Committee details

About the Standards Committee

The Standards Committee promotes and maintains high standards of conduct within the district council and parish councils, through the

Members' Code of Conduct.

It is one of the Council’s five Regulatory Committees: bodies which have decision-making powers and report to full Council.  District Council members are appointed by full Council, parish members are elected directly by parish councils and meetings, and independent members have their appointment ratified by full Council following a recommendation from the Standards Committee Appointments Panel.  All members serve four-year terms and are eligible for re-appointment.  Further details about the responsibilities of the Standards Committee are available in

Part 2: Article 9 and Part 3 Table 1of the Constitution. 

Please see also

Part 5 of the Constitution for the procedures for the local investigation of referred complaints and for local standards hearings, which were adopted by Council on 25 January 2007.

This body comprises at least six district councillors (council members), at least four persons independent of the council (selected following advertisement and known as independent members) and at least three parish councillors from parishes within the district (parish members).  Standards Committee meetings are open to the public, although deliberations may be held in private session.  In 22008-09, the Committee includes eight council members.

Further information about the Standards Committee is available on the Parish Council Guidance page.

If you are a District or Parish Councillor seeking a dispensation, please download and complete an

Application for Dispensation.

Standards Committee Mission Statement

Standards Committee Newsletter

For further information, please visit the website of the

Standards Board for England.