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
- Information Services
- Planning
- Political structure
- Residents' Survey Results
Best Value
- 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
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)
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
Annual Statement of Accounts
Please use the links below to download the Annual Statement of Accounts in full or summary format.
Hard copies of the Full Statement of Accounts may also be ordered using the online request form.
| Statement of Accounts: 2008/09 | FULL | SUMMARY |
| Statement of Accounts: 2007/08 | FULL | SUMMARY |
| Statement of Accounts: 2006/07 | FULL | SUMMARY |
| Statement of Accounts: 2005/06 | FULL | SUMMARY |
| Statement of Accounts: 2004/05 | FULL | N/A |
| Statement of Accounts: 2003/04 | FULL | N/A |
| Statement of Accounts: 2002/03 | FULL | N/A |
Annual External Audit
- Annual Use of Resources Report 2007/08
- Annual Audit and Inspection letter 2007/08
- Audit of Accounts 2008/09: Report to those charged with governance
- Audit of Accounts 2007/08: Report to those charged with governance
Annual Budget
- Draft Revenue Budget 2010/11
- Budget Book 2009/10
- Budget Book 2008/09
- Budget Book 2007/08
Finance Strategies
Financial Strategy 2009/10
Finance Strategy 2007/08
Finance Strategy 2006/07
Treasury Management Strategy
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 four times a year.
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
- Hertsmere News - Flash (Spring 2010 and archive)
Pdfs - 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 Scheme (210KB)
- Hertsmere Employee Pay Scale (12KB)
- Job Titles (10KB)
- Recruitment and Selection Policy & Procedure (230KB)
Information Services
- IS Service Plan 2008 (109KB)
- IS Strategy 2008 (2MB)
Planning
- For a full list of reports and guidance, please visit the Planning Publications page.
Political structure
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