Strategic planning is an organization's process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital and people.
Victorian Local Government Act 1989
Section 3E(1)(d) of the Victorian Local Government Act 1989 nominates "undertaking strategic and land use planning for the municipal district" as a Council function.
AMCORD
AMCORD describes strategic planning as "a process in which the major elements determining the form, structure and development of an area are considered together and viewed in a long-term and broad perspective."
Related Pages
- Asset Management Skills Matrix
- Council Functions and Services
- Management Tools
- Scenario Planning
- Statutory Planning
- Strategic Plan
Collaborators
The following people have indicated (via the Local Government Collaboration Topics Survey) that they have an interest and/or expertise in the topic of 'strategic planning' and are willing to collaborate with their peers at other councils to identify challenges and resources relating to the topic and to look for ways to work together to overcome any challenges that are identified.
- Ben Clark (City of Tea Tree Gully)
- Chris Saunders (Glenelg Shire)
- Damien Hense (C.I.C.A)
- David Gyford (West Wimmera Shire)
- Johnathon Roach (Open Spatial) EL
- Kamal Ranaweera (City of Logan)
- Lucille Yu (City of Hume)
- Royce Bastin (Southern Grampians Shire)
- Shaan Bajwa (Local Government Victoria)
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