The following text is taken from the National Association of Local Councils (NALC) document (What can Councils do?)
Like all powers given to public bodies the powers of community councils are defined in detail in legislation and these details may include a requirement to obtain the consent of another body (for example the approval of the County Council to the provision of a car park). Community Councils must exercise their powers also subject to the provisions of the general law (for example planning permission is necessary for a sports pavilion). Information on all these details is in the hands of the Clerk of the Council. Powers The powers are listed alphabetically. Where a power is marked with an asterisk the council may, in addition to exercising the power itself, help another body to act by giving financial assistance. ● Allotments - Provision and maintenance of allotments for cultivation. ● Arts - developing and improving knowledge of the arts and the crafts, which serve the arts. ● Baths - Provision of baths and wash-houses (which in modem terms may mean a launderette). ● Borrowing - Parish, Town and Community Councils can borrow money for up to a maximum of 25 years with loan sanction consent. The Council must have loan sanction consent before Borrowing. ● Cemeteries - Provision and maintenance of burial grounds, cemeteries, crematoria, mortuaries and post-mortem rooms. ● Churchyards - Power to contribute to the costs of a churchyard in use and a duty to maintain any closed churchyard where the duty has been transferred by the Church of England. ● Clocks - Provision and maintenance of public clocks, on churches or elsewhere. ● Commons Power to protect any finally registered common which has no registered owner. ● Crime prevention - Installation of equipment and establishment of schemes for the detection or prevention of crime; making grants to the police authority for these purposes. ● Entertainments - Provision of any form of public entertainment and any premises for giving entertainments. (This includes maintaining bands or orchestras and providing for dancing). ● Halls - Provision of buildings for public meetings and functions, for indoor sports or physical recreation, or for the use of clubs or societies having recreational, social or athletic objects. ● Legal Proceedings - Power to prosecute, and defend any legal proceedings in the interests of the inhabitants. Power to take part in any public local inquiry. ● Lighting - Provision and maintenance of any footway lighting which lights roads or pavements provided the columns are not above specified heights. ● Litter Provision - Of litterbins in streets and support for anti-litter campaigns. ● Open Spaces - Provision and maintenance of public open spaces, pleasure grounds and public walks. ● Parking - Places Provision and management of car and cycle parks. ● Parks - Provision and maintenance of public parks and appropriate facilities. Planning Local councils have a right to be notified of any planning application affecting their area and to make comments which the planning authority must take into account. ● Playing Fields - Provision and maintenance of land for any kind of outdoor recreation, including boating pools. ● Ponds - Power to deal with ponds, pools, or other places containing filth or matter prejudicial to health. ● Post and Telephone - Power to guarantee the postal or telephone authorities against a loss on a facility. ● Public Lavatories - Provision and maintenance of public lavatories. ● Rights of Way - Maintenance of public footpaths and bridleways. ● Roadside Verges - Power to plant and maintain roadside verges. ● Seats - Provision and maintenance of public seats on the highway. ● Shelters - Provision and maintenance of shelters for general public use and also particularly for bus passengers. ● Signs - Power to erect signs, which warn of dangers or announce a place name, or indicate a bus stop. ● Swimming - Provision of indoor or outdoor swimming pools or bathing places. ● Tourism - Provision of facilities for conferences and encouragement of recreational and business tourism. ● Traffic calming - Contribution towards the cost of traffic calming works provided by highway authorities. ● Transport - Establishment of car-sharing and taxi fare concession schemes; making grants for community bus services and bus services for the elderly or disabled; investigation of public transport, road and traffic provision and needs; provision of information about public transport services. ● Village Greens - Powers to maintain the village or town green. ● General Expenditure - Power In any situation not covered by one of the specific powers described above a council may spend money on any purpose, which in its opinion is of direct benefit to its area or to the inhabitants. The total expenditure by the council on all the cases under this general power must not in any financial year exceed £5.00 (since 1/4/00) per local government elector in the parish or town or community. |
Mae cynghorau cymuned a thref yw lefel sylfaenol llywodraeth leol yng Nghymru.
