Stocksbridge, a small town located about 10 miles north of Sheffield, lies on the edge of the Pennines and the Peak District National Park. It is home to Liberty Steels, a prominent British manufacturer specializing in aerospace steel products.
The Town Council does not have major powers to carry out policies but it is able to advise and put pressure on the larger authorities in respect to the present and future development and condition of the Stocksbridge area. The Council is also able to organise, within the confines of its budget, schemes to improve the social life of the Town.
Sheffield City Council has the statutory duty to deal with housing, education, social services, recreation, cleansing, planning, libraries, highways and the environment. Any work/schemes carried out by the Town Council cannot impinge on the statutory duties of the City Council as this is classed as double rating.
Powers and Duties for Parish/Town Councils
| FUNCTION | POWERS AND DUTIES |
|---|---|
| Allotments | Powers to provide allotments. Duty to provide allotment gardens if demand unsatisfied |
| Baths and Washhouses | Power to provide public baths and washhouses |
| Burial grounds, cemeteries and crematoria |
Power to acquire and maintain
Power to provide Power to agree to maintain monuments and memorials Power to contribute towards expenses of cemeteries |
| Bus Shelters | Power to provide and maintain shelters |
| Bye Laws | Power to make bye-laws in regard to pleasure grounds, cycle parks, baths and washhouses, open spaces and burial grounds, mortuaries, and post-mortem rooms |
| Charities | Duties re: parochial charities |
| Clocks | Power to provide public clocks |
| Closed Churchyards | Powers as to maintenance |
| Commons and common pastures | Powers in relation to enclosure, as to regulation and management, and as to providing common pasture |
| Conference facilities | Power to provide and encourage the use of facilities |
| Community centres | Power to provide and equip buildings for use of clubs having athletic, social, or educational objectives |
| Crime prevention | Powers to spend money on various crime prevention measures |
| Drainage | Power to deal with ponds and ditches |
| Entertainment and the arts | Provision of entertainment and support of the arts |
| Gifts | Power to accept |
| Highways |
Power to repair and maintain public footpaths and bridleways
Power to light roads and public places Provision of litter bins Power to provide parking places for vehicles, bicycles, and motorcycles Power to enter into agreement as to dedication and widening Power to provide roadside seats and shelters, and omnibus shelters Power to complain to district councils as to protection of rights of way and roadside wastes Power to provide traffic signs and other notices Power to plant trees etc. and to maintain roadside verges |
| Investments | Duty of care |
| Land |
Power to acquire by agreement, to appropriate, to dispose of land
Power to accept gifts of land |
| Litter | Provision of receptacles |
| Lotteries | Powers to promote |
| Mortuaries and post mortem rooms | Powers to provide mortuaries and post mortem rooms |
| Nuisances | Power to deal with offensive ditches |
| Open spaces | Power to acquire land and maintain |
| Parish property and documents | Powers to direct as to their custody |
| Postal and telecommunication facilities | Power to pay for loss sustained providing post or telecommunication facilities |
| Public buildings and village hall | Power to provide and contribute to buildings for offices and public meetings |
| Public Conveniences | Power to provide |
| Recreation |
Power to acquire land for or to provide recreation grounds, public walks, pleasure grounds, and open spaces
Power to provide gymnasia, playing fields, holiday camps Provision of boating pools |
| Town and Country planning | Right to be notified of planning applications |
| Tourism | Power to contribute to organisations encouraging tourism |
| Traffic Calming | Powers to contribute financially to traffic calming schemes |
| Transport | Powers to spend money on community transport schemes |
| War memorials | Power to maintain, repair, protect and adapt war memorials |
| Water supply | Power to utilise well, spring, or stream and provide facilities for obtaining water |
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