Sentence:  He turned back to the scene before him and the enormous new block of <WSD>council</WSD> dwellings. The design was some way after Corbusier but the block was built up on plinths and resembled an Atlantic liner swimming diagonally across the site. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A committee that leads or governs (e.g. city council, student council).