Policies, strategies and reports
View policies and strategies about council services
Select the service below.
- Information and policies for enrolling on an adult learning course.
- Information and policies that govern the council’s provision of adult social care.
View the Archives policies:
- Access Policy (PDF, 195KB)
- Acquisitions Policy (PDF, 168KB)
- Appraisal of Records Policy (PDF, 159KB)
- Closure and Takedown Policy (PDF, 159KB)
- Collections Care and Conservation Policy (PDF, 221KB)
- Collections Development Policy (PDF, 188KB)
- Collections Information Policy (PDF, 177KB)
- Collections Management Policy (PDF, 183KB)
- Community Engagement Policy (PDF, 191KB)
- Copying and Publishing Documents Policy (PDF, 175KB)
- Digital Preservation Policy (PDF, 177KB)
- Digitisation Policy (PDF, 164KB)
- Disposal Policy (PDF, 171KB)
- Inclusion Policy (PDF, 213KB)
- Loan of Documents Policy (PDF, 177KB)
- Safeguarding Policy (PDF, 252KB)
- Volunteering Policy (Walton Street Offices) (PDF, 170KB)
- Details of Library byelaws, stock management and our privacy notice.
- Policies for business rates, including relief and the revaluation support scheme.
- Details on our governance and protocols to detect, report and act on Modern Slavery.
- Our rights of way plan to improve and enhance access to the countryside up to 2030.
- Our five priorities for Buckinghamshire to continue being one of the safest places.
- Criteria and guidance for street name and numbering proposals.
- Complaints and feedback policy
- Compliments and Complaints Annual Report 2020 to 2021
- Compliments and Complaints Annual Report 2021 to 2022
- Compliments and Complaints Annual Report 2022 to 2023
- Compliments and Complaints Annual Report 2023 to 2024
- Compliments and Complaints Annual Report 2024 to 2025
- Persistent or vexatious complaints policy
- Customer service standards
Children's Services strategies
- Our key primary and underpinning strategies for Children's Services.
Corporate debt management strategy PDF, 244KB
- The purpose of this Strategy is to ensure that the council receives the maximum level of income possible for services it provides.
- Information on the Central Government’s scheme and the Council’s Local scheme.
Council Tax discounts and empty homes premiums policy PDF, 242KB
- This policy outlines the Council's approach to discretionary Council Tax discounts and the levying of premiums on empty homes.
Council Tax discretionary discount policy PDF, 249KB
- The purpose of this policy is to ensure that a consistent approach is taken when applications for Council Tax discretionary discounts are considered by Buckinghamshire Council.
Discretionary Council Tax discount scheme for care leavers policy PDF, 117KB
- This policy sets out our approach to the award of discretionary Council Tax discount for Care Leavers.
Housing payment policy PDF,190KB
- The purpose of the policy is to ensure that a consistent approach is taken when assessing applications for discretionary awards (DA) for Council Tax Reduction.
Medium-Term Financial Plan 2026/27 to 2028/29 and Capital Investment programme
- This document sets out Buckinghamshire Council’s proposed Revenue budget for the next 3 years, and our 4 year capital investment programme.
- A schedule of fees and charges from 1 April 2025
- The strategy provides a framework designed to support Members and Officers in ensuring that the Council is able to discharge its risk management responsibilities.
- Details about the various strategies and policies we have relating to housing matters.
- Information on how HMO managers are assessed as suitable.
- Details the effectiveness of the council's governance arrangements.
Anti Fraud and Corruption Policy
- Details on our commitment and approach to tackling fraud and corruption.
- Information on how we assess risk and what controls we use to prevent money laundering.
Buckinghamshire Council Corporate Plan 2020-2025
- Outline of our corporate vision and key priorities for 2020 to 2025.
Covert Surveillance Policy and Procedure
- Details on how we may use covert surveillance and the protocols to minimise privacy issues.
Enforcement Policy - Regulatory Functions
- How we create a transparent, proportionate, and accountable approach to enforcement.
- Our objectives concerning equality and how we plan to achieve them.
- Outlines the full protocol when flying flags from Buckinghamshire Council buildings
Fly-Tipping Enforcement Policy
- Details of what to expect from us regarding our regulatory and enforcement fly-tipping functions.
High Wycombe Community Governance Review Terms of Reference (PDF, 229 KB)
- Explaining what will happen in the review.
- A description of the council's governance arrangements.
- Information relating to the pay of our corporate service workforce (excluding Schools employees).
Persistent or vexatious complaints
- How we handle abusive, persistent, or vexatious complaints and complainants.
Whistleblowing Policy and Procedure
- Principles and safeguarding to protect employees and workers if they raise a concern.
Whistleblowing Policy and Procedure for Schools
- Details and guidance on our Whistleblowing policy for staff employed in and working for Schools.
- Information on our licensing objectives and how we plan to promote them.
- Policy information on how we plan to manage and regulate gambling across the county.
Hackney carriage and private hire
- Our approach to regulating the hackney carriage and private hire trades.
Service Devolution and Asset Transfer
- Supporting the delivery of a devolution programme to increase local control over services and assets.
- Reports, delivery plans, and documents relating to parking in Buckinghamshire.
- Policy documents, terms and conditions of travel, and behaviour protocol
- Our road and highway policies, including filming on highways.
- Details on neighbourhood planning, planning reporting and local development plans.
- Our full admissions guide, policies, statistics, and school allocation information.
- Information on what residents can expect and how to use the collection service.
Garden waste terms and conditions
- Terms and conditions for both Aylesbury Vale and Southern Buckinghamshire area.
- Details on our approach to the disposal of waste at our Household Recycling Centres (HRCs).
- What to expect from our regulatory and enforcement functions regarding littering.