Present the findings from the in depth review
completed by Edge Public Solutions on our Home to School Transport
function, with a particular focus on how to transform the function
to reduce costs and operate a more efficient service. Provide a
recommended route forward and secure approval for next
steps.
Decision Maker: Cabinet, Children's Services Overview and Scrutiny Committee
Decision due date: 26/11/2025
Wards affected: (All Wards);
Lead officer: Lisa Linscott
Notice of decision: 22/08/2025
Anticipated restriction: Open
‘Get Britain Working’ is a
national initiative from the Department for Work and Pensions
(DWP). All areas of England must develop local ‘Get Britain
Working’ plans.
This report seeks approval to agree and submit the Get Dorset &
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Working Plan - GDBCPWP to
Government.
Decision Maker: Cabinet
Decision due date: 01/10/2025
Wards affected: (All Wards);
Lead officer: Amy Walton
Notice of decision: 22/08/2025
Anticipated restriction: Open
To provide Cabinet with several options and a
recommendation for the regearing of existing leases and disposal of
land at Kings Park to AFC Bournemouth
Decision Maker: Cabinet, Council
Decision due date: 14/10/2025
Wards affected: Boscombe East & Pokesdown; Boscombe West; East Cliff & Springbourne; Littledown & Iford; Queen's Park;
Lead officer: Chris Shephard
Notice of decision: 22/08/2025
Anticipated restriction: Open
To present Cabinet with a new Site Development
Plan for the Winter Gardens.
Decision Maker: Cabinet
Decision due date: 04/02/2026
Wards affected: Bournemouth Central;
Lead officer: Rob Dunford
Notice of decision: 22/08/2025
Anticipated restriction: Open
Transfer of property from HRA to General
fund.
Decision Maker: Cabinet, Council
Decision due date: 10/02/2026
Wards affected: Talbot & Branksome Woods;
Lead officer: Jonathan Thornton
Notice of decision: 22/08/2025
Anticipated restriction: Open
The Overview and Scrutiny committee on 11
September 2024 recommended that officers review the suggested draft
position statement on plant-based diets and develop a set of
Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Time-bound (SMART)
actions to be considered by BCP Council aimed at encouraging and
promoting these diets. This is what this report seeks to
achieve.
Decision Maker: Cabinet, Environment and Place Overview and Scrutiny Committee
Decision due date: 29/10/2025
Wards affected: (All Wards);
Lead officer: Martin Gardner
Notice of decision: 22/08/2025
Anticipated restriction: Open
To seek adoption of the Dorset Local Nature
Recovery Strategy
Decision Maker: Cabinet
Decision due date: 01/10/2025
Wards affected: (All Wards);
Lead officer: Martin Whitchurch
Notice of decision: 22/08/2025
Anticipated restriction: Open
To seek approval for rent and other charges to
tenants and leaseholders for 2026-27 and proposed expenditure on
the repair and maintenance of council homes.
Decision Maker: Cabinet, Council
Decision due date: 24/02/2026
Wards affected: (All Wards);
Lead officer: Kelly Deane
Notice of decision: 22/08/2025
Anticipated restriction: Open
To set out and seek approval for an asset
management plan to ensure that council homes are maintained to
appropriate standards and a 30-year business plan that sets the
long term funding for maintenance, new homes and services to
council tenants and leaseholders.
Decision Maker: Cabinet
Decision due date: 26/11/2025
Wards affected: (All Wards);
Lead officer: Kelly Deane, Matti Raudsepp
Notice of decision: 22/08/2025
Anticipated restriction: Open
To provide quarterly performance to Cabinet to
provide assurance that the management of council homes is
effective
Decision Maker: Cabinet
Decision due date: 24/06/2026
Wards affected: (All Wards);
Lead officer: Kelly Deane
Notice of decision: 22/08/2025
Anticipated restriction: Open
To provide quarterly performance to Cabinet to
provide assurance that the management of council homes is
effective
Decision Maker: Cabinet
Decision due date: 04/03/2026
Wards affected: (All Wards);
Lead officer: Kelly Deane
Notice of decision: 22/08/2025
Anticipated restriction: Open
To set up a framework of RPs to help deliver
affordable housing within the CHNAS pipeline programme and help
increase overall housing supply meeting the Housing Strategy
priority of meeting future growth needs. To dispose of sites
through the framework via a tender process. Sites to be agreed by
council but ones that have already been identified for housing
delivery and our in the pipeline CHNAS programme.
