Puddletown Area Parish Council

Orders / Regulations, Policies and Terms of Reference documents can be opened or viewed by clicking on the links below.  Risk Assessments can only be downloaded 

Orders / Regulations

• Code of Conduct Open or click here to download Code of Conduct Adopted July 26
• Financial regulations Open or click here to download Financial regulations Adopted 2024 (369KB)
• Standing Orders Open or click here to download Standing Orders Adopted April 25 (436KB)

Policies

Please note when opening a policy the formatting may be lost. Where possible please download.

• Accessibility Statement Open or click to download Accessibility Statement – Adopted Mar 2025 (152KB)
• Allowance, Expenses and Reimbursement Policy Open or click to download Allowances Expenses and Reimbursement Policy Adopted May 2025 49KB
• Bring Your Own Device BYOD Policy Adopted Oct 2025 Open or click to download Bring Your Own Device BYOD Policy Adopted Oct 2025 30KB 
• Communication Policy Open or click to download Communications Policy Adopted Feb 23 (134KB)
• Community Engagement Open or click to download Community Engagement Policy Adopted Jul 23 (139KB)
• Complaints Policy Open or click to download Complaints Policy Approved Sept 23 (114KB)
• Co-option Policy Open or click to download Co-option-Policy-Approved Jun 23 (280KB)
• Disciplinary and Grievance Policy Open or click to download Disciplinary-and-Grievance-Policy Adopted Oct 23 39KB
• Employment Policy Open or click to download Employment-Policy Adopted Oct 23
• Equality and Diversity Policy Open or click to download Equality and Diversity Policy Adopted Oct 25 38KB )
• General Data Protection Policy Open or click to download General-Data-Protection-Regulations-Policy Adopted Apr 26 (54KB)
• Grant Awarding Policy Open or click to download Grant Awarding Policy Adopted May 25 (54KB)
• Health and Safety Policy Open or click to download Health and Safety Policy Adopted Nov 24 (54KB)
• Information Technology Policy Open or Click to download Information Technology (IT) Policy Adopted Oct 2025 34KB
• Media Policy Open or click to download Media Policy Approved Sept 23 (112KB)
• Meeting Attendance Policy Open or click to download Meeting Attendance Policy Approved Sept 23 (109KB)
• Pay Policy Open or click to download Pay-Policy (174KB)
• Privacy and Cookie Policy Open or click to download Privacy and Cookie Policy Approved Sept 23 (107KB)
• Privacy Notice Open or click to download Privacy Notice Approved Sept 23 (127KB)
• Provision of a Memorial Open or click to download Provision of a Memorial – Adopted Mar 23 (193KB)
• Publication Scheme Policy Open or click to download Publication-Scheme Adopted Feb 23 (46KB)
• Recording, photography and use of Social Media at meetings open or click to download Recording photography at PC meetings (170KB)
• Records Retention Policy Open or click to download Records Retention Policy (114KB)
• Risk Management Policy Open or click to download Risk Management Policy (55KB)
• Safeguarding Child Protection Policy Open or click to download Safeguarding Child Protection Policy Approved Sept (126KB)
• Social Media Policy Open or click to download Social Media Policy Adopted July 2023 (156KB)
• Training and Development Policy Open or click to download Training-Development-Policy (152KB)
• Vexatious Complaints Policy Open or click to download Vexatious Complaints Policy Approved Sept 23 (191KB

Risk Assessments

• 001 Risk Register Adopted December 2024
• 002 – Meeting-Risk-Assessment Adopted December 2024
• 003 – Speed Indicator Device Adopted Dec 2024
• 004 DSE-Self-Assessment-BHIB-Councils-Insurance-2
• 005 – Puddletown Recreation Parking Facilities Adopted Dec 24
• 006 – The Coombe Proposed Dec 2024
• 007 – River Clearance Adopted Dec 2024
• 009-Risk-Assessment-Toilet Block

Forms with Procedure where necessary

• Orchard Meadow Book Form
• PAPC Grant Application Form