Policies and Strategies

Find out how we've worked with residents, partners, businesses and community groups over the past year to deliver priorities outlined within our Business Plan

This Anti-Fraud and Corruption Policy sets out the Council's corporate approach to suspected fraud, theft, corruption and bribery.

This Policy aims to maintain the high standards of conduct which currently exist within the Council by preventing criminal activity through money laundering.

This code of practice explains how Fenland District Council will approach and use Body Worn Video to ensure it follows relevant legislation and codes of practice.

Our Business Plan sets out the projects we will deliver across Fenland over the next 12 months. Its overall aim is to address social, environmental and economic needs in order to improve the quality of life for local people

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This Code of Procurement defines the regulatory and legal framework for procurement by Fenland District Council

This strategy outlines the types of investment opportunities that are available to us and the benefits they could bring; not just to our organisation, but to the wider district and its residents.

We are committed to involving local people in shaping their area and the services they receive. Our consultation strategy is one of the key ways in which we strive to understand what people value most about the things that affect them.

Our Corporate Debt policy explains how we collect debts owed to us and how to contact us to get advice.

Our Corporate Enforcement Policy explains how we will support businesses and the community to understand and meet regulatory requirements

A steering group and core group meet monthly to work on plans for our Creativity and Culture Strategy, which was adopted in February 2021. If you have any questions relating to this strategy, please email Jaime-Lea Taylor at jtaylor@fenland.gov.uk

The key role the Council undertakes is to support entrepreneurs, owners and managers when making decisions about how and when to grow or start their business. This refresh sets out how the Council contributes to the decisions made by businesses.

This policy document sets the principles and vision for the Council. Our vision and principles inform all relevant policies, procedures and standards which provide more detail on specific areas.

Fenland District Council recognises the role it must play in advancing equality of opportunity locally and regionally, as a statutory organisation, as a large local employer and provider of a wide range of community facing services

This Gambling Statement of Principles is produced by Fenland District Council under the 2005 Gambling Act and will be the basis for all gambling related licensing decisions taken by the Council as the Licensing Authority.

In Fenland our partnership strives to prevent homelessness and rough sleeping, it's in our core values. We are proud of the achievements we have made together for our clients who are at the heart of all that we do.

Our Housing Enforcement Policy explains how we will consistently and fairly enforce housing legislation to raise standards in the private housing sector

We have signed up to the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Information Sharing Framework. This aims to facilitate effective data sharing whilst complying with Data Protection requirements

We have a code, with six themes, which helps us to maintain and deliver good governance

This strategy sets out the financial implications of the council's priorities described in the Business Plan 2026/27.

Fenland District Council defines procurement as, "the acquisition of works, services, and goods, which meet the customers' and service users' needs, whilst ensuring value for money throughout the life of the product, including disposal".

Our Productivity Plan, which has been submitted to Government, explains what we are doing to transform the Council and its services

Our strategy outlines how we aim to increase community involvement in our local railways, improve our railway stations and lobby for service improvements

RIPA is the legislation that governs how public bodies can undertake covert surveillance in the detection and prevention of crime