DOCUMENTS ON PUBLIC EXHIBITION
Current Documents on Public Exhibition
PLEASE NOTE: All submissions/feedback received may be included within the official Council agendas and minutes, including personal information about the submitter’s identity and location. Agendas and minutes are made available to the public on Council’s website. If you do not wish to be identified in Council’s agendas and minutes, please indicate this in your submission.
Draft Community Strategic Plan, Delivery Program, and Operational Plan
The integrated Planning and Reporting (IP&R) framework is a requirement under the Local Government Act 1993 and ensures strategic alignment between Council’s long-term planning and service delivery. To comply with S402, s404 and s405 of the Local Government Act, 1993, plans are required to be placed on public exhibition for twenty-eight (28) days, inviting submissions from the Public.
The suite of documents to be place on public exhibition includes:
- Draft 2025-2035 Community Strategic Plan (CSP)
- Draft 2025-2029 Delivery Program (DP) (incorporating the 10-year LTFP Resourcing Strategy)
- Draft 2025-2026 Operational Plan (OP) (incorporating Budget, Revenue Policy and Fees & Charges)
- Draft Workforce Management Plan.
The draft documents have been developed through community consultation, strategic planning, and alignment with legislative requirements. The public exhibition period provides an opportunity for further community engagement and ensures transparency in Council’s decision-making process.
Description of the Integrated Planning and Reporting Plans
Community Strategic Plan (CSP)
The Community Strategic Plan (CSP) is the highest-level plan that a council will prepare. The purpose of the CSP is to identify the community’s main priorities and aspirations for the future and to plan strategies for achieving these goals. It guides all remaining strategies and plans and must be developed by councils with and on behalf of the community.
Delivery Program (DP)
The Delivery Program (DP) is a statement of commitment to the community from each newly elected council and translates the community’s strategic goals into clear actions.
The DP is the primary reference point for all activities undertaken by council during its term of office. It allows council to determine what is achievable over the next 4 years, what the priorities are, and how programs will be scheduled.
Operational Plan (OP)
The Operational Plan (OP) is council’s action plan for achieving the community priorities outlined in the Community Strategic Plan (CSP) and Delivery Program (DP).
The OP is prepared each year and adopted. Each OP identifies the projects, programs and activities that council will conduct to achieve the commitments of the DP.
Resourcing Strategy
If the Community Strategic Plan (CSP) is responsible for capturing the community’s long-term vision and aspirations, it is the responsibility of the Resourcing Strategy (RS) to clearly articulate how council will implement and resource that vision.
The Resourcing Strategy consists of 3 components:
- 10 Year Long-Term Financial Plan(incorporated into the Delivery Program)
The Long-Term Financial Plan (LTFP) is a 10‑year rolling plan that informs decision‑making and demonstrates how the objectives of the CSP and commitments of the DP and OP will be resourced and funded.
- Workforce Management Plan
The Workforce Management Strategy (WMS) is a proactive, 4-year document that shapes the capacity and capability of the workforce to achieve council’s strategic goals and objectives. It clearly identifies how future staffing and skills requirements will be met, such as through recruitment, staff progression and development, internal redeployment, and succession planning.
- Asset Management Plan(Under development)
The key objective of asset management planning is to provide the required level of service for the community in accordance with the CSP and in the most cost-effective manner. Levels of service are key business drivers for asset planning, along with technical requirements that ensure asset sustainability. Assets may include roads, water and sewerage systems, drains, bridges, footpaths, buildings, recreational facilities, parks and gardens.
Council welcomes feedback during the public exhibition period, submissions are invited & may be made:
By mail addressed to the Interim General Manager, Cootamundra-Gundagai Regional Council PO Box 420 Cootamundra NSW 2590, or by email to mail@cgrc.nsw.gov.au (Please mark Submission Operational Plan in subject line).
By the closing date 4pm 17 June 2025. Submissions received will be considered by Council before the documents are adopted at the next Meeting of Council on 24 June 2025.
DRAFT 2025-2026 CGRC-OPERATIONAL-PLAN
DRAFT COMMUNITY STRATEGIC PLAN
DRAFT 2025 – 2029 WORKFORCE MANAGEMENT PLAN
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EULONGA QUARRY
A development application has been lodged with Cootamundra-Gundagai Regional Council for the property at 809 Gobarralong Road, Coolac also identified as 338 Darbalara Road, Coolac. The application is being publicly exhibited in accordance with Council’s Community Participation Plan the requirements of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979.
- Description of the Proposed Development:
- Use of the land and establishment of a new extraction area for the purposes of an extractive industry (sand quarry) within Lot 158 DP 750984 and Lot 4 DP 1096529, to be operated in conjunction with the existing quarry (Eulonga Quarry) on Lot 1 DP 1096529 and Lot 2 DP 1096529.
Applicant: SLR Consulting Australia Pty Ltd
Land the application relates to:
809 Gobarralong Road, Coolac also identified as 338 Darbalara Road, Coolac
Lot 158 DP 750984; Lot 4 DP 1096529; Lot 1 DP 1096529; Lot 2 DP 1096529; Lot 3 DP 1096529 and Lot 4 DP 1096529.
- Classification of Development:
This application is classified as the following:
- Designated Development
The development is also integrated development requiring the following approvals:
- Environmental Protection Licence from NSW Environmental Protection Authority.
- Controlled activity approval from Department of Planning and Environment-Water
Determining Authority:
The application is regionally significant development, the Southern Region Planning Panel is the relevant determining authority for the development.
Unless otherwise directed by the Minister, assessment of the development application will be undertaken by Cootamundra-Gundagai Regional Council and referred to the Southern Region Planning Panel for determination.
- Viewing the Application
The development application, including plans and accompanying documents such as the Environmental Impact Statement is available on The NSW Planning Portal at:https://www.planningportal.nsw.gov.au/daex/exhibition/eulonga-quarry-proposed-new-extraction-area
These documents will be publicly available for a period of at least 28 days, ending on 2 June 2025.
- Making a Submission
You may make a submission to Council about this application during the public exhibition period. Submissions must be in writing and should clearly state the reasons for your support or objection. If you object to the proposal, please specify the grounds of your objection.
Please note that all correspondence should be addressed to the General Manager and that the above DA Reference number is included on such correspondence.
Submissions can be made:
- Directly via the NSW Planning Portal;
- To Council via email: mail@cgrc.nsw.gov.au
- To Council via post: PO Box 420, Cootamundra NSW 2590
Please note that unless the Independent Planning Commission holds a public hearing, a person who objects to the development by making a submission and who is dissatisfied with the determination of the consent authority to grant development consent, may appeal to the Land and Environment Court. However, if the Independent Planning Commission holds a public hearing, the Commission’s determination of the application is final and not subject to appeal.
It should be noted that information included in submissions received regarding the proposal may be used in public reports and can be accessed under the Government Information (Public Access) Act (GIPA), 2009.
The bushfire and fire docs on the exhibition page can be taken down now too. Cheers
