Golden Plains Shire Council is inviting community members to review and provide feedback on the Draft Asset Plan 2025-2035 (the Draft Plan), a key document that will guide how Council will manage its infrastructure over the next decade.
Endorsed for public exhibition at the Council meeting on Tuesday 26 August 2025, the Draft Plan details the extent of the Shire’s assets, from roads and buildings to drainage and community facilities. It also sets out how Council plans to invest in and maintain these assets to meet the current and future needs of the community.
The Draft Plan is designed to align with the Council Plan 2025-2029 and Council’s Community Vision, ensuring that long-term investment decisions support local liveability, safety, and sustainability.
Community members were invited to contribute to the development of the Draft Asset Plan and other integrated plans through a range of deliberative engagement activities in late 2024 and early 2025. Community members now have the opportunity to review the Draft Plan and provide feedback.
Golden Plains Shire Mayor Cr Owen Sharkey encouraged community members to view the Draft Plan and provide feedback.
This is a fundamental plan that will help Council to implement a coordinated approach to the management of all assets essential to Council’s strategic and operational goals. A key focus is shifting from reactive to proactive maintenance, using tools like life-cycle costing, risk management and sustainable service delivery, Cr Sharkey said.
The Draft Plan also addresses a projected asset renewal gap, outlining strategies to address this through prioritisation, optimisation of service levels and securing external funding opportunities, he said.
I encourage the community to read the Draft Plan and provide feedback which will help shape the development of the final Asset Plan.
Feedback on the Draft Plan is invited from Wednesday 27 August to 5pm, Wednesday 24 September 2025, and can be completed online at goldenplains.vic.gov.au/consultations. Hard copies will also be available at Council’s Customer Hubs, 2 Pope Street, Bannockburn, and 19 Heales Street, Smythesdale.
Council will consider all submissions provided on the Draft Plan during the public exhibition period, with the final Asset Plan to be presented for adoption at the October Council meeting.
For further information, contact Council’s Asset Services team at [email protected] or call 5220 7111.