To ensure good governance, Payhembury Parish Council follows various policies, procedures and regulations. These are reviewed and updated on a regular basis, some annually, others on a 2, 3 or 4 year cycle as appropriate. The Parish Council also has a number of plans to help it in its routine work. All of the following documents are available as PDF's.
Governance Documents
Code of Conduct (May 2023, v2.0)
Standing Orders (May 2023, v1.2)
Financial Regulations (May 2023, v1.0)
Scheme of Delegation (May 2023, v1.0)
Policies and procedures
Asset Management Policy (May 2022)
Biodiversity Policy (November 2023, v1.0)
Chairman's Allowance policy (November 2023, v1.0)
Complaints policy and procedure (March 2024, v1.1)
Councillor Vacancy and Co-option policy and procedure (August 2020)
Death of a senior figure protocol (November 2021) - information available on request
Data Retention and Disposal policy (September 2023, v1.0)
Freedom of Information
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
Grant Awarding Policy, Procedure and Application Form (PDF) (November 2023, v1.0)
Grant Awarding Policy, Procedure and Application Form (MS-Word) (November 2023, v1.0) - editable form
Planning Policy
Parish Council expenses policy
Playground Inspection and Maintenance Policy (March 2024, v2.0)
Risk Management Policy (March 2024, v1.0) - contact the Clerk for details of individual Risk Assessments
Risk Assessments
Parish-Council-Risk-Assessment-v1.0-adopted-2024-03-13
Internal-control-document-v1.0-adopted-2024-03-13
Playground-risk-assessment-2024-02-22-adopted-2024-03-13
Plans
Business Plan 2019-2022
Emergency Plan (2020) - contact Parish Clerk
Neighbourhood Plan 2017-2031