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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.
There are currently 22 principal areas (styled as a county or a county borough) in Wales, with the current configuration established in the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994, enacted on 1 April 1996, while the framework was established earlier in the Local Government Act 1972. Like community councils, they are composed of councillors.
Dyfed-Powys Police cover the Welsh side of the village, West Mercia Police cover the English side; Powys County Council are responsible for waste collection, recycling, and other council services on the Welsh side, Shropshire Council on the English side, and so on.
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.
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]
Llangors is an electoral ward for Powys County Council.Its boundaries are coterminous with those of Llangors community. One county councillor is elected from the ward. Between 1995 and 2012 the seat was held by the Liberal Democrats, until an Independent candidate won the seat in May
Knighton Community Centre is a venue situated in the Powys border town of Knighton. Following an extensive refurbishment in 2017, it has become a hub for a wide range of services, including: District Library in partnership with Powys County Council; Community Hub including Tuesday and Thursday Drop Ins
Powys County Council at county level. The ward elects a county councillor. The current county councillor, Michael Williams, was unopposed again at the May 2017 election, but won a contested election in 2022. He had been elected unopposed since first winning the seat in 1980. He had also sat on the Machynlleth Town Council since 1974. [30]