Risk Assessment and Management

“The greatest risk facing a local authority is not being able to deliver the activity or services expected of the Council.”

Risk assessment is a systematic general examination of working conditions, workplace activities and environmental factors that will enable the Parish Council to identify any and all potential inherent risks. The Parish Council, based on a recorded assessment, will take all practical and necessary steps to reduce or eliminate the risks, insofar as is practically possible.

This document has been produced to enable Westcott Parish Council to assess the risks that it faces and satisfy itself that it has taken adequate steps to minimise them. In conducting this exercise, the following plan was followed:

• Identify the areas to be reviewed
• Identify what the risk may be
• Evaluate the management and control of the risk and record all findings
• Review, assess and revise if required

This Risk Assessment policy was agreed by the Council on 18th May 2021 and will be reviewed annually or earlier if so required by legislation or additional material. The policy can be read following this link

12th May 2026