Governance Documents

Bassenthwaite Parish Council are constantly reviewing their policies, below are the current policies of the Parish Council along with information about when the policies were most recently reviewed/readopted.

A Parish Council is supported by a large number of policies (which can be found in the table below).

The main two documents that govern how a Parish Council functions are:

Policy NameDate Policy most recently reviewed
Communications PolicyMay 2025
Equality & Diversity PolicyMay 2025
Freedom of Information PolicyMay 2025
GDPR PolicyMay 2025
Complaints ProcedureMay 2025
Grievance and Discipline ProcedureMay 2025
Publication SchemeMay 2025
Village Green PolicyMay 2025
Planning PolicyMay 2025
Risk Management Policy & ProtocolMay 2025
Scheme of DelegationMay 2025
Health & Safety PolicyMay 2025
Code of ConductMay 2025