Information available from Totnes Town Council under the model publication scheme

Information to be published

How the information
can be obtained

Cost
(Additional costs will apply for photocopying
& postage)

Class1 - Who we are and what we do
(Organisational information, structures, locations and contacts)

  • The Council Year Book
  • On Application to the Council Office
  • The Council Website

Free
Free
Free

Who’s who on the Council and its Committees

  • The Council Year Book
  • On Application to the Council Office
  • The Council Website

Free
Free
Free

Contact details for Town Clerk and Council members (named contacts where possible with telephone number and email address (if used))

  • The Council Year Book
  • On Application to the Council Office
  • The Council Website

Free
Free
Free

Location of main Council office and accessibility details

  • On Application to the Council Office
  • The Council Website

Free
Free

Staffing structure

  • The Council Year Book
  • On Application to the Council Office
  • The Council Website

Free
Free
Free

Class 2 – What we spend and how we spend it

(Financial information relating to projected and actual income and expenditure, procurement, contracts and financial audit)

Current and previous financial year as a minimum

  • On application to the Council Office
  • The Council Website

 

Free
Free

Annual return form and report by auditor

  • On application to the Council office

(Details of the report will be provided on the Council Website)

Free

Finalised budget

  • On application to the Council office
  • Council Website

Free
Free

Precept

  • On application to the Council office
  • Council Website 

Free
Free

Borrowing Approval letter

Not applicable

Free

Financial Standing Orders and Regulations

  • On application to the Council office
  • Council Website

Free
Free

Grants given and received

  • On application to the Council office
  • Council Website 

Free
Free

List of current contracts awarded and value of contract

  • On application to the Council office

Free

Members’ allowances and expenses

  • On application to the Council office

Free

Class 3 – What our priorities are and how we are doing

(Strategies and plans, performance indicators, audits, inspections and reviews)

  • On application to the Council office
  • Council Website

Free
Free

Parish Plan (current and previous year as a minimum)

  • On application to the Council office
  • Council Website

Free
Free

Annual Report to Parish or Community Meeting (current and previous year as a minimum)

  • On application to the Council office
  • Council Website

Free
Free

Quality status

  • On application to the Council office
  • Council Website

Free
Free

Local charters drawn up in accordance with DCLG guidelines

  • On application to the Council office
  • Council Website

Free
Free

Class 4 – How we make decisions

(Decision making processes and records of decisions)

  • On application to the Council office
  • Council Website

 

Free
Free

Timetable of meetings (Council, any committee/sub-committee meetings and parish meetings)

  • On application to the Council office
  • Council Notice Boards
  • Council Website

Free
Free
Free

Agendas of meetings (as above)

  • On application to the Council office
  • Council Notice Boards
  • Council Website

Free
Free
Free

Minutes of meetings (as above) – nb this will exclude information that is properly regarded as private to the meeting.

  • On application to the Council office
  • Council Notice Boards
  • Council Website

Free
Free
Free

Reports presented to council meetings - nb this will exclude information that is properly regarded as private to the meeting.

  • On application to the Council office
  • Council Notice Boards
  • Council Website

Free
Free
Free

Responses to consultation papers

  • On application to the Council office
  • Council Website

Free
Free

Responses to planning applications

  • On application to the Council office
  • Council Notice Boards
  • Council Website

Free
Free
Free

Bye-laws

  • On application to the Council office
  • Council Website

Free
Free

Class 5 – Our policies and procedures

(Current written protocols, policies and procedures for delivering our services and responsibilities)

  • On application to the Council office
  • Council Website

Free
Free

Policies and procedures for the conduct of council business:

  • On application to the Council office
  • Council Website

Free
Free

Policies and procedures for the provision of services and about the employment of staff:

  • On application to the Council office
  • Council Website

Free
Free

Information security policy

  • On application to the Council office
  • Council Website

Free
Free

Records management policies (records retention, destruction and archive)

  • On application to the Council office
  • Council Website

Free
Free

Data protection policies

  • On application to the Council office
  • Council Website

Free
Free

Schedule of charges (for the publication of information)

  • On application to the Council office
  • Council Website

Free
Free

Class 6 – Lists and Registers

Currently maintained lists and registers only

(hard copy or website; some information may only be available by inspection)

Free

Any publicly available register or list (if any are held this should be publicised; in most circumstances existing access provisions will suffice)

  • On application to the Council office

 

Free

Assets Register

  • On application to the Council office
  • Council Website

Free
Free

Disclosure log (indicating the information that has been provided in response to requests; recommended as good practice, but may not be held by parish councils)

  • On application to the Council office

 

Free

Register of members’ interests

  • On application to the Council office

Free

Register of gifts and hospitality

  • On application to the Council office

Free

Class 7 – The services we offer

(Information about the services we offer, including leaflets, guidance and newsletters produced for the public and businesses)

Current information only

(hard copy or website; some information may only be available by inspection)

 

Allotments

  • On application to the Council office
  • Council Website

Free
Free

Burial grounds and closed churchyards

  • On application to the Council office
  • Council Website

Free
Free

Community centres and village halls

  • On application to the Council office
  • Council Website

 

Parks, playing fields and recreational facilities

  • On application to the Council office
  • Council Website

 

Seating, litter bins, clocks, memorials and lighting

  • On application to the Council office
  • Council Website

 

Bus shelters

  • On application to the Council office
  • Council Website

 

Markets

  • On application to the Council office
  • Council Website

 

Cemetery

  • On application to the Council office

Charges for sight of
Burial Records available on application

Agency agreements

  • On application to the Council office
  • Council Website

Free
Free

A summary of services for which the council is entitled to recover a fee, together with those fees (e.g. burial fees)

  • On application to the Council office
  • Council Website

Free
Free

Additional Information

This will provide Councils with the opportunity to publish information that is not itemised in the lists above

 

 

 

Contact details: Totnes Town Council, The Guildhall Office, 5 Ramparts Walk, Totnes TQ9 5QH

Telephone: 01803 862147 Fax: 01803 864275

E Mail: office@totnestowncouncil.gov.uk

SCHEDULE OF CHARGES

This describes how the charges have been arrived at and are published as part of the guide.

TYPE OF CHARGE

DESCRIPTION

BASIS OF CHARGE

Disbursement cost

Photocopying @ 12p per sheet (black & white)

Actual cost*

 

Photocopying @ 20p per sheet (colour)

Actual cost*

 

Postage

Actual cost of Royal Mail standard 2nd class

Statutory Fee

 

In accordance with the relevant legislation (quote the actual statute)

Other

 

 

* the actual cost incurred by the public authority