Business Cases

The Long-Term Plan (LTP) incorporates a Business Case approach to project evaluation, which begins with a Point of Entry (PoE) Business Case. This approach provides consistency in how projects are established and ensures the required information is brought together in a logical way to allow for sound decision-making.

The Business Case process allows us to explore how projects align with council objectives and provides a high-level description of the problem or opportunity prior to resources being assigned to a project. All PoE’s are evaluated, including community initiatives, to establish which projects should be included in the LTP for consultation.

The final list of projects included in the Long-Term Plan will be progressed over the next 10 years.

Latest update
The Long-Term Plan 2024-2034 was adopted on 16 July 2024. Submissions are therefore closed. Any future PoE’s received will be reviewed for consideration for future annual plans (the next one will be the Annual Plan 2025-26) or the next Long-Term Plan review in 2027. Use the links below to access the list of projects that have been included and excluded from this plan.

Projects included(PDF, 330KB)

Projects excluded(PDF, 204KB)