Policies and strategies
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.
Children's Services strategies
- Our key primary and underpinning strategies for Children's Services.
Capital and investment strategy
- Objectives and scope of how we will maximise the impact of our limited capital resources.
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.
Council Tax support fund policy 2023/34 PDF, 249KB.
- This policy outlines our approach to the recent initiatives by Central Government to assist with the most vulnerable taxpayers who are suffering financial hardship due to the cost of living crisis.
Discretionary award 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.
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.
Discretionary housing payments policy PDF, 180KB.
- The purpose of the policy is to ensure that a consistent approach is taken when assessing applications for discretionary housing payments (DHP) for Housing Benefit.
- The 2025/26 Budget and Medium-Term Financial Plan (MTFP) delivers a 3-year balanced budget and demonstrates the financial sustainability of the council despite the considerable challenges faced by us and the sector.
- 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.