County council · England
Kent
Kent 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
Kent
County council · E10000016
- 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
E10000016
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.
12
District councils
241
Postcode sectors
District councils in Kent
These councils run planning, bin collection, housing and licensing locally. Kent runs the services above.
- AshfordDistrict council · 23 postcode sectors
- CanterburyDistrict council · 21 postcode sectors
- DartfordDistrict council · 16 postcode sectors
- DoverDistrict council · 22 postcode sectors
- Folkestone and HytheDistrict council · 20 postcode sectors
- GraveshamDistrict council · 13 postcode sectors
- MaidstoneDistrict council · 22 postcode sectors
- SevenoaksDistrict council · 22 postcode sectors
- SwaleDistrict council · 22 postcode sectors
- ThanetDistrict council · 21 postcode sectors
- Tonbridge and MallingDistrict council · 19 postcode sectors
- Tunbridge WellsDistrict council · 20 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 E10000016.