There are 3 tears to local government in Thanet.
Kent County Council, Thanet District Council, then Town and Parish Councils.
Kent County Council Responsibilities:
KCC are the upper-tier authority responsible for strategic services across Kent, serving over 1.5 million residents. Key duties include adult social care, education, highways maintenance, waste disposal, and children’s services. Operating under a two-tier system, KCC handles county-wide services, while 12 local district councils manage services like waste collection and planning. Kent County Council +4
Key Responsibilities and Services:
Trading Standards and Registration: Providing community protection services, registering births, deaths, and weddings.
Social Care and Health: Providing support for adults, elderly care, and protecting vulnerable children.
Education and Learning: Maintaining school places, supporting special educational needs (SEND), admissions, and school transport.
Highways and Transportation: Maintaining roads, pavements, street lighting, public transport management, and issuing blue badges.
Waste Management: Responsible for waste disposal, recycling centres, and planning for waste infrastructure.
Community Services: Running libraries, county parks, archive services, and adult education.
Planning and Environment: Handling strategic planning, public rights of way, and flooding/drainage issues.
Economic Development: Promoting business growth, investment, and infrastructure projects.
Thanet District Council is responsible for local services in the area, including waste collection, recycling, housing, council tax collection, planning applications, and building control. They also manage parks, coastal cleanliness, car parks, environmental health, licensing, and local economic regeneration.
Key Responsibilities and Services:
Infrastructure: Management of Ramsgate Port and harbour
Waste and Recycling: Waste collections, garden waste, and street cleansing.
Housing: Social housing management, housing benefits, and housing needs support.
Planning and Building: Local planning applications, heritage conservation, and building control, as explained on Thanet District Council’s website.
Environment and Safety: Environmental protection, public conveniences, and community safety.
Finance: Collection of Council Tax and business rates.
Community Services: Parks, playgrounds, and grounds maintenance.
Licensing: Handling business, entertainment, and alcohol licenses.
Broadstairs and St. Peters Town Council
serves the local community by managing community assets, organising local events such a Remembrance and November 5th Fireworks and the Town Christmas Market while also enhancing the local environment. Key responsibilities include creating a Neighbourhood Plan, managing allotments, providing small-scale community infrastructure, and acting as a local voice for residents.
Key Responsibilities and Services:
Funding: Providing funding for community and voluntary groups, along with a focus on delivering a “Cleaner, Safer and Kinder” town
Neighbourhood Planning: Developing and updating the Neighbourhood Development Plan to influence local development.
Community Initiatives: Organising local events and initiatives, including “Broadstairs in Bloom”.
Assets & Maintenance: Managing town assets, such as 17 notice board sites, and providing amenities like allotments at Norman Road and Prospect sites, Open spaces such as Culmers Amenity land and Mockett’s Wood and also maintains Pierremont Hall for community use, offices and events space.
Civic Pride: Overseeing civic functions, including the Annual Town Assembly, Remembrance Service, and Mayor-making.
Local Representation: Acting as a consultee on planning applications and representing community interests to higher authorities.
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