Financial, Governance and Policies
Annual Return and Auditor's Reports
2025-06-16 Notice for the period for the exercise of public rights 2024-25Brockenhurst Parish Council's Notice of Conclusion of Audit for the 2023/24 financial year can be downloaded here.
Brockenhurst Parish Council's Annual Return and Auditor's Reports for recent financial years can be downloaded below:
📅 2023/24 Financial Year:
📅 2022/23 Financial Year:
📅 2021/22 Financial Year:
📅 2020/21 Financial Year:
📅 2019/20 Financial Year:
📅 2018/19 Financial Year:
📅 2017/18 Financial Year:
📅 2016/17 Financial Year:
📅 2015/16 Financial Year:
Previous years' reports are available from the Parish Clerk upon email request.
Precept Report, Financial Year 2024/25
Brockenhurst Parish Council's Precept for the year April 2024 - March 2025 is £135,281.00, which is an increase of £54,286 from April 2023 – March 2024. Figures are based on a Band D property which in Brockenhurst equates to £70.79 for the year and represents an increase of £28.30 in the parish council element of your NFDC council tax bill. (The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities states that the average Band D Precept charged by local precepting bodies nationwide for 24/25 is £85.88).
This is the first increase in the precept for eight years, which has remained at £42.49 since the last rise for the 2016/17 financial year. The cumulative effect of inflation together with higher running costs and the renewal of aging assets, has now required an increase.
📊 Budget & Precept Information
You can view our budget and precept information for the following financial years:
- 2022/2023
- 2023/2024
- 2024/2025
Register of Interests and Code of Conduct
Councillors' Code of Conduct
📄 Download the Councillors' Code of Conduct (PDF, 102KB)
Councillors' Register of Interests
Individual Members' Registers of Interests can be viewed on the New Forest District Council (NFDC) website:
🔗 View the Register of Interests on the NFDC website
Policies
Data Protection & Privacy
- 📄 Use of Website Policy (PDF, 109KB)
- 📄 Privacy Notice (PDF, 121KB)
- 📄 GDPR Privacy Notice (PDF, 204KB)
Governance
- 📄 Standing Orders (PDF, 305KB)
- 📄 Financial Regulations (PDF, 384KB)
- 📄 Publication Scheme (PDF, 220KB)
Policies
- 📄 Equality & Diversity Policy (PDF, 105KB)
- 📄 Grant Policy (PDF, 199KB) – More details available on the Grant Information Page
- 📄 Noticeboard Policy (PDF)
- 📄 Press & Media Policy (PDF, 98KB)
- 📄 Scheme of Delegation Policy (PDF, 128KB)
- 📄 Tree Management Policy (PDF, 94KB)
- 📄 Training & Development Policy (PDF, 108KB)
- 📄 Document Retention Policy (PDF, 45KB)
- 📄 Website & Electronic Display Screen Policy (PDF, 109KB)
- 📄 Allotment Management Policy
- 📄 Complaints Procedure (PDF, 86KB)
- 📄 Co-option Policy (PDF, 375KB)
- 📄 Reserves Policy (PDF, 139KB)
- 📄 Memorial Inspection Policy
- 📄 Accessibility Statement
Committees – Terms of Reference
Committee Terms of Reference
- 📄 Planning Committee (PDF, 84KB)
- 📄 Amenities & Infrastructure Committee (PDF, 88KB)
- 📄 Personnel & Resources Committee (PDF, 37KB)
Working Groups – Terms of Reference