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Following extensive consultation, the Draft Golden Plains Shire Community Vision 2040 is now available online, ahead of adoption by the next Council.

On Tuesday 8 September at 6pm, a Council Meeting is scheduled to consider the proposed signing of the Bannockburn Family Services Centre Long Day Care Lease.
To read the agenda, click here.

Golden Plains Shire Council welcomes today’s announcement that the Victorian Government will contribute $271,032 towards the Golden Plains Shire Youth Hub project.

Council has been asked by community members to remove some makeshift bike tracks and jumps recently constructed in Council reserves.

At its 25 August Meeting, Golden Plains Shire Council adopted three new strategies to guide its future decision making for sport and recreation, waste and resource recovery, and a local equestrian centre.

As a large council bordered by Victoria’s largest and second largest regional cities, different parts of Golden Plains Shire will again observe separate public holidays in lieu of the Melbourne Cup Public Holiday.

Golden Plains Shire residents experiencing loneliness or social disconnection will receive support through a collaboration between the Victorian Government, the Australian Red Cross and Council.

Golden Plains Shire Council welcomes the Victorian Government’s funding announcement on 28 August of $464,535 towards the Bannockburn Soccer Facility Change Rooms project.

Council advises that the Special Council Meeting scheduled on Tuesday 1 September 2020 will not be held, as no public submissions were received on the Bannockburn Family Services Long Day Care Lease Proposal.

At its August Meeting, Golden Plains Shire Council resolved to put the Draft Local Law No. 2 General Public Amenity out for public exhibition for residents to have their say.