{"id":281,"date":"2014-06-09T23:14:24","date_gmt":"2014-06-09T22:14:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.southmoreton.org.uk\/?page_id=281"},"modified":"2014-06-16T22:12:04","modified_gmt":"2014-06-16T21:12:04","slug":"duties-and-responsibilities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.southmoreton.org.uk\/?page_id=281","title":{"rendered":"Duties and responsibilities"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>What powers and duties do parish councils have?<\/h5>\n<p>Parish councils have a variety of powers and duties, all of which impact directly on the community.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>The following are all under the remit of local councils:<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Allotments<\/li>\n<li>Burial Grounds, Cemeteries, Churchyards and Crematoria<\/li>\n<li>Bus Shelters<\/li>\n<li>Bye-laws \u2013 the power to make bye-laws concerning:baths and washhouses (swimming pools), cycle parks, mortuaries and pleasure grounds<\/li>\n<li>Clocks \u2013 public clocks can be provided and must be maintained<\/li>\n<li>Community Centres, Conference Centres, Halls, Public Buildings<\/li>\n<li>Drainage \u2013 of ditches and ponds<\/li>\n<li>Entertainment and the Arts<\/li>\n<li>Footpaths<\/li>\n<li>General Spending \u2013 parish councils can spend a limited amount of money on anything they deem of benefit to the community that is not covered by the other specific responsibilities described in this list<\/li>\n<li>Gifts \u2013 parish councils may accept gifts<\/li>\n<li>Highways \u2013 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<\/li>\n<li>Land \u2013 acquisition and sale of<\/li>\n<li>Legal proceedings \u2013 power to prosecute and defend any legal proceedings in the interests of the community, power to take part in any public enquiry<\/li>\n<li>Litter &#8211; provision of litter-bins and support for any anti-litter campaigns<\/li>\n<li>Planning \u2013 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<\/li>\n<li>Postal and Telecommunication Facilities \u2013 power to pay a public telecommunications operator any loss sustained in providing services in that area<\/li>\n<li>Public conveniences \u2013 provision and maintenance of public toilets<\/li>\n<li>Recreation \u2013 provision of recreation grounds, public walkways, pleasure grounds, open spaces, village greens, gymnasiums, playing fields, holiday camps and boating ponds<\/li>\n<li>Rights of Way \u2013 footpath and bridleway maintenance<\/li>\n<li>Seats (public)<\/li>\n<li>Signs \u2013 danger signs, place names and bus stops signs<\/li>\n<li>Tourism \u2013 financial contributions to any local tourist organisations allowed<\/li>\n<li>Traffic Calming<\/li>\n<li>War Memorials<\/li>\n<li>Water Supply \u2013 power to utilise stream, well or spring water and to provide facilities for general use<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Above information take from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.localgov.co.uk\/Parish-council-responsibilities\/29135\">http:\/\/www.localgov.co.uk\/Parish-council-responsibilities\/29135<\/a>\u00a0on 9th June 2014<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 are all under the remit of local councils: Allotments Burial Grounds, Cemeteries, Churchyards and Crematoria Bus Shelters Bye-laws \u2013 the power to make bye-laws concerning:baths and washhouses (swimming &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.southmoreton.org.uk\/?page_id=281\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Duties and responsibilities&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":27,"menu_order":401,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.southmoreton.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/281"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.southmoreton.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.southmoreton.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.southmoreton.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.southmoreton.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=281"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.southmoreton.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/281\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":295,"href":"http:\/\/www.southmoreton.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/281\/revisions\/295"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.southmoreton.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.southmoreton.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}