Mae'r testun canlynol yn cael ei gymryd gan y Gymdeithas Genedlaethol y Cynghorau Lleol (NALC) dogfen (Beth all Cynghorau ei wneud?) Yn debyg i’r holl bwerau sy’n cael eu rhoi i gyrff cyhoeddus, mae pwerau cynghorau lleol wedi’u diffinio’n fanwl mewn deddfwriaeth a gallai’r manylion hyn gynnwys gofyniad i gael caniatâd corff arall i wneud rhywbeth (er enghraifft, sicrhau cymeradwyaeth y Cyngor Sir i ddarparu maes parcio). Rhaid i Gynghorau Lleol arfer eu pwerau yn unol â darpariaethau cyfraith gyffredinol (er enghraifft, rhaid cael caniatâd cynllunio i godi pafiliwn chwaraeon). Clerc y Cyngor sy’n cadw’r holl fanylion hyn. Pwerau Rhestrir y pwerau yn nhrefn yr wyddor. Os gwelwch chi seren wrth bwer, gallai’r Cyngor, yn ogystal ag arfer y pwer ei hun, helpu corff arall i weithredu drwy roi cymorth ariannol. ● Achosion Cyfreithiol - Pwer i erlyn ac amddiffyn pob achos cyfreithiol er budd y trigolion. Pwer i gymryd rhan ym mhob ymchwiliad cyhoeddus lleol. ● Adloniant - Pob ffurf ar adloniant cyhoeddus ym mhob mangre. (Mae hyn yn cynnwys cynnal bandiau a cherddorfeydd a hwyluso dawnsio). ● Arwyddion – Pwer i godi arwyddion sy’n rhybuddio ynglyn â pheryglon neu sy’n cyhoeddi enw lle, neu arwydd ar safle bws. ● Atal troseddau - Gosod cyfarpar a chreu cynlluniau i ddod o hyd i droseddau neu er mwyn eu hatal; rhoi grantiau i awdurdod yr heddlu at y dibenion hyn. ● Baddonau - Darparu baddonau a thai golchi (a allai olygu launderette yn yr oes fodern). ● Benthyca - Gall Cynghorau Plwyf, Tref a Chymuned fenthyca am hyd at 25 mlynedd drwy ganiatâd benthyca. Rhaid i’r Cyngor gael caniatâd cyn benthyca. ● Caeau Chwarae – Darparu a chynnal a chadw tir at holl ddibenion hamdden awyr agored, gan gynnwys pyllau cychod. ● Clociau - A chynnal a chadw clociau cyhoeddus, ar eglwysi ac mewn mannau eraill. ● Cynllunio - Mae gan Gynghorau Lleol hawl i gael eu hysbysu ynglyn â phob cais cynllunio sy’n effeithio ar eu hardaloedd ac i gynnig sylwadau y mae’n rhaid i’r awdurdod lleol eu hystyried. ● Datblygu’r celfyddydau - A gwella dealltwriaeth ynglyn â’r celfyddydau a’r crefftau sy’n gwasanaethu’r celfyddydau. ● Goleuadau - Darparu a chynnal a chadw pob golau ar hyd ffyrdd neu balmentydd, ar yr amod nad yw’r polion dros ryw uchder penodol. ● Hawliau Tramwy – Cynnal a chadw llwybrau troed a llwybrau ceffylau. ● Lawntiau Pentref – pwerau i gynnal a chadw lawnt y pentref neu dref. ● Lotmenti - Darparu a chynnal lotmenti at ddibenion trin y tir. ● Llefydd Parcio - Darparu a rheoli meysydd parcio i geir a beiciau. ● Llochesi – Darparu a chynnal a chadw llochesi at ddefnydd cyffredinol y cyhoedd ac yn arbennig hefyd i deithwyr bysiau. ● Mannau Agored - Darparu a chynnal a chadw mannau cyhoeddus, meysydd adloniant a llwybrau troed cyhoeddus. ● Mynwentydd - Darparu a chynnal a chadw mannau claddu, mynwentydd, marwdai ac ystafelloedd post-mortem. ● Mynwentydd Eglwysi - Pwer i gyfrannu at gostau mynwent eglwys sy’n cael ei defnyddio a dyletswydd i gynnal a chadw pob mynwent eglwys sydd wedi’i chau os yw Eglwys Loegr wedi trosglwyddo’r ddyletswydd honno.Botwm *Neuaddau - Darparu adeiladau i gynnal cyfarfodydd a digwyddiadau cyhoeddus, i fwynhau campau dan do neu weithgarwch corfforol, neu at ddefnydd clybiau neu gymdeithasau sydd ag amcanion hamdden, cymdeithasol neu athletaidd. ● Nofio – Darparu pyllau nofio mewnol neu allanol. ● Parciau - Darparu a chynnal a chadw parciau cyhoeddus a chyfleusterau priodol. ● Post a Ffôn - Pwer i warantu’r awdurdodau post neu ffôn yn erbyn colled mewn cyfleuster. ● Pwer Gwario Cyffredinol - mewn unrhyw sefyllfa nad yw wedi’i chynnwys yn y pwerau penodol a ddisgrifir uchod, gall cyngor wario arian at bob diben sydd, yn ei farn ef, o fudd uniongyrchol i’w ardal neu i’w drigolion. Ni all y cyngor wario mwy na £5.00 y pen am bob etholwr llywodraeth leol yn y plwyf, y dref neu’r gymuned ar yr achosion sy’n codi dan y pwer cyffredinol hwn (ers 1/4/00). ● Pyllau – Pwer i ddelio â phyllau neu lefydd eraill sy’n cynnwys baw neu fater sy’n niweidiol i iechyd pobl. ● Seddi – Darparu a chynnal a chadw seddi cyhoeddus ar y briffordd. ● Sbwriel - Darparu biniau sbwriel mewn strydoedd a rhoi cymorth i ymgyrchoedd sy’n gweithredu yn erbyn sbwriel. ● Tai Bach Cyhoeddus – Darparu a chynnal a chadw pob ty bach cyhoeddus. ● Tawelu traffig – cyfrannu tuag at gostau gwaith tawelu traffig gan awdurdod y priffyrdd. ● Tiroedd Comin - Pwer i ddiogelu pob darn o dir comin sydd wedi’i gofrestru’n derfynol nad oes perchennog cofrestredig arno. ● Trafnidiaeth - creu cynlluniau rhannu ceir a gostyngiadau tacsis; rhoi grantiau i wasanaethau bysiau cymunedol a gwasanaethau bysiau i bobl hyn neu bobl anabl, ymchwilio i drafnidiaeth gyhoeddus, darpariaeth ac anghenion y ffyrdd a thraffig; darparu gwybodaeth am wasanaethau trafnidiaeth gyhoeddus. ● Twristiaeth – Darparu cyfleusterau cynadledda ac annog twristiaeth hamdden a busnes. ● Ymylon Ffordd – Pwer i blannu ymylon ffordd a’u cynnal. |