Decision Maker: Cabinet
Decision due date: 29/10/2025
Wards affected: (All Wards);
Lead officer: Kerry-Marie Ruff
Notice of decision: 18/06/2025
Anticipated restriction: Open
To introduce the Supported & Specialist
Housing Strategy for the next 10 years
Decision Maker: Cabinet, Environment and Place Overview and Scrutiny Committee
Wards affected: (All Wards);
Lead officer: m
Notice of decision: 18/06/2025
Anticipated restriction: Open
To inform on the impact of the Strategy since
2021, propose new Strategy and agree the related Delivery
Plan
Decision Maker: Cabinet, Environment and Place Overview and Scrutiny Committee
Decision due date: 24/06/2026
Wards affected: (All Wards);
Lead officer: Rachel Stewart
Notice of decision: 18/06/2025
Anticipated restriction: Open
This strategy will set out how BCP Homes will
engage and communicate with council tenants and leaseholders to
ensure that their views are taken into account and shape the
services that are delivered to them.
Decision Maker: Cabinet
Decision due date: 29/10/2025
Lead officer: Kelly Deane, Seamus Doran
Notice of decision: 18/06/2025
Anticipated restriction: Open
To present and seek approval on the new Adult
Social Care Prevention Strategy
Decision Maker: Cabinet, Health and Adult Social Care Overview and Scrutiny Committee
Decision due date: 29/10/2025
Wards affected: (All Wards);
Lead officer: Emma Senior
Notice of decision: 18/06/2025
Anticipated restriction: Open
To consider contribution towards a land
purchase to be used for nitrogen mitigation for Poole
Harbour.
Decision Maker: Cabinet
Decision due date: 01/10/2025
Wards affected: Alderney & Bourne Valley; Bearwood & Merley; Broadstone; Canford Cliffs; Canford Heath; Creekmoor; Hamworthy; Newtown & Heatherlands; Oakdale; Parkstone; Penn Hill; Poole Town; Talbot & Branksome Woods;
Lead officer: Caroline Peach
Notice of decision: 18/06/2025
Anticipated restriction: Fully exempt - view reasons
To gain agreement by Cabinet to publish the
Prevention of Domestic Abuse Strategy, Safe Accommodation Strategy
and the Perpetrator Strategy including delivery plans.
Decision Maker: Cabinet
Wards affected: (All Wards);
Lead officer: m
Notice of decision: 18/06/2025
Anticipated restriction: Open
To consider the outcome of a full network
review of the council's subsidised local bus services and to
recommend changes to Council to support budget setting for 2026/27
as well as informing the Medium Term Financial Plan.
Decision Maker: Cabinet, Council
Decision due date: 10/02/2026
Wards affected: (All Wards);
Lead officer: John McVey, Richard Pincroft
Notice of decision: 18/06/2025
Anticipated restriction: Open
To approve the ambitions, principles and a
delivery framework to manage waste produced from homes and
businesses across Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole for the next
10 years.
Decision Maker: Cabinet, Environment and Place Overview and Scrutiny Committee, Council
Decision due date: 24/02/2026
Wards affected: (All Wards);
Lead officer: Georgina Fry
Notice of decision: 25/03/2025
Anticipated restriction: Open
To seek approval to develop a section of green
space and garage area to provide 4 new affordable rent homes as
part of BCP Homes housing stock
Decision Maker: Cabinet, Council
Wards affected: Hamworthy;
Lead officer: Jonathan Thornton
Notice of decision: 04/02/2025
Anticipated restriction: Open
To consider the proposals of the Task and
Finish Group and to recommend to Council the final recommendations
for the review of community governance for Bournemouth,
Christchurch and Poole
Decision Maker: Cabinet, Council, Overview and Scrutiny Board
Decision due date: 14/10/2025
Wards affected: (All Wards);
Lead officer: Janie Berry, Richard Jones
Notice of decision: 07/01/2025
Anticipated restriction: Open
To present outputs from Local Transport Plan 4
(LTP4) consultation and to present proposed LTP4 Policy Document
complete with Implementation Plan for approval/adoption.
Decision Maker: Council, Cabinet, Environment and Place Overview and Scrutiny Committee
Decision due date: 28/07/2026
Wards affected: (All Wards);
Lead officer: Wendy Lane, Richard Pincroft
Notice of decision: 09/12/2024
Anticipated restriction: Open
To provide a bi-annual update on the progress
of the Council's regeneration programme
Decision Maker: Cabinet, Overview and Scrutiny Board
Decision due date: 14/01/2026
Wards affected: (All Wards);
Lead officer: Amena Matin, Jonathan Thornton
Notice of decision: 16/07/2024
Anticipated restriction: Open
To consider the DfE review next
steps
Decision Maker: Cabinet
Lead officer: Rachel Gravett, Shirley McGillick, Sharon Muldoon
Notice of decision: 26/09/2023
Anticipated restriction: Fully exempt - view reasons
Summary of findings and recommendations from
an ongoing review of our current Early Help services
Decision Maker: Cabinet
Wards affected: (All Wards);
Lead officer: Zafer Yilkan
Notice of decision: 26/04/2022
Anticipated restriction: Open