Long Term Plan (LTP) 2015 - 2025

Council adopted its Long Term Plan (LTP) 2015 - 2025 on Thursday, 25 June 2015, with the work programme coming into effect on Wednesday, 1 July 2015.

Council received more than 1000 submissions from ratepayers. More than 125 people or groups also spoke to their submissions at a series of hearings held in early May 2015.

The Key Decisions Document

We've created a key decisions document to explain Council's decision on the key topics of the 2015-2025 LTP. You can view this here - we have broken it into smaller parts to allow for easier downloading.

Part 1 - Introduction (PDF, 3MB)

Part 2 - Balancing the Books, District Cycle Trails, Funding for Stormwater (p1) (PDF, 2.7MB)

Part 3 - Funding for Stormwater (p2), Waihi Beach Events & Promotion, Wastewater, Funding Swimming Pools (PDF, 2MB)

Part 4 - Library & Service Centres, Heritage Museum, Seal Extensions on Rural Roads. (PDF, 2.8MB)

The 2015 - 2025 Long Term Plan

In a nutshell, the Long Term Plan (LTP) outlines what communities in the Western Bay want to achieve in the long term and sets a pathway for Council to reach these objectives through strategies and actions.

The LTP sets the pace for the District for the next 10 years. If follows a comprehensive community engagement process, with significant interest and input from Western Bay Residents.

The LTP has been arranged in chapters to make it easy for you to navigate.

Introduction

Chapter One - Overview

Chapter Two - Informing Our Planning

Chapter Three - Activities
Leadership
Representation

Planning for the future

Building Communities
Communities strategy

-Community building

- Libraries and service centre
-Community facilities

- Civil defence and emergency management

Recreation and leisure

Regulatory services