Standards Committee

Agendas and minutes for the 2012/2013 civic year

Agenda	Minutes

Click here for agendas and minutes from previous years

Recent Public Notices

Public Notice - LSB44 20 March 2012 Councillor Phillip Skinner of EDDC (20KB - 23 May 2012 - PDF Help)

Public Notice - LSB36 29 July 2011 Counciller Bob Coillier of Colyton Parish Council (25KB - 11 August 2011 - PDF Help)

Public Notice - LSB35 10 June 2011 Former East Devon District Councillor Dinnis (73KB - 12 July 2011 - PDF Help)

What does this committee do?

All elected Councillors (and any co-opted Members) are subject to the Code of Conduct for Councillors. The Standards Committee ensures that Councillors adhere to the Code and investigates any complaints brought against any Councillor. This includes Town and Parish Councillors as well as District Councillors.

For details on the procedure which will be followed if a case is referred for local investigation of allegations of misconduct by Councillors, please click here (143KB - 22 August 2011 - PDF Help). The procedure may be varied by the Monitoring Officer or Deputy Monitoring Officer but the Councillor against whom the allegation has been made will be notified in writing of the proposed variation to the procedure and the reasons for that variation. This procedure will apply to allegations of breach of the authority’s Code of Conduct by elected and co-opted members of the authority and by the directly elected mayor of the authority.

Full details of the responsibilities of the Standards Committee are set in of East Devon District Council's Constitution

Membership of the Standards Committee 2010/11

The Committee comprises four members, including the Chairman of the Council. In addition, there are three independent members and three parish council representatives.


Mr E Butt (Independent) Chairman	Cllr G Chamberlain	Cllr Peter Halse

Mr R Davison (Independent)	Ms A Willan (Independent)	Mr S Pollentine (Parish Rep.)

Cllr Tim Wood	Mr C Richards (Parish Rep.)	Cllr P Bowden

Cllr David Mason