North Lincolnshire Council

North Lincolnshire Council
Type
Type	Unitary authority
History
Founded	1 April 1996
Preceded by	Humberside County Council
Leadership
Mayor	Cllr Peter Clark, Conservative Since 18 May 2017
Leader of the Council	Cllr Rob Waltham MBE, Conservative Since 16 January 2017
Structure
Seats	43 councillors
Political groups	Administration      Conservative (26) Other parties      Labour (17)
Elections
Last election	7 May 2015
Next election	2 May 2019
Meeting place
Civic Centre, Scunthorpe
Website
http://www.northlincs.gov.uk

North Lincolnshire Council is the local authority of North Lincolnshire. It is a unitary authority, having the powers of a non-metropolitan county and district council combined. It provides a full range of local government services including Council Tax billing, libraries, social services, processing planning applications, waste collection and disposal, and it is a local education authority.

Powers and functions

The local authority derives its powers and functions from the Local Government Act 1972 and subsequent legislation. For the purposes of local government, North Lincolnshire is within a non-metropolitan area of England. As a unitary authority, North Lincolnshire Council has the powers and functions of both a non-metropolitan county and district council combined. In its capacity as a district council it is a billing authority collecting Council Tax and business rates, it processes local planning applications, it is responsible for housing, waste collection and environmental health. In its capacity as a county council it is a local education authority, responsible for social services, libraries and waste disposal.

Political control