Public exhibition now open

We have developed a Draft Community Participation Plan (CPP) to make community participation in local and regional planning matters easier and clearer for the community.

It is more important than ever to make sure we have the right balance of housing, infrastructure and services, while facilitating employment opportunities and looking after our beautiful environment.

This is a big task – made even bigger by the large geographic area we are responsible for. Community participation is essential to inform how we make planning decisions within the legislative framework in which we operate.

The Community Participation Plan features

The Community Participation Plan was developed based on your feedback during community consultation on the Community Engagement Strategy (which previously included the Community Participation Plan).

We are now exhibiting the Community Participation Plan separately to make sure we got it right.

To have your say on the Community Participation Plan (Draft) you can

Submissions close Monday 2 June 2025.

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