Your county's plans and budget, explained
Every year your county government makes a plan, sets spending limits, passes a budget, reports on how it went, and gets audited. These documents are public, but they run to hundreds of pages. Open County summarises each one the same way, so you can see what was promised, what was paid for and what happened.
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Six documents, one story
Each document builds on the one before it. Read together, they show whether a promise in the five-year plan was paid for, spent and properly accounted for.
- Step 1 of 6The five-year planCIDPThe development priorities and big projects the county commits to for five years, sector by sector.
- Step 2 of 6This year's planADPWhich parts of the five-year plan the county will work on in the coming financial year, and what they will cost.
- Step 3 of 6Last year's report cardCBROPHow much money came in and how much was spent last year, compared with the plan, and updated forecasts for the years ahead.
- Step 4 of 6Next year's spending limitsCFSPHow much money the county expects next year, and the most each sector is allowed to spend.
- Step 5 of 6The budgetBudgetThe exact amounts each department and programme will get for the financial year, from July to June.
- Step 6 of 6The auditAuditAn independent check of the county's accounts: was money spent lawfully, and can the county show where it went?