Documents
CiLCA Portfolio
The SLCC handbook for the CiLCA qualification including information such as how it works, how long it takes and how it is assessed.
Sat, 01 Aug 2015
Closed Churchyards and Disused Burial Grounds LTN65
Definition: process for closing: responsibility: maintenance.
This LTN covers the legislation concerning closed churchyards and disused burial grounds including the definition, the process for closing, responsibility for maintenance of a closed churchyard.
Sun, 01 Jun 2014
Co-option briefing
Good practice when co-opting including the public notice of casual vacancies, eligibility and voting at council meetings.
Thu, 07 May 2015
Co-option LTN08
Guidance on co-opting parish and town councillors (s.32 onwards), local council elections in general, including the process and timeline.
Thu, 01 Jan 2015
Code of Conduct - NALC model
NALC's template of the Code of Conduct, which local councils can adopt to promote and maintain high standards of behaviour by its members. Alternatively, councils can adopt template codes provided by their district or borough councils.
Sat, 01 Sep 2012
Committees - non-councillor members of committees LTN07
Outlines the circumstances in which parish councils may appoint non-councillors to council committees and sub-committees (excluding a committee controlling or regulating the finances of the council). It also outlines non-councillor voting rights and notes that they must observe the council's Code of Conduct, if they have voting rights.
Tue, 01 Oct 2013
Common Land (Easements) LTN57
Statutory and Common Law relating to use by motor vehicles and the rights of way including the complexities of easements over common land and village greens.
Sat, 02 Apr 2011
Common Land (Ownerless) LTN54
How local authorities can protect common land and village greens where the owner cannot be identified.
Mon, 10 Jul 2017
Community Governance Reviews LTN73
How reviews can lead to the creation, abolition, alteration or grouping of parish councils.
Thu, 02 Jul 2015
Community Right to Challenge - LTN84
The Community Right to Challenge allows parish councils (amongst others) to declare an interest in running a service normally provided by a principal authority. The result of such a declaration of interest is that the principal authority has to decide whether the service can feasibly be run by the challenging body and, if so, to identify the best organisation to provide that service.
Wed, 02 Jan 2013
Community Right to Nominate and Bid for Assets of Community Value LTN85
The Localism Act 2011 gives parish councils the right to nominate an asset of community value to be added to a list maintained by their principal authority. If any listed assets comes up for sale, parish councils will be given a window of opportunity to express an interest in purchasing the asset and another window of opportunity to bid to purchase it. An asset of community value may include, for example, a community centre, village shop, tennis courts or a pub.
Wed, 02 Sep 2015
Complaints handling LTN09
A document to assist local councils deal with formal complaints about their operations and services. Also contains an outline of a complaints policy that can be adopted by a parish or town council.
Wed, 02 Jan 2019
Compulsory Purchase Orders - LTN82
Updated LTN describing the circumstances in which a parish council may compulsorily purchase land and the procedure for doing so.
The Compulsory Purchase Act 1965 and the Acquisition of Land Act 1981 do not permit a local council to compulsorily purchase land. However, under s125 of the LGA 1972 Act it may request the relevant principal authority to do so on its behalf, if it is unable to acquire it by agreement and on reasonable terms.
Wed, 10 Jan 2018
Contracts - Unfair Terms - LTN36
An outline of the law as it relates to parish council business.
Thu, 26 Jan 2017
Contracts LTN35
A very brief overview of the law relating to contracts and its application to local councils. This note describes how contracts are created, different types of contractual obligations and the consequences of breaching them.
Wed, 01 Jul 2015
Copyright LTN39
The 1988 Act - rights and protections to original literary, dramatic, musical and artistic work.
The note includes an introduction to copyright, what steps are needed to obtain copyright protection, what protection copyright affords, what is breach of copyright and using copyrighted materials.
A section covers how copyright law impacts on parish councils, including through Freedom of Information requests, council publications, contents of council websites and use of copyright music/sound recordings.
Tue, 29 Mar 2016
CPD Scheme
Continuous Professional Development Scheme for Local Council Clerks. This document sets out a national points scheme and explains how it works.
CPD activities including studying for qualifications, attendance at conferences.training courses and reading relevant publications.
Mon, 01 Dec 2014
CPRE - our partners
We campaign for a beautiful and living countryside. We work to protect, promote and enhance our towns and countryside to make them better places to live, work and enjoy, and to ensure the countryside is protected for now and future generations.
www.cpre.org.uk
Fri, 14 Sep 2018
Data protection fees - briefing LO5-18
Parish and town councils are Data Controllers and should register with the Information Commissioner's Office.
The document outlines the fee structure for registering with the ICO.
Thu, 14 Jun 2018
Data Protection LTN38
An overview including personal data, data processing and the rights of data subjects - this is currently being updated in the light of the new Data Protection Act 2018
Sat, 05 Jan 2013
Defamation LTN30
The definition of defamation (as opposed to libel and slander), who can bring an action for defamation and defence Actionable defamation and the main defences to defamation.
Sat, 01 Feb 2014
Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures LTN22
Model disciplinary and grievance policy documents for use by local councils.
Mon, 08 Feb 2016
Disclosure and Barring Service - LTN86
The requirement to carry out Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks to monitor the suitability of individuals who work with children and vulnerable adults and maintain lists of individuals who work with children and vulnerable adults.
Wed, 02 Oct 2013
Disposal and Appropriation of Land by Local Councils LTN45
Includes consideration of types of disposal, rules governing disposal, open spaces, allotments, consecrated land
Thu, 01 Nov 2012
Disposal of Charity Land LTN45A
Procedures around disposal of charitable land by a local council with is the sole or managing trustee of a charity
Mon, 05 Dec 2016
Documents and Records - GCC Archive advice
Guidance on which documents and records should be kept and for how long.
Tue, 21 Nov 2017
Documents and Records LTN40
Why certain documents are important and how long these should be retained
Thu, 01 Dec 2016
Dogs, control of LTN17
The legislation around the control of dogs and an overview of Public Spaces Protection Orders.
Sun, 01 Nov 2015
