Information Categories

Reports

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Agendas, officers' reports, background papers and minutes of council committee, sub committee and Members' working groups

Agendas and Minutes

	Agenda and Reports: Public may inspect copies of agenda for such meetings and associated reports at least 5 clear days before the meeting
	Council will make available copies of the following for 6 years after a meeting: a) Minutes of the meeting/records of decisions with reasons for all meetings of the Cabinet,
	Minutes of emergency planning meetings
	Minutes:Public may inspect copies of minutes/summary of what took place in public and private session from the date of the meeting (right continues for 6 years)
	Papers – Background: Council will make available for public inspection for four years after the date of the meeting one copy of each of the documents on the list of background papers
	Papers – Background: Public may inspect the list of background papers for any report and a copy of any document listed (right continues for 4 years)

Forward Plans

	Forward Plan of key decisions
	Meetings where a key decision is to be discussed to be open to the public; Produce a record of the decision and reasoning behind it

Your right to speak leaflet

Meetings:- Your Right to Speak

Internal communications guidance, criteria used for decision-making, internal instructions, manuals and guidelines

Delegated Authority

	Delegated Powers - record of action taken by officers and Cabinet Members
	Where local authority functions delegated to council officers for more than six months, recorded on a register

Public consultations

Public Consultations

Details of current public consultations

Timetable of council meetings

Council meeting dates

Year Book

	Councillor details and calendar
	Year book

Lists and registers

Asset registers and information asset register

Asset Management Plan

Asset Management Plan 2003

Disclosure logs

Disclosure Log

Election expenses (returns or declarations and accompanying documents relating to election expenses sent to the council)

Election expenses

Returns/declarations and documents relating to election expenses sent by a candidate of election to the council

Highways, licensing, planning, commons, footpaths etc.

Local Land Charges

Local Land Charges Register

Planning Applications

Planning Applications Register (inc’l Listed Buildings and Conservation Area Consents & appeals)Applications for consent to display adverts and the decisions of the Council

Prior Notifications

Public Sewer Map

Public Sewer Map (held on behalf of the water companies)

s106 Agreements

Public registers and registers held as public records

Environmental Impact Assessments

Electoral Register

	Edited Electoral Register - People eligible to vote
	Full Electoral Register - All people eligible to vote

Our policies and procedures

Byelaws

	Copies of byelaws made by the council in areas of public order and public health
	Copies of byelaws made by the council in areas of public order and public health (incl's Leisure and Env Health)
	Good Rule and Government of the Horsham District Council
	Horsham District Council with respect to Pleasure Grounds and Open Spaces

Customer service

Complaints, Comments and Suggestions

Complaints

Complaints, Comments and Suggestions

	Extract and summary of formal complaints procedure
	Guide to the COuncil's procedure for handling comments, representations, criticism of policy and formal complaints
	How to Complain leaflet

Ombudsman Investigations http://www.lgo.org.uk

	Annual letter from Local Government Ombudsman 2005/6
	Annual letter from Local Government Ombudsman 2007/8
	Annual Statistics from the Ombudsman -complaints and determinations 2005/6
	Monitoring Officer/Probity
	Notes to assist interpretation of the Ombudsman's local authority statistics
	Report of the L.G.O. on a complaint of Injustice 2005
	Reports of investigations of maladministration by the Ombudsman

Policies and procedures about the recruitment and employment of staff

Policies and Guidance

	Acceptable Behaviour Policy - Violence at Work
	Code of Conduct for Staff
	Criminal Records Bureau Policies
	Employee Travel Plan
	Equal Opportunities Policies
	Health and Safety Code of Practices (Various)
	Heath and Safety at Work Polices
	Race Equality Scheme
	Recruitment Policy
	Training Policy

Staffing Numbers

Vacancies

	current vacancies
	Employment Application and Equal Opportunities Monitoring Forms
	Equal Opportunities Policy

Policies and procedures for conducting council business

Corporate Legislation

	Human Rights Act 1998 - Putting Rights into Public Service
	Human Rights Act 1998 - The Convention Rights
	Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act Guidance Note
	Regulation of Investigatory Powers Policy

Equality

	Disability Equality Scheme
	Ethnic Monitoring Results
	Race Equality Scheme

Policies and procedures for delivering our services

Codes of Practice on use of CCTV including procedures

CCTV Code of Practice

HDC Emergency Plans

	Emergency Plans 1. Handling a civil emergency, 2. Management and co-ordination, 3. Major incidens, 3. Specific plans
	Other emergency plans for neighbouring councils; environment agency; met office; red cross

