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The Information Management Team keeps the council’s deeds, administers the off-site storage and archiving of paper records or electronic media i.e. microfiche, and provides for secure document destruction. This work covers property deeds and council agreements, licences and other legal documentation, social care files and client records. We work with all council services to store, retrieve and securely destroy records in line with the council’s retention scheme.

The Planning Policy Team is responsible for preparing the council’s statutory Development Plan to guide growth and change in the Borough over the next 15 years as well as provide the policy basis for the determination of planning applications.  In preparing Development Plan documents, consultation is undertaken with statutory and non-statutory consultees and we hold information about those we consult with. For statutory consultations we are required to identify and contact people who would be relevant consultees, which may be people who have contacted the council previously, or those who ar

Our highways service is responsible for: