the Certificate of Lawfulness may also be helpful.

For more information about Planning in our district, please see our website.

Planning permission is only required for internal alterations if the property is listed. However, if there is a change of use to the property as a result of any internal alterations, a formal application may be required.

Please visit our pre-application advice pages for more information.

Building Regulations may also be required, for more information visit our Building Regulation pages.

For more information about Planning in our district, please see our website.

If you would like to find out about Planning History then please view our Local Authority Search pages.

More information can be found in the Planning pages on our website.

Your permitted development rights could have been removed under an Article 4 direction or alternatively using a planning condition when the property first gained approval for construction.  A copy of any decision notice is available by emailing bcplcopies@eastcambs.gov.uk

Please contact the Duty Planner.

For planning advice in the first instance we recommend that you visit the Interactive House on the Planning Portal or Planning Permission - Outbuildings - Planning Portal.

For more information about Planning in our district, please see our website.

There is also some technical guidance here which helps to clarify common queries regarding permitted development:

Permitted development rights for householders (PDF)

For planning advice in the first instance, we recommend that you visit the Interactive House on the Planning Portal or Planning Permission - Outbuildings - Planning Portal

For more information about Planning in our district, please see our website.

There is also some technical guidance here which helps to clarify common queries regarding permitted development:

Permitted development rights for householders (PDF)

One sale board is permitted per property, no planning permission required

For planning advice in the first instance, we recommend that you visit the Interactive House on the Planning Portal or Planning permission - Adverts and signs - Planning Portal.

For more details about Planning in our district, please see our website.

For planning advice in the first instance, we recommend that you visit the Interactive House on the Planning Portal.

*In a conservation area, you might need permission take down a fence, wall or gate. Find out more about conservation areas and when permission may be required. 

There is also some technical guidance here which helps to clarify common queries regarding permitted development:

Permitted development rights for householders (PDF)

For more information about Planning in our district, please see our website.

For planning advice in the first instance, we recommend that you visit the Interactive House on the Planning Portal.

There is also some technical guidance here which helps to clarify common queries regarding permitted development:

Permitted development rights for householders (PDF)

For more information about Planning in our district, please see our website.

For information on dropped kerbs, please visit the County Council website: Dropped Kerb Information

For planning advice in the first instance, we recommend that you visit the Interactive House on the Planning Portal or Planning Permission - Patio and Driveway - Planning Portal.

There is also some technical guidance here which helps to clarify common queries regarding permitted development:

Permitted development rights for householders (PDF)

For more information about Planning in our district, please see our website.

In the first instance, please view the Wind Turbine information held on the Planning Portal.

The Planning Portal's Interactive House may also be helpful.

For more information about Planning in our district, please see our website.

Decisions from 2010 onwards are available to view online via the Public Access website.

If the Decision Notice you are looking for is not available on Public access please email bcplcopies@eastcambs.gov.uk with the reference number and a copy will be emailed to you.

For more information about planning in our district, please see our website.

For planning advice in the first instance, we recommend that you visit the Interactive House on the Planning Portal or Planning Permission - Conservatories - Planning Portal

There is also some technical guidance here which helps to clarify common queries regarding permitted development: Permitted development rights for householders (PDF)

For more information about Planning in our district, please see our website.

Most conditions attached to a decision are available to view on the Public Access website.

If you are looking to apply to discharge a condition contained on a Decision Notice please complete the relevant form and submit with the appropriate fee Applying for Permission | East Cambridgeshire District Council (eastcambs.gov.uk) and additional information can be found Approval (Discharge) of conditions - Consent types - Planning Portal.

Please see our website for more information on Application Conditions.

Planning Committee takes place at The Grange, Nutholt Lane, Ely, CB7 4EE normally on the first Wednesday of the month.

Dates and Agendas

Visit our website for information on Change of Use.

For more information about Planning in our district, please see our website.

Internal works to a domestic dwelling that is not listed do not require planning permission but may require Building Regulations.

If you are looking to vary or remove a condition then in the first instance please visit the planning portal for information Removal/variation of conditions - Consent types - Planning Portal

If you wish to amend an approved application, please contact your Case Officer. In the absence of the Case Officer, contact the Duty Officer.

Contact details are available on our website.

For more information about Planning in our district, please see our website.

For more information about Planning Agents please visit our website.

For more information about Planning in our district please see our website.

For planning advice in the first instance, we recommend that you visit the Interactive House on the Planning Portal or Planning Permission: General information - Satellite, TV and radio antenna - Planning Portal

There is also some technical guidance here which helps to clarify common queries regarding permitted development:

Permitted development rights for householders (PDF)

For more information about Planning in our district, please see our website.