Records management and personal data policies

Data Protection

	Data Protection Act 1988
	Personal Data

Freedom of Information

	FOI information
	Freedom of Information Publication Scheme

The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000

Strategies developed in partnership with other authorities

	Ashington Neighbourhood Warden evaluation report
	Ashington Neighbourhood Warden implementation plan
	Communities Against Drugs action plan
	Community Safety Strategy 2005-2008
	Horsham District Council Parking Strategy
	Horsham District Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership Strategy
	Local Transport Plan for West Sussex
	The Local Transport Plan for West Sussex - Annual Progress report 2000/01
	The Local Transport Plan for West Sussex Annual Progress Report 2001/02

Strategy documents and policies

Strategy Documents

	Anti - Fraud Strategy
	Capital Strategy
	Economic Development Strategy for Horsham District
	Environmental Policy
	Fraud Prosecution Policy
	HDC strategy documents
	Highways Act/Traffic Regulations Act Notices occassional (as required by individual projects eg Blackhorse Way redevelopment)
	Horsham District Housing Strategy
	Horsham on street parking plan
	Housing District Housing Strategy
	ICT Strategy
	IEG Statement
	Older Person's Strategy
	Pro-active Anti Fraud Strategy: press releases/council tax explained leaflet advertisement
	Sanctions + Prosecution Policy
	Youth Strategy

Services provided by the council

Burial Services and Cemeteries

Burials Services and Cemeteries

	Burial Register
	Cemetery Fees leaflet
	General Information on Cemeteries and Burials
	Horsham District Council Burial Services Charges

Council Tax information advice and guidance

Council Tax and Business Rates

	Advertisement of new Council tax
	Business Rates - Application for Discretionary Rate Relief (Charities)
	Business Rates - Application for Discretionary Rate Relief (Community Amateur Sports Clubs)
	Business Rates - Application for Discretionary Rate Relief (Non-Profit Making Organisations)
	Business Rates - Application for Discretionary Rate Relief (Rural Settlements)
	Business Rates - Application for Mandatory Rate Relief
	Business Rates - Application for Mandatory Rate Relief (Community Amateur Sports Clubs)
	Business rates - Application for Mandatory Rate Relief (Rural Settlements)
	Business Rates - Application for Reduction/Remission of Rates (Hardship)
	Business Rates - Your Questions Answered
	Business Rates Valuation List
	Council Tax - Banding and Appeals
	Council Tax - How to Pay etc.
	Council Tax - Liability
	Council Tax - Sole or Main Residence Questionnaire
	Council Tax Annual Charges
	Council Tax Explained
	Council Tax Leaflet
	District Council Tax
	How to Reduce Your Council Tax (1) - Discounts and Disabled Relief
	How to Reduce Your Council Tax (2) - Property Exemptions

Council Tax Benefit

	Benefits Calculator
	Copies of HB/CTB scheme Department of Work and pensions leaflet
	HB/CTB Notice of determination inclusive of 'appeal rights' and 'recoverable excess benefit - where applicable
	HB/CTB Public awareness information 'Council Tax explained' leaflet
	Non-dependant explanatory leaflet
	Other welfare benefits - various leaflets and claim packs
	Overpayment Pack including appeal rights, payment arrangements
	Potential entitlement- computer based system
	Relevant HB/CTB legislation available to be copied if necessary

General

	A guide to your pension options
	Child Tax Credit and Working Tax Credit
	Council Tax Explained 2003 - 2004
	Department for Work and Pensions
	Financial Help if You Work or are Looking for Work
	Help with your Council Tax
	Help with Your Rent
	Inheritance of SERPS
	Invalid Care Allowance
	Invalid Care Allowance - Claim Form
	Invalid Care Allowance - Extra Money for an Child or Adult
	Non-Dependants - April 2003
	State pensions for carers and parents

Election information

Elections

	Elections
	Information about the electoral register
	Map of wards and parishes in the Horsham district
	Polling Stations

Grants and Lottery Funding Advice

Grants and Lotteries Advice

	Grant finder information and form
	Grants, Lottery and funding application advice
	Voluntary grants, application form

Housing information, advice and guidance

Allocations

	Application Form (Housing Options Assessment)
	Medical information Form
	Parish Boundaries and main settlements
	The Housing Register and Nomiantions Policy (April 2008)
	The Housing Register and Nomiantions Policy (July 2006)
	The Housing Register and Nominations Policy

General

	A Guide to Empty Homes
	Supporting People - Information for people using Housing Support
	Supporting People - Information for people who pay a support charge to a managing agent in retirement housing

