About Kilsby Parish Council

What powers and duties do parish councils have?

 

Parish councils have a variety of powers and duties, all of which impact directly on the community.

 

The following can be under the remit of the parish council:

 

• Cemetery

• Bus Shelters

• Highways – lighting, parking places, right to enter into discussions about new roads and road widening, consent of parish  council required for diversion or discontinuation of highway, traffic signs and other notices, tree planting and verge maintenance

• Land – acquisition and sale of

• Legal proceedings – power to prosecute and defend any legal proceedings in the interests of the community, power to take part in any public enquiry

• Litter - provision of litter-bins and support for any anti-litter campaigns

• Planning – parish councils must be notified of, and display for residents, any planning applications for the area. Any comments submitted to the planning authority by the parish council must be taken into account

• Postal and Telecommunication Facilities – power to pay a public telecommunications operator any loss sustained in providing services in that area

• Recreation – provision of recreation grounds, public walkways, pleasure grounds, open spaces, village greens, gymnasiums, playing fields, holiday camps and boating ponds

• Rights of Way – footpath and bridleway maintenance

• Seats (public)

• Signs – danger signs, place names and bus stops signs