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Under the Local Government Act 2002 local authorities are required to facilitate a process to identify community outcomes for the immediate to long-term future of their district or region not less than once every six years. The process enables parties such as local authorities, central government agencies, and the community as a whole to determine what they consider important to that community.
The outcomes from this process in turn form the basis on which local authorities will develop their Long Term Council Community Plans (LTCCPs). The community outcomes and LTCCP are central to the new local government planning framework and are intended to inform other planning functions undertaken by the local authority. Environmental outcomes from the LTCCP may inform and may be incorporated into policy statements and plans under the Resource Management Act 1991, pest management strategies, and land transport management strategies. Economic, social and cultural outcomes may also feed into these plans and strategies as appropriate.
The long-term funding implications of a local authority’s commitments to achieving outcomes in the LTCCP are reflected in the LTCCP, with more detail on individual programmes for each year being incorporated into the Annual Plan. At the end of each financial year, local authorities are required to report on income and expenditure through their Annual Report, including expenditure on programmes undertaken to achieve outcomes in the LTCCP.
Information on progress towards the outcomes from all plans and strategies that a council undertakes may be incorporated into integrated monitoring strategy that meets the monitoring requirements of both the Local Government Act 2002 and the Resource Management Act 1991.
