Parish Council policies, standing orders, code of conduct and declarations of interest
Code of conduct
Every parish council must adopt a code of conduct that sets out rules governing the behaviour of its members.
All elected and co-opted councillors are covered by this code.
View the code of conduct on the Breckland Council website
Declarations of interest
Every parish councillor must declare their pecuniary interests.
View the register of declarations of interest on the Breckland Council website
Standing orders and agreed policies
The parish council maintains a set of policies and standing orders.
These documents are reviewed and updated regularly.
- Public contracts register (2019)
- Risk assessment (2026)
- Anti-fraud statement (2021)
- Application form for dispensation (2020)
- Biodiversity policy
- Co-option application form (2022)
- Co-option policy (2024)
- Code of conduct (2023)
- Community engagement strategy (2023)
- Complaints policy (2024)
- Data protection policy (2022)
- Disciplinary policy and procedures (2024)
- Document retention policy (2024)
- Recording council meetings policy (2024)
- Financial reserves policy (2024)
- Financial risk assessment (2025)
- Freedom of information publication scheme (2024)
- General privacy notice (2019)
- Grant award policy (2025)
- Grievance policy and procedures (2024)
- Health and safety statement of intent (2021)
- Internal audit plan (2026)
- Lone worker policy (2022)
- Play area working group terms of reference (2021)
- Records management and document retention policy (2021)
- Records management policy appendix A (2021)
- Recruitment policy (2022)
- Request for information under FOIA (2018)
- Safeguarding policy (2020)
- Safeguarding statement (2021)
- Scheme of delegation (2021)
- Staff training policy (2022)
- Staffing committee terms of reference (2021)
- Register of gifts to councillors (2020)
- Register of planning application meetings (2020)
- Travel and expenses policy (2021)
- Standing orders (2026)
- Woodlands working group terms of reference (2021)
- Equality and diversity policy (2025)
- Financial regulations (2025)
- IT policy (2025)