Governance and Policies

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Standing Orders

Standing Orders are the written rules of the Council. They regulate the proceedings of meetings and confirm internal organisational and administrative arrangements.

The current version of the Council’s Standing Orders were agreed on 17 July 2025.

Financial Regulations

Financial Regulations govern the conduct of financial management by the Council.

The current version of the Council’s Financial Regulations were agreed on 11 September 2025.

Dates of meetings

All meetings are held in the Church Room, Potten End, starting at 7.30pm. Meetings are generally scheduled on the third Thursday of each month other than in August (when there is no meeting) and December (when the meeting may be held on the second Thursday).

Members of the public are always welcome to attend and to raise issues of concern.

The current schedule of meetings can be downloaded from this website.

Declarations of Interest

All sitting councillors are required to register their disclosable declarable interests on election in addition to declaring any specific areas of interest in agenda items at the start of every meeting.

Berry, JGrimsdale, D
Brennan, ENelson, S
Burfot, DPocock, C
Doolan, DSmith, H

Policies

PolicyDate adoptedMinute
Burial Ground Rules19 February 202626/025.a.ii
Child protection policy19 June 202526/027.d.iii
Code of conduct19 February 202623/066
Complaints procedure16 October 202525/126.b.i
Data audit19 February 202626/027.d.ii
Delegation arrangements19 February 202626/027.d.iv
Document retention19 June 202525/074
Freedom of Information Publication Scheme19 February 202626/027.d.i
General privacy policy15 May 202525/063
Grant awarding policy20 June 202424/081
Health and Safety17 July 202525/092
Investment policy18 December 202525/154.f
IT Policy16 October 202525/126.b.ii
Privacy policy for staff, councillors and role holders15 May 202525/063
Reserve Policy18 December 202525/154.f
Risk assessment18 November 202525/140.d
Social media policy19 June 202525/074