Corporate Plans and Strategies

Draft Strategic Community Plan and Draft Disability Access and Inclusion Plan Now Open for Public Comment

After extensive engagement with people who live, work, and play in the Shire of Wongan-Ballidu(External link), the draft Strategic Community Plan (SCP) and draft Disability Access and Inclusion Plan (DAIP) are now ready for public comment. 

Shire of Wongan-Ballidu Strategic Community Plan Draft

Shire of Wongan-Ballidu Disability Access and Inclusion Plan Draft

Please note that these plans are provided in draft format and may not be free from error. Before Council adoption, a final review of all content, including community feedback, will be undertaken.

Share your feedback on the draft SCP and draft DAIP:

    Your feedback will help us put the final touches on the language inside the draft document and make sure we haven't missed anything before the SCP and DAIP are adopted. 

    The public comment period will close: 4pm 16th March 2026.

    Please send any electronic engagement feedback directly to:

    survey@ascentive.com.au

    For any hardcopy feedback, please deliver to:

    The Shire of Wongan-Ballidu and Wongan Hills Community Resource Centre Customer Service Centre.
    1 Wongan Road (PO Box 84)
    WONGAN HILLS WA 6603

    Thank you to everyone who took part in our recent community engagement sessions and survey for the SCP and DAIP review. Your feedback has helped shape the priorities and direction for the future of the Shire of Wongan-Ballidu. A summary of that engagement can be viewed in the document below:

    Shire of Wongan-Ballidu Community Engagement Report

     

    Corporate Plans and Strategies

    The council, community and administration each have unique roles and responsibilities for the development of effective and sustainable integrated plans for the local area, and reporting on the progress of those plans.

    A successful integrated planning and reporting process will deliver a:

    • Strategic Community Plan – A plan that clearly links the community’s aspirations with Council’s vision and long term strategy
    • Corporate Business Plan – A plan that integrates resourcing plans and specific Council plans with the Strategic Community Plan
    • Clearly stated vision for the future viability of the local government area

    Strategic Community Plan 2021-2031

    Corporate Business Plan

    Legislation

    Section 5.56(1) of the Local Government Act 1995 legislates that local governments must plan for the future. The Local Government (Administration) Regulations 1996 provide further statutory requirements around the plans for the future. Section 19C requires a local government to ensure a Strategic Community Plan is maintained, that covers a minimum of 10 years and is reviewed at least once every 4 years. Section 19DA states a local government must maintain a Corporate Business Plan in respect of each financial year, with the plan spanning a minimum of 4 years and being reviewed on an annual basis.

    Key Informing Plan and Strategies

    Informing plans allow a local government to set its priorities within its own resourcing capability and deliver short term, medium term and long term community priorities and aspirations as outlined in the Strategic Community Plan. Three key informing plans are the Long Term Financial Plan (LTFP), Asset Management Plan (AMP) and Workforce Plan. In combining all of these informing plans, the council effectively develops a Strategic Resource Plan.

    Long Term Financial Plan

    The Long Term Financial Plan (LTFP) will outline economic assumptions, projections, statutory reports, revenue strategy and sustainability indicators that address minimum requirements outlined in the framework.

    The LTFP is imperative to ensure the financial sustainability and viability of the Council for years to come. It includes various financial models with worst and best case scenarios outlined, to ensure Council can continue to provide a high-level of service delivery to the community, whilst investing in the future of the Shire.

    Long Term Financial Plan 2015-2026

    Asset Management Plan

    The Asset Management Plan (AMP) will illustrate how Council’s assets will meet the service delivery needs of the community. It is informed by community priorities, as set in the Strategic Community Plan. It includes an asset management policy, whole of life costing for the Council’s asset register, strategies for critical assets and an improvement plan to build asset management capability. The AMP is integrated with the LTFP to ensure resourcing requirements can be met.

    Note: Council is in the process of updating its Asset Management Plan.

    Workforce Plan

    The Workforce Plan will ensure there is a coordinated approach to address the human resourcing requirements to deliver the Shire’s operations. It includes, but is not limited to, workforce analysis (determining current capabilities of the workforce to achieve objectives in the Corporate Business Plan), risk analysis (identifying and assessing the risks that the workforce is facing) and forecasting of workforce requirements to achieve on future outcomes.

    Workforce Plan 2025-2030