| Allotments |
Powers to provide allotments.
Duty to provide allotment gardens if demand unsatisfied. |
Small Holdings Act 1908 ss23,26 & 42 |
| Archives |
Power to make records held available to the public and to support local archives |
Local Government Records Act 1962 ss1 & 4
|
| Baths &
Washouses
|
Power to provide public baths and washhouses |
Public Health Act 1936
ss221, 222, 223 & 227
|
| Burial Grounds, Cemeteries and Crematoria |
Power to acquire and maintain |
Open Spaces Act 1906 ss9 & 10
Local Government Act 1972 s214
|
Power to provide
Power to agree to maintain monuments and memorials
|
Parish Councils and Burial Authorities (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1970 s1 |
| Power to contribute towards expenses of cemeteries |
Local Government Act 1972 s214 (6) |
| Bus Shelters |
Power to provide and maintain shelters |
Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1953 s4 |
| Bye Laws |
Powers to make Bye Laws in regards to pleasure grounds |
Public Health Act 1875 s164 |
| Cycle Parks |
Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 s57 |
| Baths and Washhouses |
Public Health Act 1936 s223 |
| Open Spaces and Burial Grounds |
Open Spaces Act 1906 ss12 & 15 |
| Mortuaries and Post-Mortem Rooms |
Public Health Act 1936 c198 |
| Car Sharing Schemes |
Power to establish, maintain and assist others |
Local Government and Rating Act 1997 s26 |
| Charities |
Duty to receive accounts of parochial charities |
Charities Act 1960 s32 |
| Clocks |
Power to provide public clocks |
Parish Councils Act 1957 s2 |
| Closed Churchyards |
Powers as to maintenance |
Local Government Act 1972 s215 |
| Commons and Common Pastures |
Powers in relation to enclosure, as to regulation and management, and as to providing common pasture |
Enclosure Act 1845;
Local Government Act 1894 s8(4);
Smallholdings & Allotmentst Act 1908 s34;
Commons Act 1899
|
| Conference Facilities |
Power to provide and encourage the use of facilities |
Local Government Act 1972 s144 |
| Community Centres |
Power to provide and equip buildings for use of clubs having athletic, social or educational objectives |
Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 s19 |
| Delegated Functions |
Power to assume a function delegated by another authority |
Local Government Act 1972 ss101, 111 & 112
|
| Power to ensure effective discharge of Council functions |
as above |
| Power to employ persons to carry out Council functions |
as above |
| Power to deal with ponds/ditches, agreements with landowners and with English Nature to manage Council-owned reserve land as a nature reserve |
Public Health Act 1936 s260 |
| Legal Proceedings |
Power to prosecute or defend |
Local Government Act 1972 s222 |
| Listed Buildings |
Power to contribute to the preservation of historic buildings |
Essex Act 1987 s48 |
| Litter |
Provision of receptacles |
Litter Act 1983 ss5.6 |
| Lotteries |
Power to promote |
Lotteries & Amusements Act 1976 s7 |
| Nuisances |
Power to deal with offensive ditches |
Public Health Act 1936 s260 |
| Open Spaces |
Power to acquire land and maintain |
Public Health Act 1975 s164; Open Spaces Act 1906 ss9 & 10; Commons Act 1899 |
| Parish Property and Records |
Powers to direct as to their custody |
Local Government Act 1972 s226 |
| Planning |
Right to be notified of and power to respond to planning applications |
Town & Country Planning Act 1990 s1 ss8;
Local Government Act 1972 s15 ss20
|
| Postal and telecommunications facilities |
Power to pay the Post Office, British Telecommunications or any other public telecommunications operator any loss sustained in providing post or telegraph office or telecommunications facilities |
Post Office Cat 1953 s51;
Telecommunications Act 1984 s97
|
| Public Buildings and Village Halls |
Power to provide |
Public Health Act 1936 s87 |
| Public Conveniences |
Power to provide |
as above |
| Public Enquiries |
Power to make representations at public enquiries |
Local Government Act 1972 s222 |
| Publicise Functions |
Powers to publicise council and local authority functions |
Local Government Act 1972 s142 |
| Raising of Finances |
Power to raise money through the precept |
Local Government Act 1972 s150 |
| Recreation |
Power to acquire land for or to provide recreation grounds, public walks, pleasure grounds and open spaces and to manage and control them |
Public Health Act 1875 s164; Local Government Act 1972 s14 ss27; Public Health Acts Amendments Acts 1890 s44; Open Spaces Act 1906 ss9 & 10; Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 s19; Commons Act 1899 |
| Power to provide gymnasiums, playing fields and holiday camps |
as above |
| Provision of boating pools |
Public Health Act 1961 s54 |
| Taxi Fare Concessions |
Power to reimburse operator |
Local Government and Rating Act 1997 s28 |
| Tourism |
Power to contribute to organisations encouraging |
Local Government Act 1972 s144 |
| Transport and Traffic |
Power to conduct surveys to establish the transport needs of the community, the use of and need for roads and the management and control of traffic |
Local Government and Rating Act 1997 s29 |
| Power to collect and disseminate passenger transport information and make grants for bus services |
Local Government and Rating Act 1997 s29 (2) 27
|
| Powers to contribute financially to traffic calming schemes |
Local Government and Rating Act 1997 s26 |
| Training |
Powers to train Councillors |
Local Government Act 1972 s175 |
| Transport |
Powers to spend money on community transport schemes |
Local Government and Rating Act 1997 ss26-29 |
| War Memorials |
Power to maintain, repair and adapt war memorials |
War Memorials (Local Authorities Powers) Act 1923 s1; as extended by Local Government Act 1948 s123 |
| Water Supply |
Powers to utilise well, spring or stream and to provide facilities for obtaining water there from |
Public Health Act 1936 s125 |