Constitution

The Council's Constitution provides a set of rules on how the Council operates, including how the Council will make decisions and the procedures which have to be followed to ensure that these are efficient, transparent and accountable to local people and businesses.

Some of the processes are required by law, whilst others are practices that the Council has decided to adopt.

Citizens have a number of rights in their dealings with the Council and these are set out in detail in Article 3 of the Constitution.

The Constitution is divided into a number of sections which can be accessed below.

PDF  Glossary (PDF 21KB)

PDF  Contents (PDF 21KB)

PDF  Part 1 - Summary and Explanation (PDF 21KB)

PDF  Part 2 - Articles of the Constitution (PDF 102KB)

PDF  Part 3 - Responsibilities for Functions (PDF 243KB)

PDF  Part 4 - Council Procedure Rules (PDF 213KB)

PDF  Part 5 - Standards of Conduct and Ethics (PDF 199KB)

PDF  Part 6 - Members Allowances Scheme (PDF 341KB)

PDF  Part 6 - Members Travelling and Reimbursement (PDF 341KB)

PDF  Part 7 - Management Structure (PDF 50KB)