Governance

Written rules for the local council, confirming the procedures and procedural matters for meetings (Reviewed 19th May 2025).

This is a document explaining the role and expected conduct of Councillors (Reviewed 19th May 2025).

This is a document detailing the processes and procedures to be followed in managing the council's finances (Reviewed 19th May 2025).

Our publication scheme outlines our responsibility as part of the Freedom of Information Act to make information, where held, available to the public as part of our normal business activities (Reviewed 19th May 2025).

The Annual Governance & Accountability Return (AGAR) is the document that is submitted by local councils presenting a summary of their audit and financial information.

The Annual Internal Audit is a signed checklist showing whether certain aspects of the council running has been internally reviewed, and whether the council conforms.

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

This is a document explaining the rights the public have in being able to inspect the council's annual accounts.

This document explains where income or expenditure has varied significantly on the previous accounting year.

Payment Lists show the expenditure approved for the accounting period between council meetings.

Our current budget and a record of our precept demands in recent years.

This is a document confirming that the accounts for the last accounting year have been published.

This page contains the council's asset register and a map of the town showing which assets we own and are responsible for maintaining.

This document outlines our IT policy and our approach to keeping data safe and IT resources secure and up to date (Reviewed 30th June 2025).

This document outlines our approach to risk assessment across our activities and services (Reviewed 29th Sept 2025)

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.

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 (Reviewed 19th May 2025).

Our staff training policy (Reviewed 19th May 2025).

Our staff annual leave policy (Reviewed 19th May 2025).