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28-541: Brent Civic Centre is the headquarters of Brent London Borough Council , situated on Engineers Way in the Wembley Park area of the London Borough of Brent . It was opened in 2013, replacing the former headquarters at Brent Town Hall located a mile north on Forty Lane. The building was commissioned to replace the aging Brent Town Hall . The site selected for the new building had previously been occupied by

56-593: A London borough council. It sets council tax and as a billing authority also collects precepts for Greater London Authority functions and business rates. It sets planning policies which complement Greater London Authority and national policies, and decides on almost all planning applications accordingly. It is a local education authority and is also responsible for council housing , social services, libraries, waste collection and disposal, traffic, and most roads and environmental health. The council has been under Labour majority control since 2010. The first election to

84-649: A combined cooling, heating and power using waste fish oil. In May 2015 the building had to be evacuated when an unexploded 50 kilograms (110 lb) Luftwaffe bomb dating from the Second World War was uncovered by construction workers operating in Empire Way. Brent London Borough Council Brent London Borough Council , also known as Brent Council , is the local authority for the London Borough of Brent in Greater London , England. It

112-495: A committee known as a local education authority (LEA). The councils took over the powers and responsibilities of the school boards and technical instruction committees in their area. Municipal boroughs with a population of 10,000 and urban districts with a population of 20,000 were to be local education authorities in their areas for elementary education only. In 1904 the London County Council became

140-536: A director of children's services. The Education and Inspections Act 2006 includes a clause that allows for the future renaming of LEAs as local authorities in all legislation, removing the anomaly of one local authority being known as an LEA and a children's services authority. The term was introduced by the Education Act 1902 ( 2 Edw. 7 . c. 42). The legislation designated each local authority; either county council and county borough council ; would set up

168-428: A large atrium and a feature looking like a circular drum. The atrium, which at 30 metres (98 ft) high, was also intended to double as an events venue, featured a wide staircase which was fitted with seating in the central section so allowing it to function as a grandstand. The circular drum, which was clad in timber, was partitioned inside to create a council chamber, community hall and library. The design also allowed

196-577: A local education authority, with the abolition of the London School Board . The metropolitan boroughs within London were not education authorities, although they were given the power to decide on the site for new schools in their areas, and provided the majority of members on boards of management. The LEAs' role was further expanded with the introduction of school meals in 1906 and medical inspection in 1907. The Education Act 1944 changed

224-621: Is a London borough council, one of 32 in London . The council has been under Labour majority control since 2010. It is based at Brent Civic Centre in Engineers Way, Wembley . The London Borough of Brent and its council were created under the London Government Act 1963 , with the first election held in 1964 . For its first year the council acted as a shadow authority alongside the area's two outgoing authorities, being

252-614: The Greater London Council . The split of powers and functions meant that the Greater London Council was responsible for "wide area" services such as fire, ambulance, flood prevention, and refuse disposal; with the boroughs (including Brent) responsible for "personal" services such as social care, libraries, cemeteries and refuse collection. As an outer London borough council Brent has been a local education authority since 1965. The Greater London Council

280-497: The Greater London Council . The twenty outer London boroughs became local education authorities, while a new Inner London Education Authority , consisting of the members of the GLC elected for the twelve inner London boroughs covering the former County of London was created. In 1974 local government outside London was completely reorganised. In the new metropolitan counties of England and Wales, metropolitan boroughs became LEAs. In

308-484: The borough councils of Wembley and Willesden . The new council formally came into its powers on 1 April 1965, at which point the old districts and their councils were abolished. The council's full legal name is the "Mayor and Burgesses of the London Borough of Brent", although it styles itself Brent Council. From 1965 until 1986 the council was a lower-tier authority, with upper-tier functions provided by

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336-585: The 1990s led to the formation of unitary authorities in parts of England and throughout Wales, which became local education authorities. The Children Act 2004 defined each local education authority as additionally a children's services authority, with responsibility for both functions held by the director of children's services. The Local Education Authorities and Children's Services Authorities (Integration of Functions) Order 2010 removed all reference to local education authorities and children's services authorities from existing legislation, replacing them with

364-471: The Council launched its ‘Love Where You Live’ campaign, an initiative which encouraged local people to work alongside the Council and make Brent a better, happier place to live. Groups such as Kensal Green Streets, Harlesden Environmental Action Residents, Northwest TWO and Keep Wembley Tidy all took action as a result of the campaign. In June 2016, a short, community-based documentary called ‘Stories of Brent’

392-425: The borough, to be co-located in one place. The intention was to provide most of the Council's services in the new building, which is roughly in the centre of the borough, other than its archives department which was to remain at The Library at Willesden Green . Brent Civic Centre was awarded a BREEAM 'Outstanding' rating. The design reduced carbon emissions by a third thanks to solar shading, natural ventilation and

