Council adopts 2042 Community Strategic Plan

Published on 17 June 2022

Following a 28-day public exhibition period, Snowy Monaro Regional Council voted to adopt the 2042 Community Strategic Plan (CSP) at its June meeting in Cooma.

The CSP is a broad long-term overview of the Snowy Monaro community’s aspirations for our region over the next 20 years. This plan belongs to our community and was developed in collaboration with them.

It is a state government requirement that the new CSP be finalised by the end of the current financial year.

The CSP underpins Council’s own long-term delivery program, which takes the broader goals and aspirations from the CSP to set out concrete projects and objectives that we will undertake into the future.

Council would like to thank all the community members that took the time to read through the draft CSP and provide their feedback during the exhibition period.

Thanks to your feedback, the plan was amended to add: a greater focus on the forestry industry, broader community partnerships outside of government organisations, a stronger emphasis on innovation, changes to land use planning highlighting the environment, and an increase in the amount of land available for threatened species refuge.

Now adopted, the plan will be published on Council’s website within 28 days.

The outcomes, objectives and strategies outlined in the CSP will be delivered through the development of Council’s new resourcing strategy, four year delivery program, and yearly operational plan.

At the end of each term of Council a ‘state of region’ report will be prepared to report back to our community on the progress that has been made against the CSP.

In September 2020, Council resolved to participate in a regional community strategic plan (RCSP) facilitated through the Canberra Region Joint Organisation (CRJO). This meant that a new CSP would be developed, replacing the Snowy Monaro 2040 Community Strategic Plan, forming the highest level plan within Council as part of the NSW integrated planning and reporting framework.

Following significant community consultation throughout 2021, the draft that became the new CSP was completed. The draft was placed on public exhibition from March 2022 through April 2022.