Core classes of information
1. Council Internal Practice and Procedure
| Information |
Format |
Charge |
| Minutes of council, committee and sub-committee meetings (limited to last 2 years) |
Web site |
None |
| A4 photocopy - around 4 sheets per meeting |
Yes |
| Procedural standing orders |
Web site |
None |
| A4 photocopy - around 15 sheets |
Yes |
| Annual report to parish meeting - (limited to last 2 years) |
Web site |
None |
| A4 photocopy - around 2 sheets per report |
Yes |
2. Code of Conduct
| Information |
Format |
Charge |
| Member's declaration of acceptance of office |
Available from district council monitoring officer |
District council rules apply |
| Member's register of interests |
Available from district council monitoring officer |
District council rules apply |
3. Periodic Electoral Review
This is information concerning changes to the electoral arrangements for parish councils.
It includes recommendations for the creation of new wards, the amendment of existing wards, proposals for the names of new wards and alterations to the number of councilors to be elected to the council.
| Information |
Format |
Charge |
| Information relating to the last Periodic Electoral Review of the council area |
Available from district council |
District council rules apply |
| Information relating to the latest boundary review of the council area |
Available from district council |
District council rules apply |
4. Employment Practice and Procedure
The council has no employees, and therefore holds no information in this class.
5. Planning Documents
| Information |
Format |
Charge |
| Response to planning applications |
A4 photocopy - around 2 sheets per application |
Yes |
Exclusions
Copies of planning consultations, the Development Plan, Structure Plan, Local Plan and Rights of Way/Footpath maps, all of which are available from the local planning and/or highway authority respectively.
6. Audit and Accounts
| Information |
Format |
Charge |
| Annual return form - limited to the last financial year |
Web site |
None |
| A4 photocopy |
Yes - around 6 sheets per return |
| Annual statutory report by auditor (internal and external) - limited to the past financial year |
Web site |
None |
| A4 photocopy |
Yes - around 2 sheets per return |
| Receipt/payment books, receipt books of all kinds, bank statement from all accounts |
Viewing by appointment at a public place |
Yes |
| Precept request - limited to the last financial year |
A4 photocopy |
Yes - around 2 sheets per request |
| Financial Standing Orders and Regulations |
Web site |
None |
| A4 photocopy |
Yes - around 10 sheets |
| Assets register - includes details of management schemes village halls and recreation grounds |
Web site |
None |
| A4 photocopy |
Yes - around 2 sheets |
| Risk assessments - Under development |
Web site |
None |
| A4 photocopy |
Yes - TBD |
Exclusions
All commercially sensitive information eg quotations and tenders, loan documentation and insurance policies. With regard to quotations and tenders, this information is treated as confidential to ensure that the whole tender process is fair: if tender information is released to a third party prior to the end of the tender period, those who initially submitted tenders could be undercut and/or unfairly disadvantaged.
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