Under the Local Government Transparency Code 2015, parish councils in England with a gross annual income or expenditure exceeding £200,000 are legally required to publish specific information on their website to ensure transparency and accountability. Published data must be published in open, reusable formats. North Weald Bassett Parish Council exceeds this threshold. The mandatory publishing requirements are as follows:
Quarterly Requirements (To be published no later than one month after the quarter ends) |
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Expenditure exceeding £500 - Each individual item of spending over £500, including grants, payments to suppliers, and expenses |
The Parish Council publishes its monthly cheque lists which contains details for every item of income and expenditure. A copy of these can be found HERE.
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Government Procurement Card transactions - If used, all transactions must be published. |
The Parish Council does not have a procurement card.
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Procurement information - Details of every invitation to tender for contracts over £5,000, including Contract title, Description, Start and end dates, Supplier name, Value of contract. |
None |
Annual Requirements (These must be published once per year) |
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Organisational chart - Covering the top three tiers, including job titles, salary bands, and number of staff per tier. |
A copy of the current organisational chart can be found HERE.
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Local authority land - Details of all land and building assets owned by the council. |
Full details can be found HERE.
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Grants to voluntary, community, and social enterprise organisations – to include Including the name of the recipient, purpose, and amount |
2025/2026 – NONE 2024/2025
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Senior salaries - Details of employees earning over £50,000, including job title and responsibilities |
No staff earn over £50,000. |
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Social housing assets - details of the value of social housing stock that is held in any Housing Revenue Account |
The Parish Council does not own or manage any social housing assets, nor does it have a Housing Revenue Account.
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Trade union facility time |
None |
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Parking account |
The Parish Council does not have a parking account.
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Parking spaces |
The Parish Council has 8 parking spaces adjacent to Weald Common, full details of which can be found within the Local Authority Land information, or by clicking HERE. |
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Constitution |
It is not a legal requirement for a parish council in England to have a formal constitution in the same way that principal authorities (like district or county councils) do. However, North Weald Bassett Parish Council has a basic constition, which can be found HERE. |
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Pay multiple |
Parish councils are not legally required to publish pay policy statements under Section 38 of the Localism Act unless they employ chief officers or staff with salaries exceeding £100,000, even if it meets the minimum financial threshold. North Weald Bassett Parish Council does not employ any such officers. |
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Fraud – information about counter fraud work |
No such work is undertaken |
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