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Strategic Plans and Reports

On 4 June 2012 Council resolved to adopt the Integrated Planning and Reporting Framework suite of documents following extensive community consultation. As part of this process Our Place…Our Future Community Strategic Plan 2025 was developed. This plan established an overarching framework based on the community’s main priorities and aspirations for the future of our area.

At the commencement of its term of office each new Council is required to review the Community Strategic Plan. The Community Strategic Plan 2030 is the result of this review. The plan has been updated following extensive consultation with the community and elected representatives. The Community Strategic Plan 2030 was adopted by Council on 26 June 2017.

The Draft Operational Plan 2021-22 achieves these requirements and builds upon last year’s Plan to incorporate the strategies from the Community Strategic Plan 2030.

Community consultation played a vital role in the development of the plan. The Community Engagement Strategy Feedback Report is available to view here

The financial modelling supporting the Long Term Financial Plan 2020-2030 is used to forecast the Councils financial future over 10 years. The Strategy is a tool which provides for decision making and problem solving, enabling decisions to be made on how to best achieve the Council’s corporate objectives while addressing its long term financial challenges. The Long Term Financial Plan is not intended as a document to indicate what services or proposals should be allocated funds, but rather it addresses areas that impact on Council’s ability to fund its services and capital works whilst maintaining financial sustainability.

Lithgow City Council has a responsibility to provide an extensive range of services to the community, and these services rely on the acquisition of assets. These assets in turn need to be operated effectively and maintained in a satisfactory condition, all of which requires resources. This Strategic Asset Management Plan sets the framework for how Lithgow City Council intends on setting directions to determine how assets should be operated, maintained, acquired and disposed of over the next ten (10) years.

The purpose of the Supplementary Workforce Plan is to ensure that strategies are put in place to shape the workforce and provide the capabilities to deliver Council’s Community Strategic Plan vision and objectives. Our Workforce strategies will both enhance the effectiveness of the workforce overall and attract, recruit, develop, retain and re-engage valued and skilled employees.

Fees and Charges for 2021/2022 were adopted by Council on 28 June 2021.

IMPORTANT NOTICE

The name of environment zones has changed to conservation zones

‘As of 1 December 2021, a reference to an Environment Protection zone E1, E2, E3 or E4 in a planning document should be taken to be a reference to a Conservation zone C1, C2, C3 or C4. For further information please see Standard Instrument (Local Environmental Plans) Amendment (Land Use Zones) Order 2021 (nsw.gov.au)’

The zone name conversion is indicated in the Table below.

Current Name	New Name
Zone E1 – National Parks and Nature Reserves	Zone C1 – National Parks and Nature Reserves
Zone E2 – Environmental Conservation	Zone C2 – Environmental Conservation
Zone E3 – Environmental Management	Zone C3 – Environmental Management
Zone E4 – Environmental Living	Zone C4 – Environmental Living