The Licensing Committee considers all issues arising from the Licensing Act 2003 and all other licensing matters for which the Council is responsible, such as taxis.

The Planning Committee is responsible for making decisions on planning applications, planning enforcement and other operational planning and building control matters.

The role of the Select Committee is to assist in the review and development of policy, as well as scrutinise decisions of the Council.

The Audit and Governance Committee seeks to improve and maintain the corporate focus on issues arising from risk management, internal control mechanisms, internal and external audit, and financial statements.

Council is the sovereign policy making body and is made up of all 30 Members of the Council.