Other local authorities' information
Local district and borough councils and unitary authorities such as Stoke on Trent City Council are responsible for different functions for the specific areas that they serve, for example:
- Bereavement services
- Business rates - national non-domestic rates (NNDR)
- Car parking (off-street parking and enforcement on borough and district council car parks)
- Council tax collection and benefits
- Environmental health
- Housing
- Planning applications and building control (except mineral and waste sites)
- Private water supplies
- Non-domestic rates
- Street care and cleaning including road sweeping
- Waste and recycling collection
- Licensing dealt with by the local district or borough councils includes:
- Animal licences
- Catering licences
- Entertainment and gambling
- Sale and supply of alcohol provision of late-night refreshment
- Taxi (Hackney Carriage), minicab and operator licensing
- Other licences include: acupuncturists, body piercing, electrolysis and tattooists, caravan sites, street trading, collections and scrap metal
You will need to contact other local authorities in Staffordshire for information about their functions.
