The Integrated Planning and Reporting (IP&R) framework changed the way Councils in NSW planned, documented and reported on their plans for the future. The Framework came into practice in 2009, and many councils have refined the way they create and review these plans over the subsequent years.
In essence the IP&R Framework begins with the community’s, not councils, aspirations for a period of at least 10 years. It includes a suite of integrated plans that set out a vision and goals and strategic actions to achieve them. It involves a reporting structure to communicate progress to council and the community as well as a structured timeline for review to ensure the goals and actions are still relevant.
This framework includes a Community Strategic Plan, a Delivery Program, an Operational Plan and a Resourcing Strategy. The new Integrated Planning and Reporting Framework is represented graphically below.
The new framework recognises that communities do not exist in isolation, and neither should Council’s individual plans. The framework encourages councils to draw their various plans together, to understand how they interact and to get the maximum leverage from their efforts by planning holistically for the future.
The new framework also opens the way for councils and their communities to have important discussions about funding priorities, service levels and preserving local identity and to plan in partnership for a more sustainable future.
Council’s IP&R plans and strategies can be accessed below.
Disability Inclusion Action Plan 2022 - 2026
The Disability Inclusion Action Plan 2022 - 2026 (DIAP) is a statement that outlines Council's actions over the next four years to making the Warrumbungle Shire more inclusive with disability. The plan forms part of other major reforms in the disability sector, in enacting positive change to the lives of people with disability to support their full participation in the life of the community.
Click Here to View Council's Disability Inclusion Action Plan(PDF, 1MB)
Delivery Program Progress Report
The Delivery Program (DP) is a statement of commitment to the community. Below is the Quarterly Delivery Program Progress Reports, providing an update to the community on the commitments from Council.
Click on the relevant document below to view:
Long Term Financial Plan
Warrumbungle Shire Council’s Long Term Financial Plan (LTFP)details Council’s expected income, recurrent and capital expenditure, and the external environment that Council is expected to face in the coming ten years. The LTFP is in effect Council’s financial road map for the ten year period and seeks to answer four key questions:
1. Can Council survive the pressures of the future?
2. What are the opportunities for future income and economic growth?
3. Can Council afford what the community wants?
4. How can Council go about achieving these outcomes?
Click here to view Long Term Financial Plan(PDF, 360KB)
Asset Management Plan
Asset Management Plans are long-term plans that outline the assets required for each service provided by an entity, the expected service level to be provided from these assets, and most importantly, what funds are required to ensure that the services that these assets provide to the community can continue to be provided well into the future.
Asset Management Plans generally include information on:
• A demand forecast of future asset and service requirements ;
• The expected service level to be provided by the assets controlled by the entity;
• What assets an entity controls;
• Long-term cash flow predictions for maintaining/renewing the assets controlled by an entity so that the required level of service can be achieved;
• Indicators that can be used to ensure that assets are managed effectively over their lifecycle;
• Critical assets including a risk assessment on how to manage risks associated with critical assets;
• The way forward to improve asset management within an organisation.
Click Here to View Council's Asset Management Plan
Workforce Plan
Council’s Workforce Plan (WFP) is a plan which identifies how Council will have the right staff in the right place with the right skills to deliver the works in the Delivery and Operational Plans. This is done through identifying the challenges confronting Council, both internally and externally, and devising strategies to address these issues. It aims to provide Council with the people best able to inform its strategic direction, develop innovative approaches to complex issues and deliver appropriate services efficiently and effectively.
Click here to view the 2022-2026 Workforce Plan