The plans for our future are ready for viewing

Greater Shepparton City Council is inviting the community to be part of the final step in shaping our region’s future. We are seeking your feedback on three of Council’s most important draft documents, the Council Plan 2025-2029, the Asset Plan 2025-2035 (including the Asset Management Policy); and the Financial Plan 2025-2035.

These plans set the direction for the next decade: they outline the goals and priorities that will guide Council’s decisions, detail how we will manage more than $2 billion worth of community assets, and provide the long-term financial roadmap to ensure sustainability while delivering the services and infrastructure our community relies on.

View the draft plans

Thank you to everyone who has already contributed ideas and feedback through surveys, focus groups and workshops. Your input has shaped these drafts, and this is the final opportunity to make sure we’ve got the balance right.

Read the draft plans and learn more about them via the tabs below:

It sets the goals, priorities and actions that guide decision-making and ensure resources are directed where they are needed most. The Council Plan connects directly to the Community Vision and provides the framework for annual budgets, projects and service delivery.

The Council Plan is centred around the five strategic outcomes of economy, infrastructure, liveability, environment, and your council, with each having strategic indicators and priorities to achieve over the next four years. These priorities include:

• Economy: Supporting business and industries to adapt and diversify to reach new markets; attracting new industries and businesses to the region; and strengthening the economy of our small towns.
• Infrastructure: Strategic and effective asset management; facilitating housing and commercial development; improving road connections and reducing congestion; and providing fit for purpose, quality sport and recreation infrastructure.
• Liveability: Prioritising community safety through partnerships and targeted interventions; ensuring healthier and more connected communities; and ensuring community participation and leadership is fostered, encouraged and embraced.
• Environment: Restoring, protecting and enhancing the region’s biodiversity; and improving and protecting rivers and waterways within the region.
• Your Council: Maintaining financial leadership; providing excellence in customer experience and community engagement; and advocating in partnership with and for the community.

Council is responsible for over $2 billion in assets, including roads, footpaths, buildings, parks, drains, vehicles and technology. The plan explains how these assets will be acquired, maintained, renewed and, when necessary, replaced or disposed of. It balances serviceability, functionality and affordability to ensure Greater Shepparton’s assets are managed responsibly now and for future generations.

Council is also seeking feedback on its Asset Management Policy which outlines its commitment to the management of its assets, acknowledging the essential role they play in delivering quality services to the community.

It sets out how Council will manage rates, debt, reserves and investments, while responding to challenges such as inflation, rate capping and changing community needs.

It shows how services and infrastructure will be funded over the next decade, with annual reviews to keep it up to date.

Share your feedback

You can share your feedback by:

• completing the survey online below;
• emailing feedback to council@shepparton.vic.gov.au; or
• visiting Council at 90 Welsford Street, Shepparton, where hard-copies of the draft plans are available.