| COUNTY COUNCILS | DISTRICT COUNCILS | TOWN/PARISH COUNCILS |
| Monitoring Officer for County Members only | Monitoring officer, Ethics & Probity for District and Parish Members | |
| Education Most schools, special education, nursery, adult, community | Housing Management and maintenance of council houses, working with Housing Associations (known as Registered Social Landlords), housing advice, renovation grants, homelessness, unfit housing, residential care | Clocks |
| Personal Social Services Securing provision for the elderly, children and those with disabilities (including social care and health and residential care), Inspection services | Cemeteries and Burials, Crematoria | Closed Churchyards, Burials/Cemeteries |
| Planning Strategic planning/structure plans, minerals and waste planning, Historic buildings | Planning Local Development Framework, development control (planning applications and enforcement), advertising consent, Historic buildings, conservation areas, tree preservation | Planning - as consultees |
| Highways/Transport Public transport, highways and parking, traffic management, footpaths and bridleways, transport planning, street lighting | Highways/Transport Unclassified roads, off-street car parking, traffic management, footpaths and bridleways, road safety, local transport plans, street lighting, street naming | Bus Shelters War and other memorials Street lighting |
| Emergency Planning | Emergency Planning | |
| Recreation Parks and open spaces, support for the arts, archives and record office, museums/art galleries | Recreation Parks, open spaces and halls, swimming pools and leisure centres, support for the arts, museums and art galleries | Public open spaces, village halls, playing fields, museums and the arts |
| Economic development | Economic development | |
| Tourism development | Tourism development | Tourism development |
| Environmental Services Refuse disposal, recycling, gypsy sites | Environmental Services Refuse collection/street cleansing, recycling, management of travellers/gypsy sites, food safety, public conveniences, markets, dog and pest control, noise abatement, health and safety, seats, licensing | Litter bins and litter clearance Local charities Markets |
| Trading Standards | | Public seating, licensing - as consultees |
| Registration of Births, Marriages and Deaths | Allotments | Allotments |
| Library & Information Service | Electoral registration/elections | Grants to voluntary bodies |
| Grants to voluntary bodies | Council Tax and Business Rate collection | |
| Community planning | Grants to voluntary bodies | |
| Help with Lottery applications | |
| Community planning, community safety (anti-social behaviour, alcohol byelaws) | |