The adoption of roads is dealt with by the County Council Highways Department.

0345 045 5212

Please see the Food Business page on our website

It is important to be aware of the regulations that apply to specific products and the rules surrounding labeling and food additives.

Failure to comply with UK hygiene and safety rules an result in enforcement action being taken.

You can find out more at the Foods Standards Agency

This Authority is currently not running Food Hygiene Courses. However, you may search here for training providers.

There are three main markets a week, plus a Farmers' Market twice a month and Mini-Markets throughout the week:

Charter Market - 8:30am to 3:30pm every Thursday 

Craft, Food and Vintage - 8.30am to 3.30pm every Saturday

Farmers Markets - 8:30am to 2:00pm every 2^nd and 4^th Saturday of the month 

Sunday and Bank Holiday market - 10:00am to 4:00pm every Sunday and Bank Holiday

Mini Market - 8:30am to 3:30pm every Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday

For more information about our Markets, please see our website.

For information about trees, please see our website.

You can apply for Listed Building Consent online using the Planning Portal or you can download the application forms and guidance notes from the Applying for Permission page of the Council's main website.

It may be useful to contact the Conservation Officer to discuss your proposals prior to submitting an application as this may help avoid unnecessary works or delays. It may also be prudent to employ an architect who is experienced in working with historic buildings, especially when works are complicated.

N.B. It is a Criminal Offence to carry out works to a Listed Building without first obtaining the necessary consents. Work must NOT start before consent has been granted.

Please visit the planning portal page Listed building consent - Consent types - Planning Portal

Historic England publish guidance on the scope of what works require Listed Building Consent:

Listed Building Consent | Historic England

A Guide for Owners of Listed Buildings | Historic England

Listed Buildings are buildings or structures considered to be of special architectural or historic interest and are designated by the Secretary of State. There are three classifications of Listed Buildings; Grade I, Grade II* and Grade II. Grades I and II* are buildings of outstanding architectural or historic interest, Grade II are of significant interest and make up the majority of Listed Buildings in the UK.

When a building is listed, it is the entire building that is included, not just those features referred to in the description. The listing generally covers:

The whole building including its interior, exterior, walls, floors and fixed features such as windows, doors, staircases, plaster work and fireplaces;
Any object or structure physically attached to it, such as a garden wall or extension;
Any freestanding building built within the curtilage that was erected before 1 July 1948, such as outbuildings, barns, garden structures and walls.

For more information, please see our website.

For more information about conservation areas, please see our website.

• Was your collection out before 7am?
• Was your collection put out on the correct day?
• Are you reporting your missed collection by the end of the next working day?
• Was your refuse/recycling left in the correct bin or bag?
• Did you leave your collection where your property meets the highway or at the communal point?
• Were you advised why your collection was left by a sticker?

More about Refuse and Recycling

There is no by-law in this District that states when you can have a bonfire.

We advise people that they should not cause a smoke nuisance. This means being aware of the wind direction and likely effect on neighbours. You should only have a bonfire when absolutely necessary.

For more information about bonfires, please see our website where you can download our Bonfire Leaflet

It's very simple to vote as someone's proxy. You will be sent a special proxy poll card with details of where you should go to vote.

Just tell the staff at the polling station that you are voting as a proxy and they will tell you what to do. Don't forget to take your proxy poll card – this will make it easier for polling place staff to find the right ballot paper.

If you can't attend the polling place, you can vote by post. 

Apply for a postal vote 

Apply for a proxy vote

Voting Methods

Your proxy must go to your local polling place to vote. 

Your proxy will be sent a proxy poll card, telling them where and when to vote.

You must let your proxy know how you want them to vote on your behalf, for example, for which candidate or party.

If your proxy cannot get to the polling place, they can apply to vote for you by post.

If you are able to go to the polling station on election day, you can still vote in person as long as your proxy has not already done so or has not applied to vote by post for you.

Voting methods

The person you wish to appoint as your proxy can only act as proxy if they are 18 or over and, in England, Scotland and Wales, they are (or will be) registered individually.  

Voting methods.

You can apply for a new proxy up until 5pm, six working days prior to an election and you can amend an existing proxy vote until 5pm, eleven working days prior to polling day. 

If you are suddenly incapacitated, you can apply to vote by proxy for medical reasons up until polling day. All applications must be received before 5pm on the specified day. 

In addition, you can also apply for an emergency proxy up until 5pm on polling day if your occupation, service or employment means that you cannot go to the polling station in person, and you only become aware of that fact after 5pm, six working days before polling day.

