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Freedom of Information

Your Parish Council, in common with all other public authorities, is required to maintain a publication scheme. This scheme is designed to allow members of the public to identify and access specific items of information.

Following is a list of the information held by Copmanthorpe Parish Council and details of how it may be accessed.

  • Who we are and what we do:
    • Who’s who on the council and its committees
      • Available on this website (Parish Council link on right)
      • Available as a hard copy from the Parish Clerk
    • Contact details for the Parish Clerk and Parish Councillors
      • Parish Clerk details on this website (Contact Us link on right)
      • Available as a hard copy from the Parish Clerk
    • Location of main Council Office
      • Copmanthorpe Parish Council does not have a Council office
  • What we spend and How we spend it:
    • Financial information relating to projected and actual income and expenditure
      • Available on this website (Minutes of Previous Meetings link on right)
        • See minutes of previous Finance Committee meetings
      • Available as a hard copy from the Parish Clerk
    • Annual Return Form and Auditors Reports
      • Available as a hard copy from teh Parish Clerk
    • Financial Standing Orders and Regulations
      • Available as a hard copy from the Parish Clerk
    • Grants given and received
      • Available on this website (Minutes of Previous Meetings link on right)
        • See minutes of previous Finance Committee meetings
      • Available as a hard copy from the Parish Clerk
  • What our priorities are and how we are doing:
    • Quality Council status
      • Copmanthorpe Parish Council has achieved Quality Council status. Details available from the Parish Clerk
  • How we make decisions:
    • Meeting agendas
      • Available on this website (Council Meetings link on right)
      • Displayed on Parish Council notice boards in the village
      • Available as a hard copy from the Parish Clerk
      • Parish Council meeting dates are given in the monthly Village Newsletter
    • Minutes of meetings (including reports presented to PArish Council meetings)
      • Available on this website (Minutes of Previous Meetings link on right)
      • Available as a hard copy from the Parish Clerk
    • Responses to Consultation Papers
      • Available as a hard copy from the Parish Clerk
    • Responses to Planning Applications
      • Available as a hard copy from the Parish Clerk
  • Policies and Procedures for the conduct of Council business
    • Procedural standing orders
      • Available as a hard copy from the Parish Clerk
    • Delegation authority in respect of officers
      • Detailed in Standing Orders (above)
    • Records management policies
      • Available as a hard copy from the Parish Clerk
    • Security Incident Policy
  • Lists and Registers
    • Burials
      • Available as a hard copy from the Parish Clerk
    • Allotment holders
      • Available as a hard copy from the Parish Clerk
    • Register of members interests
      • Available as a hard copy from the Parish Clerk
    • Register of gifts and hospitality
      • Available as a hard copy from the Parish Clerk
  • The services we offer
    • Allotments (and rent recoverable)
      • Available on this website (Clubs & Associations link on right)
      • Available as a hard copy from the Parish Clerk
    • Burial Ground (and fees recoverable)
      • Available as a hard copy from the Parish Clerk
    • Litter Bins and Memorials
      • Available as a hard copy from the Parish Clerk
  • Schedule of Charges
    • Information downloaded from this website
      • No charge levied by the Parish Council
    • Information provided as a hard copy
      • 10p per sheet (black/white) – based on the cost to the Parish Council
      • 15p per sheet (colour) – based on the cost to the Parish Council
    • Postage / envelopes
      • The actual cost of 2nd class postage required dependant on size and weight plus cost of packaging

Receipts & Payments

Annual Audit

Annual Governance Statement

Exercise of Electors Rights

  • For the July 2021 explanation of what smaller authorities need to do to advertise the period during which electors and interested persons may exercise rights relating to the annual accounts please click here