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Councillor/candidate home address
A letter from Rishi Sunak MP (MHCLG) to local authorities has been drawn up regarding the publication of councillors' and candidates' home addresses.
In the letter he confirms that he is taking forward a recommendation from the Committee on Standards in Public Life Review of Intimidation in Public Life that the Government should bring forward legislation to remove the requirement for candidates standing... Read More »
Posted: Fri, 08 Mar 2019 17:29 by Alison Robinson
NALC Chief Executive's bulletin
Policy Committee
The NALC Policy Committee, which oversees the policy-making and campaigning work, met on 6 March, here are a few highlights in advance of the draft minutes being available:
- An extensive discussion on the flexible and diverse funding theme of NALC's A prospectus for ultra-localism, with a particular focus on our policy on business rate reform, where it was agreed our submission to the... Read More »
Posted: Fri, 08 Mar 2019 16:15 by Alison Robinson
GMTF meeting - 7th March 2019
The Gloucestershire Market Town Forum (GMTF) meet later today they will be discussing:-
The High Streets Fund - looking at BID status of applicants (this is suitable for major towns like Gloucester and Cheltenham). There are various pots of cash, but for the smaller towns/retail centres to be successful in securing funding then it is probable that a more collaborative approach needs to be taken.
Elizabeth... Read More »
Posted: Thu, 07 Mar 2019 13:32 by Alison Robinson
Forest of Dean parish/town councils ONLY
CIL
FODDC have no CIL scheme at present and have not reached the stage of making a final decision about whether to introduce one. The Council have however asked that the feasibility of CIL be examined and we are about to commission some work which will provide some indicative values in order that the potential for a CIL can be investigated. Once we have the information about potential values it will... Read More »
Posted: Wed, 06 Mar 2019 09:30 by Alison Robinson
Chartered Parish Group meeting - 7th March (7pm until 9pm)
The quarterly Parish Charter meeting takes place on Wednesday 7th March at 7pm in the GL3 Community Hub, Cheltenham Road East (B4063) in Churchdown, Gloucester, GL3 1HX.
Agenda items include: -
* Highways update - Scott Tompkins (Lead Commissioner Highways Authority)
* Presentation on how things are going with the new operating model and new contractors since the change over - Scot Tompkins
Posted: Tue, 05 Mar 2019 15:23 by Alison Robinson
NALC Legal Update
Welcome to the third legal update and the first of 2019
GDPR – commenting on planning applications
Planning applications often contain personal data (as defined by the GDPR/ Data Protection Act 2018). Processing personal data is necessary for the exercise of planning functions, but that does not include a blanket approach to publishing such data on the internet.
Decisions on what information is... Read More »
Posted: Tue, 05 Mar 2019 13:22 by Alison Robinson
LCAS success
Congratulations to Kemble & Ewen Parish Council who have achieved foundation level in the Local Council Award Scheme (LCAS).
Posted: Fri, 15 Feb 2019 09:29 by Alison Robinson
CiLCA success
Congratulations Robert Stone from Gotherington Parish Council on achieving CiLCA.
The next CiLCA mentoring sessions commence in March so if you are interested in becoming qualified please contact us.
Posted: Tue, 12 Feb 2019 12:39 by Alison Robinson
NALC Chief Executive's bulletin
NALC Elections Campaign
Last week NALC launched a new promotional video as part of the #MakeAChange elections campaign to encourage more people to stand for election as local councillors in the forthcoming elections in May 2019. The new video aims to help people looking to stand for election to understand the steps they will have to take to become a councillor. Watch the six steps to becoming a local... Read More »
Posted: Tue, 12 Feb 2019 07:55 by Alison Robinson
