Official publications, guides and policies
Official documents can be viewed and downloaded here.
The following is a list of links to official documents released by the council. They are in 
format. If you are having any trouble downloading or displaying them please read our PDF advice.
- Best Value
- Community Strategy
- Constitution
- Corporate Policies
- Cultural & Leisure Services
- Data Protection
- Electronic Government
- Environment
- Environmental Health
- Elections
- Finance
- Freedom of Information
- Hertsmere News
- Housing
- Human Resources
- Job Descriptions
- Information Services
- Members' allowances
- Planning
- Residents' Survey Results
- Best Value Performance Plan 2008/2009 (49 pages - 2.61MB)
- Best Value Performance Plan 2007/2008 (48 page - 2.23MB)
- Best Value Performance Plan 2006/2007
- Best Value Performance Plan 2005/2006
Community Strategy
- Hertsmere Together Community Strategy 2010 - 2021
- or view online (flash version)
Constitution
Corporate Policies
- Corporate Plan 2009-2013 / Flash version
- Customer Service Strategy 2005/6
- Hertsmere's Equality and Diversity Policy (210KB)
- Hertsmere's Equality and Diversity Scheme 2007-2010 (392KB)
- Main Contacts for all Council Departments (103KB)
- Equality Publication 2012
- Equality Objectives (PDF) / Equality Objectives (MS Word)
Cultural & Leisure Services
Data Protection
Electronic Government
- Implementing Electronic Government Statement 2005
- Implementing Electronic Government Statement mid term 2005
- Implementing Electronic Government Statement Return 2004
- Implementing Electronic Government Statement Return 2003
Environment
- Environmental Policy (743KB)
- Policy on the Provision of Drainage Services (88KB)
- Policy Statement on Flood Defence (49KB)
- Watling Chase Greenways Newsletter Issue 3 (364KB)
- Watling Chase Greenways Newsletter Issue 4 (940KB)
Environmental Health
- Food Law Enforcement 2008-2009 (239KB)
- Food Service Plan 2007-2008 (55KB)
- Food Safety - Summary of Enforcement (14KB)
- Children and Young People at Work (117KB)
- Environmental Health Enforcement Policy (44KB)
- Statement of Licensing Policy (484KB)
- Health and Safety Service Plan 2008-2009 (243KB)
- Statutory Contaminated Land Strategy (324KB)
- Air Quality Review and Assessment – Stage 4 (472KB)
- Air Quality Updating and Screening Assessment (1.6MB)
- General Environmental Health, Licensing and Pollution control Service Plan (306KB)
Finance
All Council spending over £500
Elections
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Election Costs (14KB)
Freedom of Information
Hertsmere News
Hertsmere News is the council's magazine for residents and is delivered three times a year - spring, summer and winter.
You can view editions from winter 2008 onwards in an interactive way using a Flash player 
. Alternatively you can view a pdf version or request a hard copy - call 020 8207 7581 or email corporate.communications@hertsmere.gov.uk
More information on Hertsmere News.
- Hertsmere News - Flash (Spring 2012 and archive)
PDFs - Hertsmere News Spring 2012
- Hertsmere News Winter 2011
- Hertsmere News Summer 2011
- Hertsmere News Spring 2011
- Hertsmere News Winter 2010
- Hertsmere News Autumn 2010
- Hertsmere News Summer 2010
- Hertsmere News Spring 2010
- Hertsmere News Winter 2009
- Hertsmere News Autumn 2009
- Hertsmere News Summer 2009
- Hertsmere News Spring 2009
- Hertsmere News Winter 2008
- Hertsmere News Autumn 2008
- Hertsmere News Summer 2008
- Hertsmere News Spring 2008
- Hertsmere News Winter 2007
- Hertsmere News Autumn 2007
- Hertsmere News Summer 2007
- Hertsmere News Spring 2007
- Hertsmere News Winter 2006
- Hertsmere News Autumn 2006
- Hertsmere News Summer 2006
- Hertsmere News Spring 2006
Housing
- Choice Based Lettings Allocation Policy (166KB)
- Hertsmere Housing Strategy 2000-2003 (289KB)
- Update to Hertsmere's Housing Strategy 2000-2003 (83KB)
- Housing Strategy 2004-2007 (1.3MB)
- Housing Applicants with Pets (164KB)
- Advice for Victims of Domestic Violence (123KB)
- Housing Applicants Charter (26KB)
- Housing Advice Information Pack (187KB)
- Housing Register Newsletter October 2003 (97KB)
- House Condition Survey (436KB)
- Homelessness Review (351KB)
- Homelessness Strategy (336KB)
- Private Sector Housing Strategy (528KB)
Human Resources
- Equality and Diversity Policy (210KB)
- Hertsmere Employee Pay Scale (12KB)
- Job Descriptions:
- Recruitment and Selection Policy & Procedure (230KB)
Information Services
- IS Service Plan 2009/10 to 2011/12 (644KB)
- IS Strategy 2008 (2MB)
Members' Allowances
- Payments to Councillors and Co-opted Members 2010/2011
- Payments to Councillors and Co-opted Members 2009/2010
- Payments to Councillors and Co-opted Members 2008/2009
Planning
- For a full list of reports and guidance, please visit the Planning Publications page.
Residents' Survey Results
- Hertsmere Panel Consultation report - final report (26 pages, 914 KB)
- Place Survey 2008 - final report (74 pages, 6,226 KB)
- Residents' Tracker final report 2008 (64 pages, 1,214 KB)
- Residents' Panel Survey Feb 2008 (53 pages, 787 KB)
- Full Survey Report 2005