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All policies in an alphabetical list
- 20 Mile Per Hour (mph) Policy
- A-Board Advertising Signs Policy
- Accessibility Strategy 2022 to 2025
- Accommodation with Support Programme. A programme within the transformation, investment and reform programme
- Admission Arrangements for Community and Voluntary Controlled Schools in Dorset Council 2024 to 2025
- Admission Arrangements for Community and Voluntary Controlled Schools in Dorset Council 2026 to 2027
- Admission of Armed Forces Community Children Policy 2024 to 2025
- Admission of Armed Forces Community Children Policy 2025 to 2026
- Admission of Armed Forces Community Children Policy 2026 to 2027
- Adopted Highway Policy
- Adult Services Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Anti Money Laundering Policy 2022 to 2025
- Anti-bullying Strategy
- Anti-Fraud, Corruption and Bribery Strategy 2022 to 2025
- Archaeological Fieldwork on Dorset Council Land Policy
- Art, Statues and Monuments on the Highway Policy 2021
- Artz+ Sportz+ Supporting children with medical conditions policy
- Attendance Strategy and Plan 2023
- Back or Forward Yearing Policy
- Belonging Strategy and Plan 2024 to 2027
- Better Commissioning for Better Lives 2023 to 2028
- Blue Badge Car Park Charging Policy revised 2024
- Bournemouth, Dorset and Poole Multi Agency Safeguarding Adults Policy 2023
- Bournemouth, Poole and Dorset Local Transport Plan - Motorcycle Strategy
- Bournemouth, Poole and Dorset Local Transport Plan - Cycling Strategy
- Bournemouth, Poole and Dorset Local Transport Plan - Low Carbon Travel Strategy
- Bournemouth, Poole and Dorset Local Transport Plan 3
- Bournemouth, Poole and Dorset Local Transport Plan 3 - Road Safety Strategy 2011 to 2026
- Bournemouth, Poole and Dorset Local Transport Plan. Accessibility Strategy
- Bournemouth, Poole and Dorset Local Transport Plan - Health Strategy
- Bournemouth, Poole and Dorset Local Transport Plan - Sustainable Modes of Travel to School Strategy
- Bournemouth, Poole and Dorset Local Transport Plan 2011 to 2026 Summary
- Bus Service Improvement Plan
- Capital Strategy 2023 to 2028
- Capital Strategy 2024/25-2027/28
- Charging and Financial Assessment Policy 2021
- Child Performance Licence Policy
- Children in Care Policy
- Children Missing Education Policy
- Children, Young People and Families' Plan 2023 to 2033
- Children, Young People and Families' Plan 2023 to 2033 easy read version
- Civil Parking Enforcement Policy Dec 2024 – Part II Appeals
- Civil Parking Enforcement Policy, Dec 2024 Part 1: Enforcement
- Climate and Ecological Emergency Strategy and Action Plan
- Commercial Strategy
- Commissioning for A Better Life as People Age in Dorset 2023 to 2028
- Commissioning for A Better Life for Adults in Dorset 2023 to 2028
- Commissioning for A Better Life for Carers in Dorset 2023 to 2028
- Community and Public Protection Enforcement Policy/Procedure
- Community Asset Transfer Policy 2024 to 2026
- Community Infrastructure Levy Regulations 2010 (as amended). Exceptional Circumstances Relief Policy
- Community Safety Plan (CSIP) 2020 to 2026 (2024 refresh)
- Community Safety Plan 2023 to 2026 2024/25 Refresh
- Community Signs Policy
- Consultation and Engagement Policy
- Controlled Waste Regulations 2012 Policy
- Corporate Parenting Strategy 2024 to 2027
- Council Tax – Support for Care Leavers
- Council Tax Discretionary Discounts Policy
- Council Tax Reduction Scheme 2024 to 2025
- Council Tax Reduction Scheme 2024 to 2025. Schedule 1 - Calculation of the amount of Council Tax Reduction in accordance with the Discount Scheme
- Council Tax Reduction Scheme 2024 to 2025. Schedule 2 - Sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings
