Durham County Council

The County Council is responsible for:

• Education
• Social services
• Strategic planning
• Highways
• Transportation
• Libraries
• Trading standards
• Housing services
• Environmental health
• Leisure, culture and museum services
• Recycling, refuse collection, street cleaning
• Parks, grass cutting, public toilets
• Tourism, regeneration and business development
• Local planning and building control
• Council tax and business rate collections
• Housing and council tax benefits
• Licensing
• Elections and electoral registration.