Local district and borough councils and unitary authorities such as Stoke on Trent City Council are responsible for different functions for the specific areas that they serve, for example:
- Bereavement services
- Business rates - national non-domestic rates (NNDR)
- Car parking (off-street parking and enforcement on borough and district council car parks)
- Council tax collection and benefits
- Environmental health
- Housing
- Planning applications and building control (except mineral and waste sites)
- Private water supplies
- Non-domestic rates
- Street care and cleaning including road sweeping
- Waste and recycling collection
- Licensing dealt with by the local district or borough councils includes:
- Animal licences
- Catering licences
- Entertainment and gambling
- Sale and supply of alcohol provision of late-night refreshment
- Taxi (Hackney Carriage), minicab and operator licensing
- Other licences include: acupuncturists, body piercing, electrolysis and tattooists, caravan sites, street trading, collections and scrap metal
You will need to contact other local authorities in Staffordshire for information about their functions.
