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.
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Glossary (PDF 16KB) - 18/09/2009
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Part 1 - Summary and Explanation (PDF 21KB) - 18/09/2009
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Part 2 - Articles of the Constitution (PDF 102KB) - 18/09/2009
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Part 3 - Responsibilities for Functions (PDF 243KB) - 18/12/2009
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Part 4 - Council Procedure Rules (PDF 213KB) - 18/09/2009
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Part 5 - Standards of Conduct and Ethics (PDF 199KB) - 18/09/2009
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Part 6 - Members Allowances Scheme (PDF 341KB) - 18/12/2009
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Part 7 - Management Structure (PDF 50KB) - 21/01/2009
