About Runnymede Council

Runnymede Borough Council forms part of a two-tier local government system.

As a Borough Council we are responsible for

• abandoned vehicles
• Building Control and dangerous buildings or structures
• business rate collections
• Council Tax collections
• Environmental Health and inspection of food premises
• housing
• Land Charges
• Licensing
• Local elections
• Planning applications and Planning Enforcement and Planning Policy
• Off-street car parks and parking enforcement
• Recycling
• Rubbish collection

We also provide the following additional services to improve the lives of our residents and communities

• administrative support for the Runnymede Business Partnership
• allotments
• arboriculture
• centres for older people
• community alarms
• community halls
• community meals (Meals on Wheels)
• community safety and CCTV open space surveillance
• community transport
• garden waste collection (chargeable)
• graffiti removal
• leisure development
• museum
• parks and open spaces
• cemeteries

Surrey County Council is responsible for

• education
• fire and public safety
• lead local flood risk authority
• libraries
• social care
• Trading Standards
• traffic and highways (including highways maintenance and improvement, street lighting, trees and shrubbery overhanging highways and winter maintenance)
• transport
• grass on highway verges
• maintain highway shrubs
• enforce on-street parking enforcement

Further information on local authority structures can be found in the document below

 Local Government in England: structure