- Council Tax Reduction Scheme 2024 to 2025. Schedule 3 - Capital to be disregarded
- Council Tax Reduction Scheme 2024 to 2025. Schedule 4 - Amounts to be disregarded from earnings
- Council Tax Reduction Scheme 2025 to 2026
- County Farm Estate Management Plan 2016 to 2021
- Cranborne Chase Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) Management Plan 2019 to 2024
- Cultural Strategy 2021 to 2026
- Customer Strategy and Delivery Plan
- Data and Business Intelligence Strategy 2023 to 2028
- Data and Business Intelligence Strategy 2023 to 2028 Executive Summary
- Data Sharing Policy
- Deferred Payment Agreements Policy 2015
- Development Management Local Enforcement Plan 2024
- Digital Strategy 2020 to 2024
- Direct Payments Policy 2022 (refreshed 2023)
- Disclosure and Barring Service Checks for Councillors Policy
- Discretionary Housing Payments 2023 to 2026
- Discretionary Rates Relief Policy
- Disposable BBQ and Campfire/Wildfire Policy
- Domestic Abuse Strategy 2021 to 2024
- Dorset and BCP Safeguarding Adults Board Complaints Policy
- Dorset and BCP Safeguarding Adults Boards Communication and Engagement Strategy
- Dorset and Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Mineral Sites Plan
- Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Management Plan 2019 to 2024
- Dorset Co-ordinated Admission Scheme 2025 to 2026
- Dorset Co-ordinated Admission Scheme 2026 to 2027
- Dorset Coast Strategy 2023 to 2026
- Dorset Community Safety Partnership (CSP) Serious Violence Strategy
- Dorset Council Blue Badge Car Park Charging Policy 2023 to 2024
- Dorset Council Car Parking Policies
- Dorset Council Children’s Commissioning Strategy
- Dorset Council Criminal Conviction Policy
- Dorset Council Digital Vision
- Dorset Council Enforcement Policy and Enforcement Procedures and Guidelines
- Dorset Council Harbours Strategy 2022 to 2032
- Dorset Council Housing Allocations Policy 2021 to 2026. Revised August 2024
- Dorset Council Libraries Noticeboard Policy
- Dorset Council Management of Trees Policy
- Dorset Council Plan 2022 to 2024
- Dorset Council Pollinators Action Plan 2019 to 2024
- Dorset Council Productivity Plan 2024/2025
- Dorset Council Social Media Acceptable Use Policy
- Dorset Council Transformation Plan 2025 to 2029
- Dorset Council Waste Strategy 2024
- Dorset Council Whole Authority Complaints Policy
- Dorset Extra Care Housing Strategic Statement 2024 to 2039 - Summary
- Dorset Heathlands Framework 2020 to 2025
- Dorset Heathlands Interim Air Quality Strategy 2020 to 2025
- Dorset Highways Maintenance Plan
- Dorset History Centre - Access in Constitution Policy
- Dorset History Centre - Acquisition Policy
- Dorset History Centre - Collections Care and Conservation Policy 2020 to 2023
- Dorset History Centre - Collections Development Policy
- Dorset History Centre - Digital Preservation Policy
- Dorset History Centre - Digitisation Policy
- Dorset History Centre - Learning and Public Engagement Policy
- Dorset History Centre - Preservation Policy
- Dorset History Centre - Volunteer Policy
- Dorset Libraries Service Collection Development Policy 2024
- Dorset Library Strategy progress 2024 to 2025
- Dorset Local Industrial Strategy
- Dorset Mariculture Strategy 2020 to 2025
- Dorset Police and Crime Panel Complaints Protocol 2023
- Dorset Rights of Way Improvement Plan (RoWIP) 2011 to 2021
- Dorset Safeguarding Adults Board and Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole Safeguarding Adults Board. Safeguarding Adults Review Policy
- Dorset Strategic Road Safety Partnership Strategy 2021 to 2030
- Dorset's Economic Growth Strategy 2020 to 2024
- Dorset's Extra Care Housing Strategic Statement 2024 to 2039
