The Parish Council has several policies that guide behaviour and outline how decisions should be made in different circumstances.
These provides guidance to different questions that you might ask together with transparency and accountability, two very important principles of local government.
Standing orders are the written rules of the Parish Council and regulate the proceedings of procedures and meetings. A council may also use standing orders to confirm or refer to internal organisational and administrative arrangements. The standing orders of a council are not the same as the policies of a council, but standing orders may refer to them.
This policy openly commits councillors to adopt behaviours and responsibilities associated with the role and to be held accountable.
The financial regulations govern the conduct of financial management by the council and may only be amended or varied by resolution of the council. Financial regulations are one of the council’s three governing policy documents providing procedural guidance for members and officers. Financial regulations must be observed in conjunction with the council’s standing orders.
The Parish Council is committed to protecting and respecting the privacy of all who provide their data. This policy outlines how we use data and details the procedures we have in place to meet our duties and responsibilities under the UK GDPR and DPA 2018.
The Parish Council resolved to adopt the Model Publication Scheme to provide information requested by members of the public. This Policy outlines the Council’s policy for the publication of information and its procedures for responses to requests for information.
The Parish Council recognises that urgent decisions may arise between scheduled meetings and therefore has designed this Scheme of Delegation to ensure that the Parish Council is managed effectively.
This policy outlines the procedures for permitted Town and Parish Councils to exercise the power to co-opt a person onto the Council to fill a casual vacancy when the requirements to hold an election have not been met (i.e. the vacancy has been the subject of a public notice and fewer than 10 registered electors have requested an election by a deadline date specified by the Dorset Council Returning Officer).
The Parish Councillors have the responsibility for being the Planning Officer for their own
Parish and makes its recommendations on planning applications to the full Council in line with this policy.