Constitution - Policies, strategies and plans

Explains how we operate and make decisions.

The purpose of the Constitution is to:

1. enable the Council to provide clear leadership to the community in partnership with members of the public, businesses and other organisations;
2. support the active involvement of members of the public in the process of local authority decision-making;
3. help Councillors represent their constituents more effectively;
4. enable decisions to be taken efficiently and effectively;
5. create a powerful and effective means of holding decision-makers to public account;
6. ensure that no one will review or scrutinise a decision in which they were directly involved;
7. ensure that those responsible for decision-making are clearly identifiable to local people and that they explain the reasons for decisions; and
8. provide a means of improving the delivery of services to the community.

Constitution