Long-term Plan 2024-2034
Environment Southland has commenced the process of developing its Long-term Plan 2024-2034. The overall timeline is shown below, along with information about Council workshops.
Workshop 1: 7 June 2023
The purpose of this workshop was to share:
(a) information on key issues to be taken into account as part of the long-term plan
(b) an overview of the proposed process for developing Environment Southland’s strategy and organisational business plan
Links to key workshop presentations can be found below:
Workshop 2: 19 July 2023
This workshop was focused on the following key issue from the first workshop:
Flood frequency and intensity is increasing. Projected to get worse under climate change projections.
The main purpose of the workshop was to explore the issues and options for Environment Southland’s flood protection schemes, which are the key infrastructural assets owned by Council. Environment Southland must develop an Infrastructure Strategy as part of the Long-term Plan under the Local Government Act 2002.
A link to the workshop presentation can be found below:
Workshop 3: 24 August 2023
This workshop continued to explore the issues and options for Environment Southland’s flood protection schemes. The previous workshop focused on issues and options for the short to medium term, while this workshop picked up the conversation on how to manage catchments to ensure climate resilience in the longer-term.
Links to key workshop presentations can be found below:
Workshop 4: 1 September 2023
This workshop had a financial focus and covered Environment Southland’s Financial and Investment Strategies, and how the rating system works.
There was also a presentation on the Southland Region Forecasting Scenarios completed by Infometrics for Beyond 2025 Southland. This work is available on request from Great South.
Links to key workshop presentations can be found below:
The session on the Investment Strategy was held in committee due to commercial sensitivities.