HomeBuy

	HomeBuy
	HomeBuy booklet and applicaiton form

Homelessness

	Anti- Social Behaviour Policy and Procedure Statement
	Emergency Accommodation and Information

Housing Benefit

	Codes of Conduct: -for visiting officers, -surveillance, - benefit investigation
	Copies of HB/CTB scheme Department for Work and Pensions leaflet
	HB/CTB Notice of determination inclusive of 'appeal rights' and recoverable excess benefit - where applicable.
	HB/CTB Public awareness information 'Council Tax Explained' leaflet & 'Website page' . Advertisements placed in charitable leaflets and County Council/NHS publications.
	Non-dependant explanatory leaflet
	Other welfare benefits - various leaflets and claim packs
	Overpayment Pack including appeal rights, payment arrangement
	Potential entitlement - Computer based system
	Relevant HB/CTB legislation available to be copied if necessary

Housing Standards

	Condensation and mould growth leaflet
	HMO Statutory Notices (Housing Act 1985)

Options and Advice

	Assured and Assured shorthold tenancies (A guide for tenants)
	Do you rent, or are you thinking of renting, from a private landlord?
	Help with Your Rent
	Housing and Anti-Social Behaviour - A guide for residents
	Housing Benefit - A Guide for Landlords
	Housing Options
	Letting Your Property - A Guide for Landlords
	Loves me, Love me not, Loves me, Loves me not
	Mortgage Information
	Mortgage Scheme
	My Landlord Wants Me Out
	Private Sector Housing Assistance Policy
	Regulated tenancies
	Rent to Mortgage
	Renting a Home Privately
	Renting a Room in Someone's House
	Safe at Home Scheme
	Tenancy Deposit Scheme
	The Home Information Pack

Registered Social Landlords

A Guide to Registered Social Landlords

Retirement Housing

A short guide to Retirement Housing

Temporary Accommodation

	Anti-Social Behaviour Policy & Procedure Statement (Temporary Accommodation)
	Fire Safety in our Hostels
	General information on living in short stay accommodation
	Rent Arrears Policy (Temporary Accommodation)

Information for visitors to the area, leisure information, events, museums, libraries and archive collections

Arts and Entertainment

	Arts Strategy
	Carfax Bandstand Concerts 2008
	Children's Fun Sessions 2008
	Community Events Service
	CRB disclosure form
	Horsham District Heritage Trail
	Horsham Museum
	Horsham Park Podium Concerts
	Horsham Town Centre Festival Information Leaflet
	Outdoor Event Planning Guidelines
	Rooms for hire in Horsham District
	Schools Newsletter - 'Mouse'
	The Capitol - Horsham Arts Centre seasonal events guide

Leisure

	Leisure Guide
	Summer Action Pack
	The Leisure Access Card

Maps

	Horsham District Official Map & Information Handbook
	Official Guide to the Horsham District

Parks and Countryside

	Copies of byelaws made by the council in areas of public order and public health
	Countryside Events
	Horsham Riverside Walk
	Leechpool and Owlbeech Woods
	Southwater Country Park
	Warnham Nature Reserve

Sport and Recreation

	Activity for Health Scheme Information Leaflet
	Billingshurst Leisure Centre
	Horsham Leisure Link
	Leisure Activities Guide to BBHLC, SLC and the Pavillions
	List of contacts for local clubs and organisatons
	Rookwood Golf Course
	Up 4 It
	Walk and Talk Your Way to Health
	Young at Heart

Tourism

	Discover Horsham and District Guide
	Enjoy Sussex Visitor and Accommodation Guide

Leaflets, booklets and newsletters

Community Safety newsletter

News

	HDC News Magazine
	Residential Homes Newsletter

Official Handbook

Official handbook

Youth News

	Feedback reports from Speak out youth conference
	HYPER (Horsham Youth Council) and rural youth forum notes and agendas
	HYPER (Horsham Youth Council) leaflets and newsletters
	HYPER (Horsham Youth Council) website - www.horshamyouthcouncil.org.uk
	Youth Matters page on www.horsham.gov.uk

Media releases

News

	News Releases
	News Releases

Planning information, advice and guidance

Design guidance

	Design Guidance Advice Leaflet No.2 Shopfronts
	Documents Council intends to refer to/use as evidence for appeals against enforcement notices

Drainage

Explanatory leaflet on drainage for householders, forthcoming

Enforcement

	Enforcement Notices
	Leaflet-Making your enforcement appeal

Forms and Leaflets

	Building control application numbers
	Building near trees
	Copying and research charges
	Disabled access to dwellings
	Do I need Approval
	Domestic elecrical safety
	Domestic Garages
	How to make an application
	Inital notice register
	Regularisation Certificates
	Replacement windows
	Roofspace Conversions
	Sewage disposal methods

