Integrated Planning and Reporting

As part of the NSW Government’s commitment to a strong and sustainable local government system, the Local Government Amendment (Planning and Reporting) Act 2009 was assented to on 1 October 2009.

This legislative reform followed public consultation conducted by the DLG on the integrated planning and reporting package, which included the draft Bill, Regulation, Guidelines and Manual.

The specific aims of the Integrated Planning and Reporting framework are to:

• improve integration of various statutory planning and reporting processes undertaken by councils as required by the Local Government Act 1993 and the Department’s guidelines Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979
• strengthen councils’ strategic focus
• streamline reporting processes
• ensure that the Local Government Act 1993 and the Integrated Planning and Reporting Guidelines support a strategic and integrated approach to planning and reporting by local councils.

This Integrated Planning and Reporting page provides information to councils to support the development of Community Strategic Plans, Delivery Programs, Operational Plans and Annual Reporting. This page contains:

• the Integrated Planning and Reporting Guidelines,
• Integrated Planning and Reporting Manual,
• answers to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs),
• a link to the Information session presentation

Integrated Planning and Reporting Practitioners workshop - The DLG and Local Government Managers Australia (NSW) held a practitioners workshop in June 2009 on implementing the Integrated Planning and Reporting package. Presentations from the workshop are available on the LGMA website. Click here to access the presentations.