Our Hawkesbury 2045 - Community Strategic Plan Review
Let's shape our future together! Our new CSP needs to be ready by June 2025 and you can share your input by taking the survey below.
It is time to review our current Community Strategic Plan (CSP) – Our Hawkesbury 2042, to see what has changed and make sure the plan reflects everything our community wants the Hawkesbury to be by 2045.
What is the CSP?
The CSP is a key component of the Integrated Planning & Reporting Framework. It is written on behalf of the community to represent their main priorities and aspirations for the future and to plan strategies for achieving these goals. It guides all remaining strategies and plans written by Council including the Delivery Program and Operational Plan.
The minimum timeframe for a CSP is 10 years and it addresses 4 key questions:
- Where are we now?
- Where do we want to be?
- How will we get there?
- How will we know we have arrived?
These questions help identify the community’s vision, aspirations, and priorities and establish baseline targets, strategies, and measures to aid performance monitoring and reporting.
A key focus of the review will be the development of a set of Community Indicators. These key data points will help bring the CSP to life and give Council and the community an insight into what is happening across the region in a range of economic, social, and environmental areas.
Council is currently seeking input from all stakeholders to review this long-term plan for the City’s future.
Please complete the short survey below about your thoughts on the future of the Hawkesbury.
The application and other supporting documentation can be viewed during the exhibition period on Council’s online community engagement site www.yourhawkesbury-yoursay.com.au or between 9am to 4pm Monday to Friday at Council’s Administration Building, 366 George Street, Windsor. All submission must be made by 20 May 2024 at via this link or via email addressed to the General Manager at council@hawkesbury.nsw.gov.au or mail addressed to the General Manager, PO Box 146, Windsor NSW 2756.
Should you lodge a submission, it will be considered, along with any other submissions received and may be included in Council’s meeting business paper. Your submission, including any personal information, is accessible by any person upon written application, subject to Council’s Privacy Management Plan and the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009. The inclusion of personal information in your submission is voluntary. The information will ultimately be stored in Council’s records system.
The inclusion of personal information with your submission is voluntary. However, if not provided Council will not be able to contact you about the proposal. The information will be stored in Council's electronic records system and paper files. For your protection, Council recommends that you do not include defamatory comments in your submission.
Under Section 10.4(5) of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979, any person who makes a submission to Council is required to disclose any political donation or gift. Where relevant a Political Donation and Gift Disclosure Statement is to accompany any submission lodged with Council. This statement can be obtained from Council’s Customer Service Unit or on Council’s website.
Any comments about this proposal may contain information that is personal information, such as information that identifies you, etc., for the purposes of the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1988.
Submissions are balanced with Council’s statutory obligations, the rights of the proponent and the public interest. Council must consider any submissions made before it decides whether to proceed with or abandon a proposal.
