17 May 2012We believe it is important that residents can see how council tax payers' money is spent. These pages provide you with the opportunity to view a wide range of information about the our spending.
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Report
Our Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions Report sets out the carbon emissions generated from running the Council's offices, from the fleet of vehicles it uses to deliver its services and the business mileage travelled by Officers and Members. View the GHG Report 2011 (
PDF File 366KB file details).
Council structure
View the Council's organisation chart.
Pay Policy Statement
Our Pay Policy Statement is prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Localism Act 2011. It sets out our policies towards a range of issues relating to the pay of its workforce, particularly its senior staff and its lowest paid employees. View the Pay Policy Statement 2012/13 ( PDF File 76KB file details)
Senior officer pay
You can view details of senior officer pay in PDF or CSV format, which can be easily read in a variety of applications. However, the CSV format uses a standard column width and not all entries may be completely visible. To view all the data, you will need to expand the columns.
Senior officers' pay ( PDF File 35KB file details)
Senior officers' pay (
CSV File 2KB file details)
Council spending
View details of Council expenditure on items costing £500 or over, the Council's statement of accounts and the Council's finance page.
Community grants
View details of the recipients of the Council's grants to voluntary and community groups.
Council contracts and tenders
View details of current Council contracts and tender opportunities and how to do business with the Council by viewing the our procurement page.
Petitions
We welcomes petitions and recognises that signing a petition is one way in which people can let us know their concerns. There are two ways to organise a petition: Collect signatures on a paper petition that you then give to the Council or post an e-petition on the Council's website for other residents to see and decide if they wish to add their support. See our petitions page for more details.
External audits and assessments of the Council
Information about our external assessments and audits is available. Information from the Audit Commission on our performance including the Comprehensive Area Assessment (CAA), inspection reports and its CPA scorecard can be viewed on the our performance page.
Food safety inspections
Details of the food hygiene inspections carried out by our environmental health team are published online.
Freedom of Information
The Freedom of Information Act 2000 provides a right of access to information. A request for information must be made in writing to us. View our FOI page with details of how to make an FOI request and our FOI Publication Scheme.
Council complaints
We have a complaints procedure for people to use if they are unhappy with our services. View the complaints page, which includes how to make a complaint.
How the Council makes decisions
We have a Leader and Cabinet executive structure, in which the overall budget and policy framework is determined by Full Council (all 54 councillors) with the Leader and Cabinet responsible for most day-to-day decisions. We also have three scrutiny committees and a performance and governance committee that act as a check and balance on the Cabinet and review and help to develop Council policies to ensure that they have a positive impact on the Sevenoaks District. For more information, visit the Councillors and decision making section on this website.
Planning applications
View current planning applications, decisions and appeals on the Council's PublicAccess website or planning section for general information about the planning process.
Licensing applications
View current licensing applications and decisions on the our PublicAccess website or the licensing section for general information about licensing.
Members' allowances
To promote transparency in the use of public funds and decision-making, we publish details of Councillors’ allowance claims.
Members' Allowance Payments for the year ending 31 March 2012 (2011/12 period) ( PDF File 29KB file details)
Members' Allowance Payments for the year ending 31 March 2011 (2010/11 period) ( PDF File 45KB file details)
Members' Allowance Payments for the year ending 31 March 2010 (2009/10 period) ( PDF File 86KB file details)
Members' Allowance Payments for the year ending 31 March 2009 (2008/09 period) ( PDF File 30KB file details).
The full details of the current Members' allowance scheme can be found in Appendix G to the Council's Constitution.
Public Sector Equality Duty
See how we have complied with the Equality Act.
