Please click on the links below for the relevant policy adopted by the Council:
Standing Orders, Financial Regulations and Reserves Policy:
ARPC Model-Standing-Orders-England updated 2022 adopted April 2025 (reviewed April 2025)
ARPC NALC model Financial Regulations 2025 Adopted June 25 (Adopted June 2025)
ARPC Audley Parish Council Reserves policy – updated May 2025
Freedom of Information Act (FOI)
The Freedom of Information (FOI) Act 2000 gives you the right to request access to recorded information held by the Council. The Information Commissioner’s Office provides guidance about how to access information from a public authority, or you can read a guide to making a freedom of information request on GOV.UK. Information is already provided on the website in accordance with the Publication Scheme. Before submitting a new request, please check whether the information is already available on the FOI disclosure log or website.
ARPC Model Publication Scheme Audley reviewed June 25
ARPC Information available from Audley Rural Parish Council updated June 2025
Flowchart of request handling under FOIA
FOI Disclosure Log
Complaints:
Audley Rural Parish Council – Complaints procedure adopted May 19 reviewed July 25 (adopted 17 May 2018) reviewed July 2025
Local Government Association Model Councillor Code of Conduct 2020 NBC – APRC adopted 16 June 2022
Other Policies:
ARPC Flag Flying protocol Adopted Dec 25 review Feb 26
ARPC Civility and Respect Pledge Dec 2025
ARPC Dignity-at-Work-Final SLCC Model adopted Dec 25 – to be reviewed Dec 26
ARPC Media Policy adopted 16 April 15 reviewed June 25
APRC Communications Protocol 2019 updated Nov 25
ARPC Social Media adopted Nov 19 updated Nov 25
UK GDPR :
ARPC Removable media policy adopted Dec 18
ARPC Information Data Protection Policy 2018 adopted Dec 18 reviewed July 25
ARPC Information Systems Security Policy Adopted July 2019 reviewed July 25
ARPC Privacy policy FINAL adopted June 18 review July 25
ARPC Cllrs Staff PRIVACY NOTICE reviewed July 2025
ARPC General PRIVACY NOTICE reviewed July 2025
CCTV Policies:
Location of Cameras : Audley Village Church Street and Hall Street, New/Old Road junction, Play areas – Alsager Road, Bignall End Road, Albert Street, Halmer End, Queen Street
Please click here to view the DPIA updated Feb 2024
Due to privacy and Data Protection Act 2018 footage in relation to a suspected criminal activity will be supplied to Staffordshire Police when supported by a Crime incident number and a signed Disclosure Request Form from the Police.
Please view https://www.gov.uk/request-cctv-footage-of-yourself to see your rights regarding footage of yourself. Please click here to view the CCTV policy adopted June 2020 reviewed March 2025 This policy contains information on how to request the footage of yourself. If you wish to request footage of yourself from one of the Parish Council’s cameras – Please click here for the Subject Access Request Form for personal footage CCTV APRC FINAL Jan 2022
Biodiversity Policy – adopted Oct 2024:
ARPC Biodiversity Policy_ adopted Oct 24
HR policies – adopted March 2020:
ARPC Whistleblowing-policy-v2 ARPC March 2020 adopted
ARPC Sickness-absence-policy-v2 ARPC March 2020 adopted
ARPC Annual-leave-policy as at March 2020 ARPC adopted
ARPC Equality-diversity-policy ARPC March 2020 adopted
ARPC Equal Opportunity Policy ARPC Adopted Feb 13 reviewed July 25
Safeguarding Policy – Vulnerable Children and Adults:
Parish Council Safeguarding Policy Appd ARPC Nov 19 reviewed Nov 25
Infectious Disease Policy:
APRC High Consequence Infectious Disease Policy adopted 23 March 2020