The district council’s functions include:
- Benefits – housing and Council Tax
- Car parking
- Coast protection
- Community safety
- Concessionary travel
- Council Tax – administration and collection
- Economic development
- Elections and electoral registration
- Environmental health (includes domestic and commercial premises, food safety and hygiene complaints, noise pollution and pest control)
- Housing
- Licensing e.g. taxis and caravan sites
- Local arts funding and promotion
- Planning (including planning applications, advice and appeals)
- Public conveniences
- Refuse collection and recycling
- Tourism and visitor information
- Street cleaning, fly tipping, graffiti removal
- Building control
- Provision of local infrastructure