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On Wednesday, 22 June 2016 22:43:51 UTC+1, James Wilkinson wrote:
Roads will be a different local authority (county council) unless you
live in a unitary authority area.
I've never heard of that before.

http://www.clacksweb.org.uk


All Scotland is unitary authorities[1] since the disaggregation of Regional and District Councils in the 1990s.


England is a mix.


Owain



[1] Ignoring community councils, which most people do.


Community Councils were originally called Parish Councils as in England.
However they lost their revenue raising powers in the 1920s and were
re-named Comunity Councils existing on a grant from the county councils.

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