County council · England
Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire is a county council. In a two-tier area the county runs the larger services while district councils run local ones.
What this council is responsible for
Hertfordshire
County council · E10000015
- Schools and education
- Adult social care
- Children’s services
- Roads and highways
- Waste disposal
- Libraries
- Trading standards
- Public health
Type
County council
Upper tier of two
Official code
E10000015
ONS GSS code
Nation
England
Local planning authority
Not for most applications; those go to the district councils. County councils decide minerals and waste applications.
10
District councils
186
Postcode sectors
District councils in Hertfordshire
These councils run planning, bin collection, housing and licensing locally. Hertfordshire runs the services above.
- BroxbourneDistrict council · 13 postcode sectors
- DacorumDistrict council · 21 postcode sectors
- East HertfordshireDistrict council · 25 postcode sectors
- HertsmereDistrict council · 21 postcode sectors
- North HertfordshireDistrict council · 21 postcode sectors
- St AlbansDistrict council · 22 postcode sectors
- StevenageDistrict council · 10 postcode sectors
- Three RiversDistrict council · 16 postcode sectors
- WatfordDistrict council · 20 postcode sectors
- Welwyn HatfieldDistrict council · 17 postcode sectors
Postcode sectors
Sources: ONS Open Geography Portal (boundaries and names, retrieved 2026-09-05, Open Government Licence v3); National Statistics Postcode Lookup May 2026; Wikidata (official website, CC0). Official code E10000015.