About the Long-term Plan 2024-34

What is the Long-term Plan?

It costs about a billion dollars each year to run Wellington City. We collect this money through rates, fees and charges, development contributions, grants and borrowing.

With input from the community, we need to decide how much we’ll spend on what, and what level of rates to set, so every three years we develop a Long-term Plan.

The Long-term Plan sets out the Council's priorities. It includes detailed information on the activities, services, and projects we intend to deliver, and therefore what the proposed rates and debt will be for the next 10 years.


How does the planning process work?

The final Long-term Plan is approved by the Mayor and Councillors following 18 months of work and public engagement. The timeline for this is summarised on the right.

After each phase of engagement, Councillors will review the public’s feedback and use it to make their decisions at each stage of building the plan. They will make their final decision about what is or isn’t in the plan in May 2024.

The final plan is due to be adopted by Council by the end of June 2024 and will then be available on our website from July 2024.

The 2024-34 Long-term Plan will come into force on 1 July 2024 and will direct our work and expenditure until the next review in 2027.


How can I be involved?

Visit the main page to see what’s currently open. You can also sign up for updates – we’ll then notify you via email about progress on the plan and further opportunities to have you say.


Related links

Long-term Plan 2021-31: View the current Long-term Plan.

Plans and Reports: View recent Annual and Long-term Plans, Annual and Quarterly Reports.

Policies: View an A-Z of our policies and strategies.

Click here to head back to our Long-term Plan homepage.

Have a question about the plan? Enter it below and we will get back to you as soon as possible.

What is the Long-term Plan?

It costs about a billion dollars each year to run Wellington City. We collect this money through rates, fees and charges, development contributions, grants and borrowing.

With input from the community, we need to decide how much we’ll spend on what, and what level of rates to set, so every three years we develop a Long-term Plan.

The Long-term Plan sets out the Council's priorities. It includes detailed information on the activities, services, and projects we intend to deliver, and therefore what the proposed rates and debt will be for the next 10 years.


How does the planning process work?

The final Long-term Plan is approved by the Mayor and Councillors following 18 months of work and public engagement. The timeline for this is summarised on the right.

After each phase of engagement, Councillors will review the public’s feedback and use it to make their decisions at each stage of building the plan. They will make their final decision about what is or isn’t in the plan in May 2024.

The final plan is due to be adopted by Council by the end of June 2024 and will then be available on our website from July 2024.

The 2024-34 Long-term Plan will come into force on 1 July 2024 and will direct our work and expenditure until the next review in 2027.


How can I be involved?

Visit the main page to see what’s currently open. You can also sign up for updates – we’ll then notify you via email about progress on the plan and further opportunities to have you say.


Related links

Long-term Plan 2021-31: View the current Long-term Plan.

Plans and Reports: View recent Annual and Long-term Plans, Annual and Quarterly Reports.

Policies: View an A-Z of our policies and strategies.

Click here to head back to our Long-term Plan homepage.

Have a question about the plan? Enter it below and we will get back to you as soon as possible.

CLOSED: The question tool is now closed to allow the team time to answer all remaining questions ahead of consultation finishing on 12 May. If you have any questions that are not covered by those below, please email ltp@wcc.govt.nz

Please be concise and respectful in asking questions - we will do our best to respond promptly (usually within two working days). Some answers may take a bit longer to get the details right. We monitor the site from 8:30am - 5pm Monday to Friday.

Note: The question box is to enable us to provide any additional information to you to better inform your submission. We are unable to count any comment submitted in the questions box as a final submission.

  • Hi not sure where to put feedback. I am not in favour of introducing paid parking in Tawa. I don't see the need and it would deter me from enjoying time in my community.

    Rw asked 3 months ago

    Kia ora RW, 

    Thank you for your comments and interest in our plan. To make a submission please click here. Or download a hardcopy submission form here. 

    As we need a full name for a submission we are unable to count this comment in our final submissions but will include it in general feedback. If you would like this comment to count as your submission please email us at ltp@wcc.govt.nz. Please note you can only submit once. 

    Ngā mihi   

    The Long-term Plan Engagement Team

  • Is there a spreadsheet setting out the financial projections for the long term plan?

    Louise Tong asked 25 days ago

    Kia ora Louise, 

    Thank you for your question and your interest in the Long-term Plan. 

    The spreadsheets for our 10-year operating and capital budgets, our Funding Impact Statements and our Financial Statements have now been uploaded to the website and can be downloaded from here.

    If you are ready to make a submission click here. Or download a hardcopy submission form here.

    Ngā mihi  

    The Long-term Plan Engagement Team

  • Is there any outcome from the rating policy review available?

    EllenB asked 6 months ago

    Kia ora EllenB, 

    The outcome of the Rating Policy Review consultation will be publicly available at the end of next week and part of the 7 December LTP committee meeting. The agenda, with the consultation results, will be available on our website here: Long-term Plan, Finance, and Performance Committee - 7 December 2023, 9.30AM - Meetings.

    Nga mihi

    LTP Engagement Team

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  • No question but many thanks for an excellent web site and the plain english to enable understanding

    John Boyd asked almost 1 year ago

    Thank you for the feedback John

  • Were the actual individual submissions on the 'rating policy review' provided to Councillors? and are they available to the public? They were not in the agenda of the 7th December LTP committee meeting that considered the outcome of the consultation. They were not provided at the Oral hearings (only oral hearing submissions) on the 1st Nov. They were also not part of the agenda or attachements in the 15th Feb 2024 LTP committee meeting.

    JackR asked about 1 month ago

    Kia ora JackR

    The outcome of the Rating Policy Review consultation is publicly available: Long-term Plan, Finance, and Performance Committee - 7 December 2023, 9.30AM - Meetings. About halfway down the page under the Reports heading is the full submissions document. 

    Nga mihi

    LTP Engagement Team

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