Stafford Borough Council is responsible for local planning and building control, local roads, council housing, environmental health, markets and fairs, refuse collection and recycling, cemeteries and crematoria, leisure services, parks, and tourism within the Borough of Stafford.

The Council has 59 members who are elected every four years, and the appointed leader forms a cabinet with 5 portfolios: Resources, Leisure, Housing, Environment & Community Safety and Planning & Regeneration. Each of these has a corresponding Scrutiny Committee, with an additional Health Scrutiny Committee and regulatory committees dealing with development control, licensing and appeals.