The Scheme for the Establishment of Community Councils

Community councils have a key role to play, and the scheme provides a framework within which they and the council can co-operate and work together. The council is committed to ensuring successful consultation and working together with community councils in all areas of the council's responsibilities. Following consultation with the public, we finalised the Scheme for the Establishment of Community Councils. All community councils are required to operate within the terms of the scheme.

The scheme was approved at the full council meeting in September 2021 and was adopted on 1st January 2022.

View the Scheme for the Establishment of Community Councils (PDF 692KB) with accompanying guidance notes:

• guidance 1 - community council membership numbers and boundaries map (PDF 230KB)
• guidance 2 - duties, roles and responsibilities of the council (PDF 68KB)
• guidance 4 - model constitution and appendix 1 (PDF 155KB)
• guidance 5 - code of conduct (PDF 157KB)
• guidance 6 - code of practice for exchange of information (PDF 60KB)
• guidance 7 - unacceptable behaviour (PDF 106KB)
• guidance 8 - community council complaints and review procedure (PDF 193KB)
• guidance 9 - support status (PDF 51KB)
• guidance 10 - election timetable (PDF 61KB)
• guidance 11 - filling interim vacancies (PDF 59KB)
• guidance 12 - benefits of young people (PDF 69KB)
• guidance 13 - accessing legal advice fund guidelines (PDF 68KB)
• guidance 14 - online and hybrid meeting guidance (PDF 25KB)
• community council boundary map
• glossary of terms (PDF 78KB)