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There are some 270 parish and town councils within the County
of Cambridgeshire and these make up the first tier of local government
and one which is closest to the local community. As pa rt
of a national reorganisation of local government in 1974, Cambridgeshire’s
County Council was established to cover the whole of the Shire area
of the County together with six district councils covering Cambridge
City, East Cambridgeshire, Fenland, Huntingdonshire, Peterborough
City and South Cambridgeshire. In 1998, Peterborough City Council
became a new unitary authority assuming responsibility for most
County and District functions within the Peterborough area.
Local government functions are allocated to the three tiers of local
authorities (County, District and Parish) according to their ability
to discharge such functions. Services which require large authorities
in order to achieve economies of scale and to provide the necessary
range of specialist services (e.g. education) or which need to be
planned and delivered across large geographic areas (e.g. roads
and traffic) are provided by the County Council. Services where
economies of scale are less significant and which benefit from being
administered more locally (e.g. refuse collection) are delivered
by Huntingdonshire District Council. Huntingdon Town Council has
a number of discretionary powers to provide a range of local amenities
and services such as allotments & cemeteries.
The main areas of responsibility are as follows:
Cambridgeshire County Council
Education |
Strategic Planning |
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Libraries and Heritage |
Trading Standards |
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Social Services |
Waste Disposal |
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Roads and Traffic |
County Farms Estate |
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Environment |
Highways and Highway lightening |
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Road Safety |
Registration / Coroners Service |
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The County Council's main offices are located at Shire Hall, Castle
Hill, Cambridge, where these offices accommodate the headquarters
staff of the Council.
Address: Shire Hall, Castle Hill, Cambridge, CB3 0AP.
Tel: 0345 045 5200
E-mail: info@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
Website: www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk
Huntingdonshire District Council
Housing |
Highways |
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Leisure and Recreation |
Tourism |
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Refuse & Waste Collection |
Economic Development |
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Elections |
Local Planning & Building Regulations |
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Council Tax Collection |
Car Parks & Markets |
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Environmental Health |
Street Cleansing |
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Licensing |
Leisure Services |
Address: Pathfinder House, St Mary’s Street, Huntingdon, PE29
3TN.
Tel: 01480 388388. Fax: 01480 388099.
Emergency out of hours: 01480 434167.
E-mail: mail@huntingdonshire.gov.uk
Website: www.huntingdonshire.gov.uk
Huntingdon Town Council
Administration of the Democratic Process |
Street Lighting |
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Local Planning Consultee |
Allotments |
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Cemeteries & Closed Churchyards |
Children’s Play Areas |
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Community Facilities & Events |
International Twinning |
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Amenity Areas (Parks & Gardens) |
Sports Facilities |
Administration of the Democratic Process Street Lighting
Local Planning Consultee Allotments
Cemeteries & Closed Churchyards Children’s Play Areas
Community Facilities & Events International Twinning
Amenity Areas (Parks & Gardens) Sports Facilities
Address: Town Hall, Market Hill, Huntingdon, PE29 3PJ.
Telephone: 01480 411883.
Fax: 01480 410388.
E-mail: town.council@huntingdontown.gov.uk
Website: www.huntingdontown.gov.uk
All the meetings of the Town Council are open to the public and
are advertised on community notice boards, the Council’s website
at www.huntingdontown.gov.uk and the quarterly newsletter, “About
Town”.
Huntingdon Parish Statistics:
• Area: 1119 Hectares
• Population: 22,050 (estimated)
*Domestic assessments 9821
*Council Tax, (Band D Property 2010/11): £1500.82
*Number of Shops 191
*No of Other Commercial Premises 569
* Figures supplied by the Local Taxation Team, Huntingdonshire District
Council 2010.
• Figures supplied by Policy & Strategy Services, Huntingdonshire
District Council (taken from the mid 2009 estimate Cambridgeshire
County Council Research Group).
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