The Parish Council have a variety of powers and duties, all of which impact directly on the community in Latimer and Ley Hill.
- Allotments
Power to provide allotments
Duty to provide allotment gardens if demand unsatisfied - Burial Grounds, Cemeteries, Churchyards and Crematoria
Power to acquire and maintain
Power to agree to maintain monuments and memorials
Power to contribute towards expenses of cemeteries - Bus Shelters
Power to provide and maintain shelters - Bye-laws
The power to make bye-laws concerning baths and washhouses (swimming pools), cycle parks, mortuaries and pleasure grounds - Clocks
Power to provide public clocks and maintained - Commons and Common Pastures
Power in relation to enclosure, as to regulation and management, and as to providing common pasture - Community Centres
Power to provide and equip buildings for use of clubs having athletic, social or educational objectives - Crime Prevention
Power to spend money on various crime prevention measures - Delegated Functions
Power to assume a function delegated by another authority
Power to ensure effective discharge of Parish Council functions
Power to employ persons to carry out Parish Council functions - Drainage of ditches and ponds
Power to deal with ponds and ditches - General Spending
Parish Councils can spend a limited amount of money on anything they deem of benefit to the community that is not covered by the other specific responsibilities described in this list - Highways
Lighting
Parking Places
Right to enter into discussions about new roads and road widening
Consent of Parish Council required for diversion or discontinuation of highway, traffic signs and other notices
Tree planting and verge maintenance - Land
Acquisition and sale of - Legal proceedings
Power to prosecute or defend any legal proceedings in the interests of the community
Power to take part in any public enquiry - Litter
Provision of litter-bins and support for any anti-litter campaigns - Lotteries
Power to promote - Parish Property and Records
Powers to direct as to their custody - Planning
The Parish Council must be notified of, and display for residents, any planning applications for the area.
Any comments submitted to the planning authority by the Parish Council must be taken into account - Postal and Telecommunication Facilities
Power to pay a public telecommunications operator any loss sustained in providing services in that area - Public Buildings and Village Halls
Power to provide - Public conveniences
Power to provide - Public Enquiries
Power to make representations at public enquires - Publicise Functions
Power to publicise Council and Local Authority functions - Raising of Finances
Power to raise money through the precept - Recreation
Power to acquire land for or to provide recreation grounds, public walks, pleasure grounds and open spaces
To manage and maintain them - Rights of Way
Provide footpath and bridleway maintenance - Seats
Power to provide public seating - Tourism
Power to contribute to organisations encouraging tourism - Training
Power to train Councillors - Transport and Traffic
Power to conduct surveys to establish the transport needs of the community, the use of and need for roads and the management and control of traffic
Power to collect and disseminate passenger transport information and make grants for bus services
Power to contribute financially to traffic calming schemes - War Memorials
Power to maintain, repair and adapt war memorials - Water Supply
Power to utilise stream, well or spring water and to provide facilities for general use.