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About the Local Strategic Planning Statement
Wagga Wagga is experiencing significant change and growth. As the regional capital of the Riverina Murray, Wagga Wagga’s scale, diversity, liveability and natural assets attract investment, create employment and welcome new residents. Wagga Wagga will be able to support 100,000 people. This cannot be done by “natural growth” alone. As the city changes and grows, our planning needs to ensure the prosperity and well-being of the city and its residents, by providing new opportunities to grow while preserving what makes our community special.
The draft Local Strategic Planning Statement (LSPS), known as Wagga 2040 provides a blueprint for how and where Wagga Wagga will grow into the future. It sets out Council’s 20-year vision for land use planning in the Wagga Wagga Local Government Area, along with a suite of planning principles and actions to ensure that as the city’s population increases, new houses, transport networks, infrastructure and services are developed sustainably.
It also responds to what our community has told us is important for the future of our city and outlines how growth and change in Wagga Wagga will be managed to improve the high levels of environmental amenity, liveability and landscape quality that characterises the area.
Past Documents
The Spatial Plan 2013/2043 was superseded by the Wagga Wagga Local Strategic Planning Statement - Wagga Wagga 2040. The Spatial Plan is the 30-year strategic plan developed to manage growth and provide strategic direction for land use in the local government area.
Each of the action items identified in the Spatial Plan have been considered in the development of the Wagga Wagga Local Strategic Planning Statement - Wagga Wagga 2040.