The Council’s Standards Committee is responsible for promoting and maintaining high standards of conduct by councillors and assisting councillors to observe the members Code of Conduct.

 

The Committee also considers and hears complaints from the public about the conduct of elected members of both Parish and District Councils and may impose sanctions upon members if those complaints are upheld. The Committee has established three sub committees to deal with complaints.

 

The Committee is comprised of District Councillors, Parish Councillors and members of the public who have been appointed to sit on the Committee. The members of the public are referred to as "independent members".

 

The Committee has four scheduled meetings in the year and then holds additional meetings to consider any complaints that are referred to it. Please click here to view the Committee dates for Civic Year 2008-09.

 

The Scheduled meetings of the Standards Committee are open to the public.

 

For further information, please see Local Code of Conduct Complaints Process and Local Assessment of Complaints Procedure Rules below.