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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.
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 ...
Powys is administered by Powys County Council and has 68 (73 until 2022) elected councillors representing 60 (73 until 2022) 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. Local elections take place every five years.
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]
Since the May 1999 local government election, it has been represented by one county councillor on Powys County Council, though there has only been an election held in 2008 and 2012 (when there was more than one candidate standing). [4] Councillor Liam Fitzpatrick retained his seat unopposed in May 2017. [5]
It serves as the seat of Powys County Council, and is therefore the administrative centre of Powys. The town was historically in Radnorshire . Llandrindod Wells developed as a spa town [ 2 ] in the 19th century, with a boom in the late 20th century as a centre of local government.
Wales Office. Under-Secretary; Welsh Grand Committee ... Between 1995 and 2021 for elections to Powys County Council: Aber-craf ... Since 1995 for elections to the ...
Conservative Party candidate Simon Baynes represented the ward following the May 2008 council elections. [4] He stood down after only one term in office. [5]Independent councillor Darren Mayor was elected unopposed as ward councillor in May 2012 and became Powys County Council's cabinet member for property, buildings and housing.