Essential spending included in Annual Plan

Hutt City Council’s draft Annual Plan is now out for consultation and includes provision for spending on essential infrastructure and development of new projects to benefit the city.
We are very fortunate to have a robust economic base which enables council to undertake significant projects while delivering an efficient and effective service to ratepayers. Our budget provides for an average rate rise of just under 1 per cent – we believe this will be one of the lowest for New Zealand.
The Annual Plan consultation round also includes consideration of the city’s Draft Urban Growth Strategy and Draft Integrated Facilities Plan. The urban growth strategy aims to provide space for additional housing to cater for an expanding population into the future. This will provide the opportunity for growth and prosperity in the city.
The Annual Plan is an opportunity for local decision–making in meeting the current and future needs of the city and I look forward to hearing what you have to say..

Links to help you learn more and make you submissions on the Draft Annual Plan

In 2012 we produced Council's Long Term Plan covering the 10 years from 2012 to 2022. Here we outline the changes made to the Long Term Plan covering the 2013 to 2014 year.

As well as these changes, the areas we’re consulting on this year include our Draft Urban Growth Strategy outlining how the city could further develop, and the Draft Integrated Facilities Plan outlining how we will be providing community facilities in Hutt City over the next 30 years.

Click here to find out about the many ways to let us know what you think of the Draft Annual Plan.

Below you can read the Draft Annual Plan for 2013-2014 by chapter:

Welcome from the Mayor Ray Wallace and Chief Executive Tony Stallinger (PDF 1 MB)