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The large towns of Brighton and Hastings were deemed capable of providing their own county-level services and so they were made county boroughs, independent from East Sussex County Council. [6] Eastbourne was later also made a county borough in 1911. [7] Old County Hall, Lewes: Council's headquarters until 1938.
Brighton and Hove City Council is the local authority for Brighton and Hove, a local government district with city status in the ceremonial county of East Sussex, England. The council is a unitary authority, being a district council which also performs the functions of a county council. The council has been under Labour majority control since 2023.
The level at which a local authority can increase council tax each year without holding a local referendum is regulated by the Localism Act 2011. [64] [62] In every area, one local authority acts as the billing authority (the district council in two-tier areas), which prepares and collects council tax bills. [62]
East Sussex county council is the third tier of government, providing education, libraries and highway maintenance. Northiam falls within the Northern Rother ward. The UK Parliament constituency for Northiam is Bexhill and Battle. Prior to Brexit in 2020, the village was part of the South East England constituency in the European Parliament.
Rother District council provides the next level of government with services such as refuse collection, planning consent, leisure amenities and council tax collection. Mountfield is part of the Darwell Ward. East Sussex county council is the third tier of government, providing education, libraries and highway maintenance.
The Downs was converted into housing and a leisure centre built behind it. The new council's offices were divided between the other three buildings. In 1998 the council acquired Southover House on Southover Road in Lewes, which had previously been offices of East Sussex County Council, to serve as its main offices, remaining there until 2022. [33]
Hastings Borough Council is the local authority for Hastings in East Sussex, England. Hastings has had a council since medieval times, which has been reformed on numerous occasions. Since 1974, Hastings has been a non-metropolitan district with borough status. The council has been under no overall control since 2022.
Wealden is a local government district in East Sussex, England.Its council is based in Hailsham, the district's second largest town.The district also includes the towns of Crowborough, Polegate and Uckfield, along with numerous villages and surrounding rural areas.