24 July 2025
How you can help plan a sustainable Stirling
The City of Stirling is preparing a new Local Planning Strategy to guide how our neighbourhoods grow and change, including housing, jobs, transport, and community spaces.
- Open date
05 May 2026
- Closing date
29 May 2026
Last update date: 29 June 2026
The City of Stirling is committed to building the future our community deserves. There is so much to love about our City – from our close proximity to the Perth CBD, vibrant cultural and entertainment precincts and pristine coastline, to our natural areas and enviable lifestyle. Stirling is truly a place of opportunity.
To ensure we’re strategic and intentional about our shared future, the City undertook a major review of our Strategic Community Plan (Sustainable Stirling 2022 – 2032). This review was guided by three phases of community engagement.
Phase one focused on listening to our community. Through surveys and pop-up events, more than 1,600 people shared their thoughts on what matters most, what would make Stirling an even better place to live, and where Council should focus its efforts to help shape the future our community deserves.
Phase two built on these insights by exploring the feedback in greater depth. Through community workshops, participants helped review our current plan, refine and define our 47 focus areas and identify any gaps and future opportunities.
Phase three brought together everything we’ve learned so far to shape the revised Strategic Community Plan, with the draft Sustainable Stirling 2026–2036 open for community review from 5 May to 29 May 2026. Through feedback and informal drop-in sessions, residents played an important role in testing the draft plan to ensure it reflects where we are now, where we want to be over the next 10 years, and that it truly represents everyone in our community.
Following this consultation, Sustainable Stirling 2026–2036, along with a report outlining community submissions, is expected to be presented to the Council meeting on Tuesday 7 July 2026.
Project timeline
Insights Survey
23 July to 4 September 2025
Pop-ups
23 July to 4 September 2025
Club Convos
23 July to 4 September 2025
Business Brews
14 August to 22 August 2025
Nature Stories Schools Competition
25 July to 26 September 2025
Community Workshops
17 November to 26 November 2025
Draft Plan Consultation
5 May to 29 May 2026
Future Forums - Drop-in sessions
10 May to 20 May 2026
Presentation to Council Meeting
7 July 2026
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Phase one: share your future
The focus of this phase from July to September 2025 was about listening – gathering insights, identifying emerging priorities, and understanding what Council should focus on to build the future our community deserves.
There are no facts from the future - that's why we need your help.
Thank you to the 1,604 individuals who completed the Future Insights Survey. Your insights have helped identify, what matters most and what Council should focus on over the coming decade to make our City an even better place to live, work or belong.
Your advice has helped guide the review of the Strategic Community Plan. To find out more about what we heard from 23 July to 4 September 2025, view the Future Stirling Phase One Outcomes.
We visited a place near you!
Whether you had a minute for a quick chat or wanted to share your big ideas for the future, thank you for taking the time to connect with a City Officer, across one of the 68 pop-ups.
During August and September, we also brought the future to your doorstep - doorknocking over 700 homes, one street in each of the City's 30 suburbs.
Thank you to every busienss that joined us for a bold blend of networking, ideas sharing and future-focused discussions.
Business Brews was an opportunity to build connections, chat about business issues, and identify priorities for businesses to thrive over the coming decade.
Feedback from Business Brews fed directly into the Future Insights Survey and will help inform what Council should focus on over the coming decade.
Join us at a Business Brew near you!
Lady Annie Cafe, Mount Lawley | Thursday 14 August, 5.00pm to 7.00pm
96 Cafe, North Beach | Wednesday 20 August, 7.30am to 9.00am
Micrology Coffee Roasters, Osborne Park | Friday 22 August, 7.30am to 9.00am
Community groups and clubs are the heart of Stirling - places where people connect, belong, and thrive.
11 clubs across the City hosted a Club Convo, with a total of 89 participants sharing what Council should focus on over the coming decade.
Step 1: Ask these three questions at your next meeting
- What would make our community an even better place to live, work, or belong in the future?
- What do we need to focus on over the coming decade to unlock the future you see?
- What's one piece of advice you have to guide the development of the City's Strategic Community Plan?
Step 2: Capture your club's responses
Step 3: Share your feedback via the Club Convos Submission Form
Explore your neighbourhood through nature’s lens!
The Nature Stories Schools Competition invited students to explore how our everyday actions shape the future of trees, wildlife and water.