Household Extensions

	Design Guidance Advice Leaflet No.1 House Extensions
	New Rules for Household Extensions
	Planning Advice Note- Small Dwellings in the Countryside

Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas

	Amberley Conservation Area
	Bramber Conservation Area
	Design Guidance Leaflet No.3 Conversion of Agricultural & other Rural Buildings into Dwellings
	English Heritage Register of Buildings at Risk
	Horsham Conservation Area
	Leaflet-what is listed building and conservation area consent
	Listed Buildings Register14 Listed Buildings classified as being of special architectural or historic interest Listed Buildings Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 s2
	Rusper Conservation Area
	Slinfold Conservation Area
	Steyning Conservation Area

Nature Conservation

	Leaflet-planning for barn owls
	Nature Conservation

Planning Appeals

Authority’s inquiry statement by the applicants and parties objecting to the application

Planning Constraints

Various Planning Constraints held on GIS ie. Airport Hazard Zones, Ancient Monuments, Aquifer Protection Zones, Archaeological Sites, Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, Area of Special Control for Advertisements, Article 4 Directions,

Supplementary Planning Guidance

	Car Parking Policy supplemtary planning guidance
	SPG - Housing Development Private Rear Amenity Space standards
	Supplementary Planning Guidance-Refuse & Recycling The Provision of Storage/Collection Points & Local Recycling Facilities

Public Health & Licensing informationadvice and guidance

Air Quality

	Bonfires - Advice to Households
	HDC Document on Air Quality review and Assessment Stages 1 & 2
	Sussex Air Quality Steering Group

Contaminated Land

HDC Contaminated Land Inspection Strategy

Dogs

	Dog Fouling And The Law: A Guide for the Public (by ENCAMS)
	Dog Fouling: Web Page on HDC Website
	Dogs in Horsham District: Your Questions Answered; An introduction to the new Dog Fouling Order
	Stray dogs
	The HDC Dogs (Fouling of Land) Designation Order 1998

Food Safety and Hygiene

	Food Registration Food Premises (Registration) Regulations 1991
	HDC ‘advice to caterers’ on hazard analysis
	HDC advice on extract ventilation design for A3 use premises plus separate advice for applicants
	HDC Communal Food Service Plan
	HDC Food Safety Enforcement Policy
	HDC Information for food handlers on ‘Fitness to work’
	HDC Leaflets on Food Poisoning and other Infectious Diseases
	Information on Foundation Courses on Food Hygiene(formerly Basic Food Hygiene)
	Information on Work of EH dept (Food Safety)

Hazardous Substances

	EPA Part A processes (EPA 1990)
	Hazardous Substances Register, planning applications for premises used for storage/processing of hazardous substances
	Leaflet-hazardous substances consent a guide for industry

Health Information

	Health Improvement Plan (in conjunction with PCT's~)
	Health needs assessment (in conjunction with PCT's)
	Information regrding the Primary Care Trust
	Our Health, Your health

Neighbours

	Dealing with Noise from Neighbours
	Horsham District and Crawley Mediation Service

Noise

	Advice on car alarms
	Guide to Audible Intruder Alarms

Pest Control

5 Pest Control Information Leaflets on specific types of infestation

Pollution

Radiation

Public Register of Premises holding Radioactive Substances

Water

Private Water Supplies

Public Transport, Concessionary Fares and Parking

Buses, Parking, Park & Ride Concessionary Fares

	concessionary fares application
	concessionary fares leaflet
	Horsham Community Transport Leaflet
	Horsham Controlled Parking Zone/Residents Parking leaflet (from 2003)
	Horsham town centre car parking leaflet
	Park and Ride timetable and information leaflet
	Shopmobility information leaflet
	Timetables

Regulatory and licensing responsibilities

Animals

	Animal Boarding
	Riding Establishment Licences
	Zoo Licence Act 1981

Entertainment

	Cinema Licences
	Public entertainment licence
	Theatres Act Licence

Gaming Permits

Gaming Act 1968

Highway Activities

Highways Act 1980

House to House Collections

Street Collections, House to House Collections

Local Lotteries

Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976

Mobile Trading

Mobile trading

Street Collections

Street Collection Regulations 1981

Street Trading

Street Collection Regulations 1981

Taxis and Private Hire

	Information about drivers of private hire vehicles
	Information on owners and drivers of taxis and length of licences