How to vote

In England, Scotland and Wales only electors who are (or will be) registered individually are entitled to apply to vote by proxy.

See our website for more information about voting.

It is advisable to enter into preliminary discussions with the Local Planning Authority prior to submitting any planning application. 

Pre application advice

For more information about Planning in our District, please see our website.

You can vote in local government elections if you have registered to vote in time for the election and are:

• a British citizen living in the UK.
• a qualifying Commonwealth citizen living in the UK. View the full list of Commonwealth and European Countries.
• a citizen of the Irish Republic living in the UK.
• a European Union citizen living in the UK.
• registered to vote as a Crown Servant.
• registered to vote as a service voter.

Please see our website for more information about voting.

Cut of dates

In the first instance, we recommend you visit the interactive house.

There is also some technical guidance here which helps to clarify common queries regarding permitted development: Permitted development rights for householders

Alternatively, please see our Pre App pages.

In England, Scotland and Wales you will need to visit the IER website in order to change your details.

Please visit: https://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote

If you want to register to vote in England, Scotland or Wales, you can register online any time at http://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote. You won't need to register again unless you change address.

A form will be sent out every year to confirm who is living in your household. Once you return the form, anyone who is not already registered will be sent an invitation to do so.

A student who has a permanent home address and a term-time address can be lawfully registered at both addresses.

If you are registered to vote in two different electoral areas, you are eligible to vote in local elections for the two different local councils. However, it is an offence to vote twice in any one election.

For upcoming Elections, please see our website.

No. As long as you are registered to vote, you do not need to have your polling card with you.

The address of your polling station will be on the poll card delivered to you before the election.

View a map of Polling Sations

View a list of Polling Stations

Polling stations open at 7am and close and 10pm.

If you are in the queue by 10pm, you will be able to vote.

Yes ­– as long as you have been registered in the UK in the last 15 years.

You can register as an overseas voter at https://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote.

• Find out more about registering as an overseas voter

If you won’t be able to get to a polling station on election day, you can make sure still get to vote by applying to vote by post or by proxy.

If you apply to vote by post, a ballot paper will be sent to you in advance of the election. You can then fill it in and return it to your local authority.

If you apply to vote by proxy, you can nominate someone else to cast your vote for you on election day.

There are different proxy application forms depending on the reason you would like to appoint someone to vote for you.

Please see our website for more information about Voting.

Voting by post

Voting by proxy

Please see our website for more information about Voting.

If you are homeless, threatened with homelessness or you are worried about your housing situation please ACT NOW!

Call 01353 665555 to book an appointment, or come to the council offices to see one of our advisers at our drop in clinics

• Housing and homelessness advice 
• Drop in clinics
• Community hubs

Yes in exceptional circumstances i.e. safety reasons – such as if you are escaping violence or have a job that puts you at risk from other people.

Apply to register anonymously

To register to vote visit http://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote

Please see our website for more information about voting

Cut off dates

Please visit http://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote to update your name, address or any other details on the electoral register. 

Unfortunately the Electoral Register is not available online.  Please give us a call on 01353 665555 between the hours of 8:45 - 17:00 Mon - Thurs or 8:45 - 16:30 on a Friday and we will be happy to advise. Alternatively email customerservices@eastcambs.gov.uk or write to us at The Grange, Nutholt Lane, Ely, Cambs. CB7 4EE.

• In person at a polling station, your polling station will be indicated on your poll card.
• By post - Apply for a Postal Vote
• Someone you trust can vote for you, this is called a proxy vote - Apply for a Proxy Vote

Please see our website for more information about Voting.

All upcoming Election information can be found on our Website.

Upcoming Elections

Each individual is responsible for registering themselves from the age of 16. To register visit http://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote 

You will need your National Insurance Number and your Date of Birth in order to register.

Please see our website for more information about Voting

We cannot inform you who is registered at a particular address, nor can we search the register for a person and advise where someone lives, however if you provide their full name and full address we can confirm whether or not the details you have given are correct from the edited register.

Alternatively,the edited Electoral Register can be viewed in person, either at the Council Offices in Nutholt Lane,  Ely or at Ely Library.

To be eligible to register to vote, a person must be:

• aged 16 or over (but cannot vote until their eigteenth birthday), and
• a British, Irish, EU or qualifying commonwealth citizen.

View the full list of Commonwealth and European Union Countries

Marriage to a British Citizen or grant of permanent residence in the UK does not give a person the right to vote.

Register to Vote