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Powys is administered by Powys County Council and has 68 elected councillors representing 60 council wards. Although it is a unitary authority , the highway functions of the council, along with the allocation of small grants, are delegated to the three Shire Committees.
Following local government re-organisation in 1974, the building became the offices of Montgomeryshire District Council. [5] However, following the creation of unitary authorities in 1996, it was relegated to the role of regional office for Powys County Council, the headquarters of which was based in Llandrindod Wells. [6]
The county council then moved their staff to larger offices at the former Gwalia Hotel in Ithon Road in 1950. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Following the implementation of the Local Government Act 1972 , Radnorshire County Council was abolished and the new Powys County Council decided to acquire the disused Pump House Hotel, not just as their meeting place but ...
At the same time a community was established covering the area of the former urban district, with its council taking the name Newtown and Llanllwchaiarn Town Council. [21] Further local government reorganisation took place across Wales in 1996, when Montgomeryshire District Council was abolished and its functions passed to Powys County Council ...
The District of Montgomeryshire or Montgomery (Welsh: Maldwyn) was one of three local government districts of the county of Powys, Wales, from 1974 until 1996. The district had an identical area to the previous administrative county of Montgomeryshire. The district was abolished in 1996, with Powys County Council taking over its functions.
Shown in Powys Llandrindod Wells Library , is located in The Gwalia , ( Welsh : Y Gwalia ) which is a municipal building on Ithon Road, Llandrindod Wells , Powys , Wales . The structure, which was the headquarters of Radnorshire District Council , is now a customer service point for Powys County Council , and also features a public library.
Llanbrynmair has a community council representing the interests of the community. Ten councillors are on the council, with six representing the Wynnstay community ward and four from the Bontdolgadfan ward. [7] Llanbrynmair also forms a ward for Powys County Council and elects one county councillor
The ward elected two councillors to Montgomeryshire District Council [2] and Powys County Council, but since the May 1999 election it elected one county councillor to Powys County Council. [3] Newtown Central is a community ward and is represented by three town councillors on Newtown and Llanllwchaiarn Town Council. [4]