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COUNTY
COUNCIL
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Education, Libraries, Archives, Museums, Fire Service, Police, Traffic Wardens,
Magistrates Courts, Probation Committees, Social Services, Refuse Disposal, Highways,
Bridges and Roads, Consumer Protection, Country Parks and Informal Recreation
Centres, Strategic Planning (Structure Plans and Policies), Parks and Gardens,
Transportation (Policy and Subsidy), Road Safety, Youth and Community Services.
DISTRICT
COUNCIL
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Environmental Health, Land Charges, Conduct of Elections, Council Housing, Town
Development, District Archaeology, Local Planning, Building Regulations, Refuse
Collection, Recreation and Sports Amenities, Licensing, Tourism, Car Parks, Cemeteries,
Crematoria, Public Conveniences, Concessionary Bus Fares, Rate Collection (on
behalf of all rating authorities), Home Improvements, Street Cleaning, Historic
Building Preservation, Slum Clearance, Camping and Caravan Sites, Homelessness,
Improvement Grants, Allotments, Cattle Markets, Records, Housing Associations.
AGENCY
SERVICES
Highways, Refuse Disposal, Sewerage, Water
PARISH
COUNCILS / TOWN COUNCILS
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These Councils have few duties, but have a range of powers conferred
on them by Statute to adopt responsibility to spend money from rates, capital
or loans to provide or administer local facilities or amenities, including:
Allotments, Public Walks,
Open Spaces, Litter Bins, Tourism, War Memorials, Parish Elections (filling casual
vacancies), Parish Elections (Finances for the poll), Parish Staff (eg Clerk,
Groundsmen, Treasurer, Cleaners, Caretaker etc), Recreation Grounds and Sports
Facilities, Commons and Village Greens, Parish or Community Hall, Arts and Crafts,
Crematoria, Public Clocks, Burial Grounds, Public Seats and Shelters, Mortuaries
and Closed Churchyards (if maintained at public expense), Off-street Car and Cycle
Parks, Postal and Telephone facilities, Entertainments, Public Conveniences, Public
Footpaths and Bridleways, Rights of Way in Trust, Street and Footway lighting,
To raise Money by means of Parish Rate, Roadside Verges (with consent of Highway
Authority), Best Kept Village competition, Conservation Work (eg pond clearing,
tree planting, tidying derelict land)
Also the right to be
consulted on:
Local Planning Applications, Sewerage Schemes, County Transportation Plans, Highways
Stopping up, Local Plans (Town, Village, Conservation Area), Heavy Lorry Route
Proposals, Structure Plans, Some categories of Byelaws.
There are rights of representation
on local charities, in local education (School Managers) and on public inquiries.
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