Brief introduction
When we tested our draft Community Engagement Policy and Commitment to Community Engagement, we heard that you wanted you:
- more emphasis on better communications
- more emphasis on the role of advisory committees
- simplified language across both documents
Click here the read the full engagement report to learn about what you told us.
The documents were endorsed at a Council Meeting on 3 December 2025:
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How can the community influence this project?
What can be influenced?
- How we put the five principles of community engagement into practice.
- How we make it easier for you to share feedback on decisions
- What aspects of community engagement we focus on until 2029 (in Our Commitment to Community Engagement)
What can't be changed?
- The definition of community engagement
- The Principles of Community Engagement
- The Spectrum of Public Participation
- The use of deliberative community engagement: Councils must, at a minimum, apply their community engagement policy in the development of the following:
- community vision
- council plan
- financial plan
- asset plan
- Compliance with relevant legislation
This policy will not include detailed procedures around how we implement the policy.
