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Governance & Policies

Policies and Standing Orders - 2026 Onwards

  • Policies and Standing Orders

    The clerk is currently working to update or create all policies for the council. From 2026 policies will be added to this link as they are agreed by the council. Older, policies are detailed in the links below.

General Policies and Publications

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.

Statutory Documents

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.

Audits