Through creative stories or illustrations, primary and secondary classes stepped into the shoes (or wings) of Quincy the Quenda, Taylor the Tuart Tree, Buzzby the Bee, Wyatt the Water Drop or created a nature persona of their own!
Winning classes will score an unforgettable nature experience for their school.
To view the 250 Nature Story entries, join us on Monday 17 November, from 4.00pm to 5.00pm at the City's Reception Hall (Administration Centre 25 Cedric Street, Stirling) where the winner of the competition will be announced.
As part of Future Stirling, join us in honouring the rich traditions of the Nyoongar people through a series of vibrant community events celebrating the Six Seasons: Birak, Bunuru, Djeran, Makuru, Djilba, and Kambarang. Each gathering will offer a unique opportunity to connect with country and experience the cultural knowledge that has guided sustainable living on this land for tens of thousands of years. Let’s come together to honour each season, reflect on the past, and build a future grounded in cultural respect and connection.
Phase two: define our focus
This phase explores survey responses and community feedback through targeted conversations and workshops in November to define our focus. Together, we’ll explore what we heard during focus phase one to shape a shared long-term vision that will guide the final stage and development of the City of Stirling’s Strategic Community Plan.
Hosted throughout November, a series of targeted workshops built on insights from the Future Insights Survey to deepen our understanding of what matters most to our community.
We extended the invitation to all community members to help ensure our direction aligns with aspirations and priorities.
Each workshop spotlighted the key themes from the Strategic Community Plan to help refine the outcomes, objectives, and strategies to make our community an even better place to live, work or belong in the future:
- Our Community
- Our Economy
- Our Built Environment
- Our Natural Environment
- Our Leadership.
To learn more about what we heard in our Community Workshops from Monday 17 Novermber to Wednesday 26 November 2025, view the Future Stirling Phase Two Outcomes
Watch the videos below to explore each key result area of our Strategic Community Plan, what we've heard from the community so far, and what will be refined through the workshops.
Phase three: create our plan
The draft Sustainable Stirling 2026–2036 was open for community review from 5 May to 29 May 2026. Shaped by the perspectives and aspirations you’ve shared over the past year, the draft plan sets out the long-term vision and priorities that will guide how the City plans, delivers services and makes decisions over the next decade.
The draft Strategic Community Plan is available to view under 'Consultation documents' above and feedback was sought from the community from 5 May to 29 May 2026. The consultation presented an opportunity to:
- See how community perspectives shaped the plan
- Understand the proposed priorities for the next 10 years
- Share your thoughts on the draft Strategic Community Plan.
To help test the draft plan, the City hosted a series of Future Forums - informal drop-in sessions where residents could learn more, ask questions and share perspectives.
Following this consultation, Sustainable Stirling 2026–2036, along with a report outlining community submissions, is expected to be presented to the Council meeting on Tuesday 7 July 2026.
FAQs
The Strategic Community Plan (Sustainable Stirling 2022 – 2032) sets out an ambitious and achievable vision for the development of the City over the next 10 years and beyond. This Plan:
- Establishes the City’s vision for the Local Government’s future, including aspirations and service expectations
- Elaborates on how to achieve the City’s vision by clearly defining key result areas, objectives and strategies, along with measures of progress
- Describes the City’s commitments
The Integrated Planning and Reporting Advisory Standard requires the Strategic Community Plan to be developed or modified through engagement with the community.
Sustainable Stirling 2022 – 2032:
- Provides an overview of emerging priorities following the major review
- Describes the 10-year vision for the future and the City’s mission, values and commitment to sustainable integrated planning, measurement and reporting
- Identifies some of the key State and Federal plans and policies that will shape the City’s future.
The Strategic Community Plan is considered a 'live' document, subject to a desktop review every two years and a full review every four years.
Community engagement is recognised as a critical component in the development of a Strategic Community Plan. According to the Department of Local Government: ‘The community engagement strategy adopted by a local government will aim to capture a community’s vision, aspirations, and service expectations for inclusion in the Strategic Community Plan.’
Engagement helps identify long-term goals and priorities, ensuring that the plan is developed or modified through meaningful community engagement with the community.
Future Stirling presented an opportunity to get involved in meaningful, two-way conversations about what you want Council to focus on over the coming decade.
Following this consultation, Sustainable Stirling 2026–2036, along with a report outlining community submissions, is expected to be presented to the Council meeting on Tuesday 7 July 2026.
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