Policies & Finance

General Policies and Publications

• Asset Register

  Details of the council's owned assets.

• Councillor Areas of Responsibility and Working Groups

  This page shows information about different councillors jobs

• Councillor Code of Conduct

  This is a document explaining the role and expected conduct of Councillors.

• Financial Regulations

  This page contains all the financial regulation statements

• Miscellaneous

  This page shows any other documents the council holds

• Terms of reference

  This page contains terms of reference for the council

• Reports

  This contains all the reports about what's happening in the parish council

• Risk Assessments

  These documents outline risk assessments carried out by the local council.

Statutory Documents

• Standing Orders

  Written rules for the local council, confirming the procedures and procedural matters for meetings.

• Policies & Finance

  Financial Regulations

• Councillor Code of Conduct

  This is a document explaining the role and expected conduct of Councillors.

Financial Accounts

• Annual Governance & Accountability Returns

  Full end of year accounts including Exemption, Internal Auditor Report, Governance, Accounting Statement, Variances and Final Accounts

• Budget

  This page states all the budgets for the parish council

• Bank Reconciliations

  Bank Reconciliations show whether the council's bank account statements match the accounting cashbook at the end of the financial year.

• External Audit Reports

  This is a certificate signed by an external auditor after a review of the AGAR.

• Finance Committee Meetings 2011-2020

  Accounting statements show the cash balance, precept, staff costs and other income and expenditure for the last accounting year.

Data Policies

• Accessibility Statement

  A web accessibility statement is an information page on your website that clearly states the level of web accessibility to which the website aims to conform.

• Privacy Policy

  A privacy policy is a statement or legal document that discloses some or all of the ways a party gathers, uses, discloses, and manages a customer or client's data.

• Document Retention

  Policy detailing the council's responsibilities for retaining certain documents, and how long they should be retained.

Commitments & Pledges

• Civility and Respect Pledge

  This details whether the council has signed the Civility and Respect pledge. This is a project between NALC, SLCC and OVW to help councils show their zero tolerance for bullying, harassment and intimidation in local councils.

• Declaration of Climate Emergency

  Documents relating to whether the council has declared a climate emergency.