420-459: The building to act as a community hub, with two cafés, entertainment spaces, meeting rooms and a wedding garden. When it opened, the civic centre was described by a journalist at the Guardian as "like ...the parliament of a small nation state". The scheme allowed some 2,000 council staff carrying out civic and administrative functions, who had previously been based at various locations around

448-497: The council and opened in 2013. Prior to 2013 the council was based at Brent Town Hall , on Forty Lane in Wembley, which had been completed in 1940 for the old Wembley Borough Council, originally being called Wembley Town Hall. Local education authority There have been periodic changes to the types of councils defined as local education authorities. Initially, they were the councils of counties and county boroughs. From 1974

476-399: The council has comprised 57 councillors representing 22 wards , with each ward electing two or three councillors. Elections are held every four years. Following the 2022 election the composition of the council was: The next election is due in 2026. The council is based at Brent Civic Centre on Engineers Way in the Wembley Park area of the borough. The building was purpose-built for

504-482: The council was held in 1964, initially operating as a shadow authority alongside the outgoing authorities until the new arrangements came into effect on 1 April 1965. Political control of the council since 1965 has been as follows: Political leadership is provided by the leader of the council . The role of mayor is largely ceremonial in Brent. The leaders since 1965 have been: Since the last boundary changes in 2022

532-534: The former Palace of Industry which had been built for the British Empire Exhibition in 1924. The construction work started on site in November 2010. The new building, which was designed by Hopkins Architects and built by Skanska at a cost of £75 million, was officially opened to the public on 6 October 2013. Key aspects of the internal design for the nine-storey glass structure included

560-566: The funding of students in higher education (for example undergraduate courses and PGCE ) whose permanent address is in their area, regardless of the place of study. Based on an assessment of individual circumstances they offer grants or access to student loans through the Student Loans Company . Statutory education functions for local authorities in England are as follows: England has several tiers of local government and

588-720: The local education authorities were the county councils in non-metropolitan areas and the district councils in metropolitan areas. In Greater London, the ad hoc Inner London Education Authority existed from 1965 to 1990. Outer London borough councils have been LEAs since 1965 and inner London borough councils since 1990. Unitary authorities created since 1995 have all been LEAs. The functions of LEAs have varied over time as council responsibilities for local education have changed. On 1 April 2009, their powers were transferred to directors of children's services. The Children Act 2004 required every London borough, metropolitan district, top-tier local authority (county) or UA in England to appoint

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616-784: The non-metropolitan counties the county councils were the education authorities. In 1986, with the abolition of the Greater London Council, the Inner London Education Authority became directly elected. This however only lasted until 1990, when the twelve inner London boroughs assumed responsibility for education. In 1989, under the Education Reform Act 1988 , the LEAs lost responsibility for higher education, with all polytechnics and colleges of higher education becoming independent corporations. A further wave of local government reorganisation during

644-550: The relevant local authority varies. Within Greater London the 32 London borough councils and the Common Council of the City of London are the local authorities responsible for education; in the metropolitan counties it is the 36 metropolitan borough councils ; and in the non-metropolitan counties it is the 21 county councils or, where there is no county council, the councils of the 62 unitary authorities . The Council of

672-465: The requirements for delegation of functions from county councils to districts and boroughs. The population requirement for excepted districts became 60,000 or 7,000 pupils registered in elementary schools. The Local Government Act 1958 permitted any county district to apply for excepted district status. In 1965 the London County Council , Middlesex County Council and the councils of the county boroughs of Croydon, East Ham and West Ham were replaced by

700-594: The term 'local authority'. A local authority for the purposes of the Education Act 1996 and the Children Act 2004 was defined as the county council, metropolitan district council, unitary authority, London borough council and the Common Council of the City of London. Schedule 1 of the order inserted in the Education Act 1996 a list of 'education functions' for the relevant local authorities. Despite

728-611: The term becoming obsolete, 'local education authority' continues to be used to distinguish local authorities with education functions from those without them. In Wales the councils of the counties and county boroughs are responsible for education. Since 5 May 2010, the terms local education authority and children's services authority have been repealed and replaced by the single term 'local authority' in both primary and secondary legislation. Local education authorities had some responsibility for all state schools in their area. Until recently, local education authorities were responsible for

756-630: Was abolished in 1986 and its functions passed to the London Boroughs, with some services provided through joint committees. Since 2000 the Greater London Authority has taken some responsibility for highways and planning control from the council, but within the English local government system the council remains a "most purpose" authority in terms of the available range of powers and functions. On Valentine's Day in 2016,

784-536: Was produced, based on the campaign, starring Audley Harrison, Rachel Yankey and Liz Mitchell from Boney M. Brent was the London Borough of Culture in 2020, receiving £1.35m of funding under a new initiative launched by the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan . The local authority derives its powers and functions from the London Government Act 1963 and subsequent legislation, and has the powers and functions of

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