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DOCUMENTS AND POLICIES
The Parish Council review their Standing Orders (the rules of the Council) and Financial Regulations every year.
The Standing Orders were amended and approved in May 2025 at a full Parish Council meeting.
The Financial Regulations were also reviewed in May 2025. For further information and to view the Financial Regulations please see the Finance Page.
The Parish Council's Safeguarding Policy was adopted on the 3rd of December 2024, and is available to view here.
An elected or co-opted Councillor is required by law to complete a Register of Interests form, which has to be sent to the District Council within 28 days of taking office. Copies of the registration forms for Chelmondiston Parish Councillors can be found on the Babergh District Council website
You can find further information on registering interests through the Openness and Transparency on personal interests - A guide for Councillors.
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION
Under the Freedom of Information Act, it is the duty of all public authorities to adopt and maintain a Publication Scheme. As per the Information Commissioner’s Office advice on the operation of this scheme, Chelmondiston Parish Council at its full Parish Council Meeting in 2011 adopted the new Model Publication Scheme, unedited and as prepared by the Information Commissioner’s Office. The Scheme was later reviewed and amended at the October full council meeting in 2018.
The Model Publication Scheme contains details as to the information that the Parish Council holds and the manner in which it will be made available to the public.
The Council also makes available information, which is required under the Freedom of Information Act.
For more information about the Freedom of Information Act please refer to the Information Commissioner's Office website ico.org.uk
The ICO is an independent authority set up to uphold information rights in the public interest, promoting openness by public bodies and data privacy for individuals.
Chelmondiston Parish Council's Freedom Of Information Scheme is listed here.
For details on how to make a Freedom of Information Request please see the policy.
Other Policies are situated to the left of the page and are being reviewed and updated on a monthly basis.
At the Parish Council Meeting of the 4th of December 2018, the following policies were adopted:
Travel and Expense Policy 2018
At the Parish Council Meeting of the 8th January 2019 the following policy was updated and adopted
At the Parish Meeting of the 5th February 2019 the following policy was updated and adopted
Protocols for Public Participation
At the Parish Meeting of the 6th of August 2019 the following policies were updated/reviewed and approved
Privacy Policy - Link
Dispensation Policy - Link
Suffolk Code of Conduct - Link
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