Resources

This advice note is about parish and town council ownership and protection of common land and village greens

This advice note gives a very brief overview of the contract law and its application to parish and town councils.

This advice note helps understand the role of parish and town councils in the planning process, including how they are notified of planning applications and decisions.

This advice note explores information on staff pensions, including auto-enrolment.

This advice note concerns the procedures for handling disciplinary and grievance issues within parish and town councils.

This advice note sets out the main issues in the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 for parish and town councils.

The advice note is on the Code of Recommended Practice on Local Authority Publicity and publicity during the pre-election period in England.

This advice notes concerns the process of procurement by which parish and town councils award contracts to third parties to provide goods, services or to undertake works.

The advice note is on the power to fund works to property relating to affairs of the church or held for an ecclesiastical charity in England.

This advice note concerns the general powers and responsibilities of local councils in England.

The Equality Act 2010 provides legal protection from discrimination in the workplace and broader society. This advice contains a summary of the main issues for parish and town councils.

This advice note directs parish and town councils to where they can find information about energy performance requirements.

This advice note concerns the principles of copyright law and its implications for creators and users.

This advice note considers the powers and duties of parish and town councils regarding crime in their area.

This advice note concerns guidelines for conducting parish council meetings in England.

This advice note concerns the procedures and best practices for handling complaints within parish and town councils in England.

This advice note concerns the management, retention, and legal requirements for parish and town council documents and records.

This advice note concerns the role and regulations concerning non-councillor members of committees.

This advice note concerns ordinary and casual elections and councillors' co-option.

This advice note is about the guidelines for members' conduct, including the registration and disclosure of interests in England.

This advice note considers the different aspects of selling electricity and the provision of electric vehicle charging points.

This advice note concerns the essentials of charity law and legal requirements for establishing and managing a charity.

This advice note deals with the law of closed churchyards and disused burial grounds.

This advice note concerns the essentials of the Freedom of Information Act and its impact on public access to information.

This advice note considers rights of way over common land, village green, and relevant law.

This advice note provides further information on defamation.

This advice note concerns councillors' allowances, including the types, eligibility criteria, and processes for claiming them.

This advice note concerns parish and town councils helping village halls.

This advice note explores the fundamentals of data protection and its importance for parish and town councils.

The advice note considers the implications of the judicial review claim brought against Ledbury Town Council.

This advice note concerns the roles and responsibilities of the parish or town council chair.

This advice note is on how parish and town councils can delegate their statutory functions.

This advice note explains the circumstances in which a parish and town council or, in Wales, a community council may compulsorily purchase land.

This advice note concerns various matters that may affect the local environment and the appearance of the local environment

This advice note explains the powers, limitations and methods for providing parking spaces for parish and town councils.

This advice note sets out the relevant statutory and other legal provisions for celebrations and similar events

This advice note concerns managing markets and other local events.

This advice note concerns negligence, which can be defined as failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances.

This advice note covers the responsibilities of parish and town councils as occupiers under the Occupiers’ Liability Acts 1957 and 1984.

This advice note explains the rules and procedures for disposing of non-charity land by parish or town councils.

This advice note explains the rules and procedures for disposing of charitable land by a parish or town council.

This advice note sets out the law on the occupation of land, known as adverse possession or squatter’s rights.

This advice note concentrates on the provisions of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 that are relevant to parish and town councils

This advice note explains the position on licensing entertainment, gambling activities (such as bingo) and alcohol sales.

This advice note concerns the procedures for creating and enforcing byelaws in England.

This advice note covers anti-social behaviour and harassment and the wide range of daily incidents.

This advice note concerns the responsibilities of councils as landowners.

This advice note provides information on how dogs that appear to be dangerous must be kept under proper control.

This advice note considers the relevant provisions of the Localism Act 2011 and the Assets of Community Value (England) Regulations 2012.

This advice note concerns the provision of play and sports equipment on village greens

This advice note identifies the main types of civil law legal proceedings (litigation) that parish and town councils may become involved in.

This advice note explores the comprehensive resources and guidelines on community governance reviews in England.

This advice note outlines the laws and procedures concerning keeping public places litter-free.

The advice note is on the Transparency Code for Smaller Authorities with a turnover not exceeding £25,000.

This advice note concerns private nuisance in England and Wales.

This advice note explains the statutory requirements which apply to a meeting of a parish meeting.

This advice note concerns the powers of a parish meeting in a parish without a separate parish council.

This advice note deals with statutory and public nuisance.

This advice note concerns the official record of who owns land in the UK

This advice note explores the concept of predetermination and its implications for parish and town councils.

This advice note gives an overview of the law relating to public rights of way in England and Wales.

This advice note concerns the legal responsibility of tombstones and memorials.

This advice note concerns the Disclosure and Barring Service, its role in safeguarding vulnerable groups, and how it conducts background checks.

This advice notes concerns unauthorised parking on private land.

This advice note concentrates on the titles of freemen, officers of dignity, honorary freemen and freewomen.

This advice note explains the formalities and rules of precedence associated with a royal visit.

This advice note helps parish and town councils understand the Community Right to Challenge in England.

This advice note concerns the temporary use of allotment land.

This advice note concerns retirement gratuities and how they benefit employees upon retirement.

This advice note concerns private access to council land.

This advice note is on the essentials of business tenancies, including legal definitions, tenant and landlord rights, and the process for establishing and terminating tenancies.

This advice note concerns the key differences between leases and licences, including their legal implications and practical uses.

This advice note concerns the new provisions for the deregulation of agricultural tenancies

This advice note concerns the various alternative names and styles for parish and town councils in England.

This advice note relates to tenancies pursuant to the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986.