Plans & strategies

Council has a number of key strategic plans, which help guide the current and future direction of our Shire.

Council plans and policies should not exist in isolation; they are interconnected. The NSW Government's Integrated Planning and Reporting framework allows councils to draw their various plans together, understand how they interact and get the maximum leverage from their efforts by planning holistically and sustainably for the future. Our Corporate planning, performance and budget for more detail and to see a visual representation of these connections.

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Agribusiness Industry Plan

Kempsey Shire Council developed an Agribusiness Industry Plan to support the development of the Macleay Valley as a location for smart and sustainable agribusiness to help drive industry diversification into new areas of Agribusiness and Economic Development and build on the Macleay Valley’s comparative and competitive strengths.

Arts & Culture Plan

Biodiversity Strategy

The Biodiversity Strategy describes Council’s vision, objectives, biodiversity priorities and actions for managing biodiversity across the local government area.

Cemeteries Strategy and Master Plan

Council has developed a Cemetery Strategy and Master Plan 2022 to guide our approach to improving and maintaining these cemeteries over the short, medium and long-term.

Community Engagement Strategy

Kempsey Shire Council has adopted our next generation Community Engagement Strategy based on feedback from all our stakeholders.

This strategy outlines our commitment to effective and inclusive decision making. It respects the role of community to have a say.

For more information on Community Engagement please visit the following link:

Community Engagement

Community Infrastructure Strategy

The Macleay Valley Community Infrastructure Strategy is a 20-year plan that seeks to respond to our community's needs, demographic profile, local values and aspirations as well as the role and characteristics of our diverse townships.

Community Participation Plan

Council has also adopted our first Community Participation Plan which outlines the specific ways that community members can learn about and participate in Council decision making, including specifically participating in Strategic Planning and Development Assessment.

For more information on Community Engagement, please visit the following page on the Kempsey Shire Council website:

Community Engagement

Community Strategic Plan

The Community Strategic Plan 2042: Your Future is a document that outlines a 20-year plan for the Kempsey Shire community.

The plan captures:

our community’s vision for the future and long-term goals
strategies to reach these goals
how we can measure our progress.

See the summaries version of the plan here.

See full document below:

Crescent Head Master Plan

The Crescent Head Master Plan serves as a framework supporting the community in identifying and developing programs that:

invigorate the local economy
provide improved village public spaces
protect and conserve public lands for future generations
guard against inappropriate development practices
safeguard the character and quality of life inherent in living in Crescent Head.

Crescent Head Public Domain Plan

The Crescent Head Public Domain Plan document and the analysis, strategies and proposals that it outlines follow on from previous high-level masterplan outputs produced by Kempsey Shire Council.

The Crescent Head Master Plan was produced in 2017 and outlined a framework for future planning works and an indicative staging approach to a number of related and discrete challenges in the Crescent Head area.

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