Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 we have to provide a Publication Scheme, which sets out the information we make available to the public.
Our publication scheme set out below follows the Information Commissioner's Model Publication Scheme for local authorities and we will publish information in line with this. Not all of the information we publish is listed in this scheme.
Who we are and what we do
Organisational information, structures, locations and contacts.
What we spend and how we spend it
Financial information about projected and actual income and expenditure, procurement and contracts.
What our priorities are and how we are doing
Strategies and plans, performance indicators, inspections and reviews.
- Plans and policies.
- Council performance. We publish four performance and risk reports a year, one for each policy committee - Strategy & Resources, Community Services, Housing and Planning Policy. We also take a combined performance and risk report to our Audit & Scrutiny Committee on a quarterly basis. All of these can be found in our committee section.
How we make decisions
Decision making processes and records of decisions.
Our policies and procedures
Current written protocols for delivering our functions and responsibilities.
Lists and registers
Public registers and registers held as public records.
Councillors
Council tax
Elections
Licensing
Planning
Our services
We provide a list of the services we provide, along with details about our partners Surrey County Council, Surrey Police and parish councils. We hope you are able to find all the details you need about our services on this website, including in our news section and our publications.
How we publish this information
You should be able to find the information you need on our website, either on specific service pages, or our Transparency and open data page. If we cannot publish certain types of information on the website, it can be accessed in person or where possible, electronically on request. Please contact us to find out more.
If you can't find the information you are looking for on our website you can also make a Freedom of Information Request.
Charging for information
You can download and print the information on this website for free. If you need any hard copies, we may charge you to cover costs for printing, photocopying, postage and packaging. If we need to charge you, we will confirm the cost before the information is provided.