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Public Exhibition dates

Delivering services and infrastructure for the Inner West

Each year Council invites community feedback on our draft key strategic documents which outline the services and infrastructure we plan to deliver for the Inner West community and how we pay for these through our annual budget, and our long term financial plan.

The draft plans demonstrate how Council is working to achieve the community's vision as outlined in the Inner West Community Strategic Plan - Our Inner West 2041.

You are invited to view the draft plans and provide feedback by Sunday 1 June 2025. All feedback received will be reported to Council at the meeting on Tuesday 17 June 2025, when the draft plans are considered for adoption/endorsement.

Budget explainer 2025-26

What is in the draft plans?

Community Strategic Plan

Community Strategic Plan (CSP) outlines the community's vision for the future, including our shared priorities for the next 10 years.

In consultation with the community, Council reviews the plan following each Local Government election.

The CSP contains:

  • Five strategic directions (SD) - key themes of community priorities
  • 18 outcomes - what we want to achieve by 2041
  • 43 strategies - the high level actions to be undertaken by Council and its many partners
  • Council's role explained and clarified
  • Progress indicators for each Strategic Direction
  • Supporting strategies – Council’s strategies that support the CSP outcomes


Delivery Program and Budget

The draft Delivery Program 2025-29 is a four-year plan that sets out the principal activities that the elected Council commits to deliver in its term to achieve the vision of the Community Strategic Plan.

Operational Plan and Budget 2025-26 sets out Council's services, planned activities, key projects and expenditure for the financial year 2025-26. Council tracks its performance against its actions and measures through quarterly progress reports and the Annual Report.

Fees and Charges

The draft Fees & Charges for 2025-26 provide for a general increase of 3.8% unless otherwise stated in the Fees and Charges Change Log (download to view).

2025-26 Fees and Charges change log

Long-Term Financial Plan

The draft Long Term Financial Plan 2025-35 (LTFP) sets out the ten-year budget forecast, underlying assumptions, sensitivity analysis, financial modelling for possible scenarios and methods of monitoring financial performance.

The LTFP sets out two scenarios, both of which maintain current service levels:

  1. Scenario 1 – Business as Usual, maintain existing service levels
  2. Scenario 2 – Addresses the Infrastructure Asset Renewal Backlog

Key highlights in the recommended Scenario 1 include Council achieving a surplus for nine years, and key performance indicators including the Unrestricted Current Ratio, Debt Service Ratio and Infrastructure Backlog Ratio all exceeding their performance benchmarks for the full ten years.

Inner West rating category map

Rates map Inner West 2025-26



Find out more

Enquiries

Contact Us

Have questions or want to learn more about this project, contact us below:

Contact Information
Name Kathryn Parker
Phone 02 9392 5527
Email corporate.strategy@innerwest.nsw.gov.au

Download documents here

Where to view hard copies?

Hard copies can be viewed at the following locations:

  • Ashfield Service Centre, 260 Liverpool Road, Ashfield
  • Leichhardt Service Centre, 7-15 Wetherill Street, Leichhardt
  • Petersham Service Centre, 2-14 Fisher Street, Petersham
  • Balmain Library, 370 Darling Street, Balmain
  • Dulwich Hill Library, Emanuel Tsardoulias Community Library, 362-372 New Canterbury Rd, Dulwich Hill
  • Haberfield Library, 78 Dalhousie St, Haberfield
  • Leichhardt Library, 23 Norton St, Leichhardt
  • Marrickville Library, Patyegarang Place, 313 Marrickville Road, Marrickville
  • Stanmore Library, Douglas St, Stanmore
  • St Peters Library, St Peters Town Hall, Unwins Bridge Rd, Sydenham

Council meeting

Project stages

Project stages

  • Timeline item 1 - active

    Council's strategic documents on public exhibition

    Give us your feedback on the draft Community Strategic Plan - Our Inner West 2041, Delivery Program 2025-2029 and Operational Plan and Budget 2025-26, Fees and Charges 2025-26 and Long Term Financial Plan 2025-2035.

  • Timeline item 2 - incomplete

    Under review

    All feedback will be reviewed, and any final amendments made to the draft.

  • Timeline item 3 - incomplete

    Council decision - 17 June 2025

    The elected council will consider all feedback and adopt the strategic documents.

Have your say

You can provide feedback by:

  • Completing the form below
  • Emailing to corporate.strategy@innerwest.nsw.gov.au
  • Posting to c/o Kathryn Parker, Inner West Council, Po Box 14, Petersham NSW 2029
  • If you would like a paper copy of the form please contact Kathryn Parker on 02 9392 5527
  • Calling us on 02 9392 5527

Other ways to provide feedback
  • Call a FREE Interpreter or the National Relay Service, Monday to Friday between 9am-4pm and provide our phone number 02 9392 5527.
    • Free Interpreter call TIS National on 131 450
    • Voice relay call 1300 555 727
    • TTY call 133 677
    • SMS relay call 0423 677 767


The last day to provide feedback is Sunday, 1 June 2025.

Complete form

To complete the survey please create an account to join, or login to an existing account. The Your Say Inner West account is separate from other Council accounts.

What happens next?

All feedback will be considered before the plans are reported to Council for adoption at the meeting on Tuesday 17 June 2025. Everyone who provides feedback will be notified of Council's decision.