Policies and Procedures

Policy Adopted on 12 May 2025

Publication Scheme & Transparency Code

Stubton Parish Council publishes the following information which complies with transparency requirements for smaller authorities:

Class 1 - Who we are and what we do: Current council members and employees.

Class 2 – What we spend and how we spend it: Annual Reports (AGAR documents), accounts, budgets & payment schedules. Receipts including precept, grants & any other income.

Class 3 – Priorities and planning: How and what the parish council intends to do.

Class 4 – Decisions: Council Meeting Agendas, Minutes, Reports.

Class 5 – Policies and procedures: statutory provisions (standing orders, financial regulations, code of conduct & data protection), along with best practice provisions.

Class 6 – Registers: asset register, register of members interests (published on SKDC website).

Class 7 – Services: litter bins, bus shelter, phone box, open spaces provisions & maintenance. 

Information in this definition document is available on the parish council website or in hard copy unless:

• it does not hold the information;
• the information is exempt under one of the FOIA exemptions or Environmental Information Regulations exceptions, or its release is prohibited by another statute;
• the information is readily and publicly available from an external website; such information may have been provided by the public authority or on its behalf. The authority must provide a direct link to that information;
• the information is archived, out of date or otherwise inaccessible; or,
• it would be impractical or resource-intensive to prepare the material for routine release.

The Parish Council reserves the right to charge for administration and postage at cost when dealing with requests for information. Prices on request.