Services for local businesses

HDC Business Directory

HDC Business News

HDC Property Register

HDC Vacant Property Register

Shoppers Guide

Services for which the council is entitled to recover a fee, together with those fees

Building Control Services and charges

Building Cotrol Services and Charges

Business Waste

Cesspits and Septic Tanks

Local Land Charge Searches

Local Land Charges Searches

Public Health

	Food Hygiene Courses
	Pest Control

Strategic Planning and Local Development Framwork

Grasslands

English Nature Grassland Inventory of West Sussex

Housing Development Design

	North Horsham Housing Development Design Brief Land north of Giblets Lane & east of Ryders Farm
	North Horsham Housing Development Design Brief Land west of North Heath Lane
	North Horsham Housing Development Design Brief Second Land Release

Local Development Framework

	A Mixed-use Leisure and Residential Scheme for Roffey, Horsham Background Document
	Alternative Development Sites & Boundary Changes
	Annual Monitoring Report April 2004 - March 2005
	Annual Monitoring Report April 2005 - March 2006
	Annual Monitoring Report April 2006 - March 2007
	Assessment of Development Viability and Impact of Affordable Housing Policy Background Document
	Defined Town and Village Centre Boundaries Background Document
	Employment Land Review Background Document
	General Development Control Alternative Policy Boundaries
	General Development Control Policies Submission Document
	General Development Control Policies: Preferred Options
	Gypsy & Traveller Sites Issues & Options Document
	Highways and Transport Feasibility Study of Rookwood Background Document
	Horsham District Landscape Character Assessment Background Document
	Horsham District Retail Study 2003 Background Document
	Horsham District Strategic Gaps Background Document
	Horsham District Urban Housing Potential 2004-2018 Background Document
	Horsham Housing Needs Survey 2003 Background Document
	Horsham Retail Health Check Update 2005
	Horsham Town Park & Ride Study 2005 Background Document
	Interim SA/SEA of the Reserve Housing Sites DPD
	Issues & Options Preliminary Consultation
	Land West of Horsham Strategic Development Background Document
	Local Development Scheme
	Planning Obligations Draft SPD
	Planning Obligations SPD
	PPG17 Planning for Open Space, Sport and Recreation Assessment Background Document
	Proposals Map (December 2007)
	Proposals Map Submission Document
	Reserve Housing Sites: Issues & Options
	Reserve Housing Sites: Preferred Options
	SA/SEA Draft Final Report
	SA/SEA Final Report on Core Strategy & Site Specific Allocations of Land
	SA/SEA Final Report on General Development Control Policies
	SA/SEA Interim Report of the Planning Obligations SPD
	SA/SEA of the Local Development Framework Scoping Report
	SA/SEA of the Planning Obligations SPD Final Report
	SA/SEA of the Reserve Housing Sites Preferred Options DPD - Interim Report
	SA/SEA Scoping Report - Village/Parish and Town Design Statements
	Settlement Sustainability & Greenfield Site Allocations Background Document
	Site Specific Allocations of Land (2007)
	Site Specific Allocations of Land Submission Document
	Site Specific Allocations of Land: Preferred Options
	Sites Excluded from the Issues & Options: Preliminary Consultation Document
	Statement of Community Involvement (2006)
	Statement of Community Involvement (2007)
	Statement of Community Involvement Submission Document
	Storrington Old Mill Drive Diamond Draft Planning Brief Draft SPD
	Storrington Old Mill Drive Diamond Planning Brief SPD
	The Core Strategy (2007)
	The Core Strategy: Preferred Options
	The Core Strategy: Submission Document
	West & North West of Crawley Joint Area Action Plan Issues & Options Document
	West & North West of Crawley Joint Area Action Plan: Preferred Options
	West and North West of Crawley JAAP SA/SEA Draft Final Report
	West of Bewbush JAAP SA/SEA Final Report
	West of Bewbush Joint Area Action Plan: Submission

Local Plans

	Horsham District Local Plan 1997 Vol 1
	Horsham District Local Plan 1997 Vol 2
	Horsham District Local Plan 1997 Vol 3
	Horsham District Local Plan Analysis of Representations (Consultation Draft)
	Horsham District Local Plan Citizens Jury Report
	Horsham District Local Plan consultation Draft
	Horsham District Local Plan Deposit Draft
	Horsham District Local Plan Environmental Appraisal
	Horsham District Local Plan Pre-Inquiry Proposed Changes
	Horsham District Local Plan Public Inquiry Inspectors Report
	Horsham District Local Plan Schedule of Proposed Modifications