- Dorset’s Digital Infrastructure and Inclusion Strategy 2023 to 2030
- Education Strategy 2024 to 2027
- Electric Vehicle Strategy 2021 to 2023
- Eligibility and Assessment Criteria of the Adult Policy 2023
- Environmental Enforcement Procedures and Guidelines
- Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy 2021 to 2024
- Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Policy
- Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan 2024 to 2027
- Errata - Interim Mitigation Strategy for Heathland Habitat Sites (2018/19 to 2023/24)
- Family and Friends Care Policy
- Fees and Charges Policy 2023
- General Statement of Enforcement Policy
- Generic Enforcement Policies
- Guidance on the Placement of a Pupil Outside their Chronological Age Group: 2024 to 2025
- Hardship Rates Relief Policy
- Health and Wellbeing Strategy 2020 to 2023
- Highway Improvements Schemes Policy
- Highways Asset Management Policy and Strategy 2022
- Highways Verge Management Policy 2023
- Highways Working Together Policy
- Home to School Transport Policy 2024 to 2025
- Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy 2021 to 2026
- Household Recycling Centre Charges Policy
- Household Recycling Centre Site Policy
- Household Recycling Centres (HRC) Vehicle Access Policy
- Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO) Licence Fees Policy
- Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO) License Fees 2023
- Houses in Multiple Occupation Amenity Standards 2023
- Housing General Statement of Enforcement Policy
- Housing Standards Enforcement Policy and Statement of Principles for Determining Financial Penalties - October 2023
- Housing Strategy January 2024 to January 2029
- How Are We Doing? - Your guide to making a comment, compliment or complaint
- In Year Co-ordinated Admissions Scheme 2025 to 2026
- In Year Co-ordinated Admissions Scheme 2026 to 2027
- Individual Service Funds Policy
- Infant Feeding and Child Nutrition Strategy 2024
- Information Governance Policy 2024
- Interim Strategy for Mitigating the Effects of Recreational Pressure on the Chesil Beach and the Fleet SAC, SPA and Ramsar
- Joint Municipal Waste Strategy for Dorset 2008 to 2033
- Joint Tenancy Strategy 2012 to 2015
- Jurassic Coast Partnership Plan 2020 to 2025
- Licensing Policy for Sex Establishments
- Local Transport Plan 2011 to 2026
- Maintained Nursery Units Policy 2024 to 2025
- Maintained Nursery Units Policy 2025 to 2026
- Maintained Nursery Units Policy 2026 to 2027
- Managing Unreasonable Customer Behaviour Protocol 2024
- Minerals Planning Policy
- Modern Slavery Transparency Statement 2022 to 2023
- Modern Slavery Transparency Statement 2023 to 2024
- National Bus Strategy Transport Act 2000 Enhanced Partnership Plan and Scheme
- Natural Environment, Climate and Ecology Action Plan 2023 to 2025
- Natural Environment, Climate and Ecology Strategy 2023 to 25 Refresh
- New Directory Record Entry Policy
- Nursery Childcare Fee Policy 2024
- Nutritional Care Strategy
- On Street Parking Enforcement Policy
- Pan Dorset Reducing Reoffending Strategy 2018 to 2021
- Pan-Dorset Reducing Reoffending Strategy 2024 to 2027
- Park Homes Fees Policy
- Pay Policy Statement 2024 to 2025
- Pedestrian Dropped Kerbs Policy
- Penalty Charge Notice (PCN) Cancellation Policy
- People and Culture Strategy 2025 to 2029
- Physical Activity Strategy
- Placement Sufficiency Strategy for Children in Care and Care Leavers 2024 to 2027
- Planning Policy
- Policy for the use of AI, Automation & Algorithmic Data Processing in Dorset Council
- Policy on the Employment of Ex-offenders
- Policy Statement on Safeguarding Children and Young People
- Pollinators Action Plan 2019 to 2024