Community Plan 2009-2019

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2009-2019 Community Plan

The Community Plan seeks to reflect what type of community the people of New Plymouth District would like to live in, and the things they would like to see made available for their community.

In the plan you will find detailed information on the Council's plans, detailed accounting information and copies of the Council's significant policies and statements.

Disclaimer from audit office

You can either read the document online as HTML or download the PDFs. The final plan was formally adopted by the Council on Monday 29 June 2009.

Welcome, Introduction and Audit Opinion

In the 2009-2019 Community Plan you can read about the Council's proposals on the work we propose to undertake for the next 10 years, and how we plan to fund it.

Section 1: Guide to the Plan

This Community Plan seeks to reflect what type of community the people of New Plymouth District would like to live in, and the things they would like to see made available for their community.

New Plymouth District is one of the largest districts in New Zealand and includes the city of New Plymouth, the towns of Waitara, Inglewood, Urenui, Okato, Bell Block and Oakura, and many other smaller rural communities.

Section 3: Our Community Outcomes

The Community Outcomes are intended to reflect what is important to the community in terms of cultural, economic, environmental and social issues.

Section 4: Our Future Challenges

This section of the plan outlines some of the key challenges the district will need to respond to over the next 10 years.

Section 5: Planning and Working Together

This section give actions of how the Council's activities contribute to the achievement of the Community Outcomes.

Section 6: Council Activities

This section provides the detail of the Council’s work plans over the next 10 years. The work plans are grouped into work areas which are called ‘Council activities’.

Section 7: Council-Controlled Organisations

The Local Government Act 2002 requires the Council to include in the Community Plan information on Council-controlled organisations, i.e. those organisations over which the Council has a 50 per cent or more shareholding or level of governance control.