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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 moved its archives centre off the cramped County Hall site to new premises in Ddole Road in October 2017. [9] It then sought planning permission (from its own planning committee) to expand the capacity of the County Hall complex, by erecting a single storey extension and a new reception hall, in February 2020. [10] [11]
In February 2023, Powys County Council announced plans to tax water exports to England. [50] In 2023, Powys council said it had written to the Welsh Government and UK government about permission to raise tax on water exports to England.
The reorganisation of local government in 1974 resulted in Llandrindod becoming the county town of the newly formed administrative county of Powys. This led to an influx of people employed by the new bureaucracies, on salaries determined by national pay scales. The new County Hall was based on Spa Road East in Llandrindod Wells. [15]
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.
Churchstoke has a community council representing the community's interests, with nine councillors elected from Churchstoke and three from Hyssington. [10] The Churchstoke electoral ward is represented by a county councillor on Powys County Council. Since 1995 the ward has elected an Independent councillor. [11]
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Disserth and Trecoed has a community council with seven elected community councillors. [4] The Disserth and Trecoed ward elected a county councillor to Powys County Council. Since 1995 it was represented by Labour, an Independent, the Liberal Democrats and the Conservative Party. [5]