A council cash office will reopen next week following more than five months closed.
The Broadway Loughton cash office – closed to customers since March as part of Covid-19 lockdown – will reopen on Monday, August 10.
The cash office, where residents can pay council fees such as business rates or council tax, will open every Monday and Tuesday from 10am-2pm.
Councillor Holly Whitbread, cabinet member for housing and community, said: "This is an encouraging step forward for those residents who can’t or don’t want to use an alternative method of payment.
"For the longer term we are looking at ways of introducing offsite cash payment options at other suitable locations and where possible integrating other community resources into our Broadway cash payment office."
Over 50 per cent of customers switched to alternative payment methods such as direct debit, self-serve online, or telephone payments during the coronavirus lockdown.
Notices will be displayed at the cash office to advise customers of safety measures in place, including social distancing and restrictions on the number of customers in the cash office at any time.
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