Policy Documents

Policy Documents:

Parish Councils work within a statutory framework and must operate within the law. The work of Eldon Parish Council is governed and influenced by a number of policy and procedural documents. These include:

Standing Orders: Which determine how meetings of the Council are run and decisions taken

Eldon Standing Orders June 2025

Financial Regulations: Which set out arrangements for income, expenditure, financial transactions etc.

Eldon Financial Regulations June 2025

Code of Conduct: Which sets out the behaviour which is expected of Councillors in connection with their office and covers issues such as declaring interests:

Eldon Parish Council Member Code of Conduct (amended March 2022)

Publication Scheme: This sets out the manner in which the Parish Council will respond to requests for information under the Freedom of Information Act

Eldon Model publication Scheme July 2023

Complaints Procedures: How you can Complain to the Council

Complaints procedure july 2023

Equal Opportunities Policy: How we ensure that statutory requirements are met in relation to issues such as recruitment and provision of services

Eldon Equal Opportunities and Diversity Policy July 2023

Grievances and Disciplinary Policy: How we deal with issues involving our employees.

Eldon Disciplinary and Grievance Procedure July 2023

Health and Safety Policy: How we ensure that health and safety requirements in relation to our employees and methods of working are met:

Eldon Health and Safety Policy April 2023

Risk Management: How we manage risk and threats to the operation of the Council

Risk Management Strategy 2023 to 2024

Documents Retention Policy: This sets out the documents we hold and how long we keep them for:

Eldon Data Retention Policy 2018

General Data Protection Regulations 2018

The General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) come into force at the end of May 2018 and give individuals greater rights and protection in relation to how their personal data is handled by organisations – this includes by Parish Councils. The following list includes our General Privacy Notice and other relevant GDPR documents:

Travel Expenses Policy: Rates for travel/subsistence for attendance at meetings of outside Bodies

Travelling etc. expenses policy july 2023

Planning Application Consultation Policy: How we deal with and respond to Consultations by Durham County Council on Planning Applications outside of normal diaried meetings of the Parish Council

Other Policies

Register of Interests: By law, all Councillors are required to provide details of their interests which are available for public inspection. You can view the Register of Interests for Eldon on Durham County Council’s website.

Dispensations: Details of applications for dispensations by Councillors to allow them to vote (in specific circumstances) on matters in which they may have an interest. Applications are recorded as they are sought by individual Councillors in the Minutes of the Council

Annual Reports of External Auditors: On the Parish Council’s financial transactions and governance:

Parish Plan: Our Parish Plan sets out what the Parish Council will do to make Eldon a better place to live in and also how it engages with local people.

Eldon Parish Council Member Roles: See who does what at Eldon Parish Council: