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Civility and Respect Policy July 2025

Code of Conduct May 2026

Town Councillors are expected to act in accordance with the Town Council’s Code of Conduct.

Complaints about Councillors

Complaints about Ilminster Town Councillors must be made to the Monitoring Officer at Somerset Council; please refer to the Somerset Council process and forms.

Financial Regulations May 2026

Financial Regulations are the rules about the way the Town Council buys goods and services and how it will manage its finances.

General Data Protection Regulation Feb 2026

Standing Orders May 2026

Standing orders are the written rules of a local Council. They are used to confirm a Council’s internal organisational, administrative and procurement procedures and procedural matters for meetings.

Strategic Plan Jan 2026

Please see below for a copy of the Town’s Councils Strategic Plan 2022/27

Scheme of Delegations including Council and Committee Terms of Reference May 2026

The Council has formally given approval to Committees and the Town Clerk to make some decisions and take some actions without having to get prior approval of Council, these are listed in “The Scheme of Delegations”

Terms of Reference for Users groups 2023

Council and each Committee have a description of what they do and what decisions they can make, this is called their Terms of Reference

Published
10 October 2024
Last Updated
12 June 2026