Shaping Whitehorse is our community’s opportunity to help shape the future of our city, for the next four years and beyond.

We are developing and reviewing a range of major plans as well as our Annual Budget 2025/26. These important documents set the priorities for the services Council provides, the facilities and projects we invest in, and how we support the health and wellbeing of our community.

These documents affect everybody in Whitehorse. They guide the day-to-day work of Council as well as longer-term decision-making.

Through Shaping Whitehorse, we are engaging with our community and other stakeholders to make sure our planning reflects the needs and aspirations of our community.

What plans are included in Shaping Whitehorse?

The following documents are being developed and reviewed through the Shaping Whitehorse project:

  • Integrated Council Plan 2025-2029 (includes the Municipal Public Health and Wellbeing Plan)
  • Annual Budget 2025-2026
  • 10-year Asset Plan
  • Long-term Financial Plan
  • Revenue and Rating Plan
  • Check-in on the Whitehorse 2040 Community Vision

To learn more about these documents you can browse our Fact Sheet Integrated Planning.

What has happened so far?

Community survey
March-May 2024

Through our first round of community consultation, 1430 community members shared their perspectives, ideas and priorities. We received 429 survey responses and we had input from over 790 community members across 10 pop-up events. We also held workshops with a range of community and special interest groups.

Community Panel
July-August 2024

A Community Panel, comprising 37 community members, met on 4 occasions to consider a range of information and make a series of recommendations to Council.

Panel participants were selected to represent the diversity of our community, and included people from a range of age groups, suburbs, cultural backgrounds, abilities and identities.

To help inform their recommendations, the panel was presented with information including the results of the community survey, as well as other research and data presented by Council officers and other subject matter experts.

The panel worked together to consider and discuss a range of topics covering community health and wellbeing, our natural environment, Council services, the local economy, and how Council operates and allocated funds.

Following their in-depth considerations, the panel made a series of recommendations, which will inform the development of the Integrated Council Plan 2025-2029, Annual Budget 2025/26 and the four other long-term planning documents.

What you told us

Community survey results

Below is a summary of results from our community survey.

If you would like to view the full survey results, you can read the Shaping Whitehorse broad engagement findings report.

Your top 4

According to our community survey results, your top 4 priorities for the next 4 years are:

Your priorities by theme

Our Integrated Council Plan identifies 5 key themes. You told us your priorities for each theme are:

Theme 1

Theme: Strong and connected community

What matters most to you:

Theme 2

Theme: Suitable buildings and spaces

What matters most to you:

Theme 3

Theme: Local businesses, jobs and learning

What matters most to you:

Theme 4

Theme: A healthy natural environment

What matters most to you:

Theme 5

Theme: How Council works

What matters most to you:

Your priorities for Council assets

You told us you want Council to invest in:

Next steps

The recommendations of the Community Panel, together with the feedback received through the Community Survey, are currently being considered as we develop the draft Integrated Council Plan 2025-2029, Annual Budget 2025/26 and other documents.

Our community will have the opportunity to view and make comments on the draft documents in the first half of 2025.