Citizens' rights

You have a number of rights when dealing with us. These reflect legal rights plus some based on the services we provide.

You have the

right to complain about our services
right to make compliments and comments to us about our services
right to petition us on matters relating to our work or of particular concern to us, through our petitions scheme
right to contact local district councillors about any matter of concern
right to complain about district councillors behaviour

Elections and electoral registration

You have the

right to register to vote, if eligible
right to vote at local, government and European elections if you are registered to do so
right to use a postal vote at local, government and European elections
right to use a proxy to vote for you at local, government and European elections
right to stand for election as a district councillor, if eligible

You have the

right to attend our meetings and our committees and sub-committees, except where exempt or confidential information may be discussed
right to ask questions at most of our meetings through the public question time scheme
right to speak at meetings of the licensing committee through our public speaking scheme, either as an applicant or as a agent or supporter, an objector or on behalf of statutory consultees
right to speak at planning committee meetings through our public speaking scheme, either as an applicant or an agent or supporter, an objector or on behalf of a parish council
right to speak on land matters at the policy and resources committee through our public speaking scheme, either as an applicant or an agent or supporter, an objector or on behalf of a parish council

You have the

right to find out what matters will be discussed at our meetings, committees and sub-committees
right to see reports and background papers, except those containing confidential or exempt information
right to find out the decisions made at our meetings, committees and sub-committees, except those containing confidential or exempt information
right to see copies of minutes of our meetings, committees and sub-committees, except those containing confidential or exempt information