Wellington City Council is responsible for making decisions on behalf of its communities. The Council considers community views and preferences when making decisions and has flexibility about how to engage with its communities. The Council gathers information about the views and preferences from Wellington’s diverse communities in many ways and uses this information to inform its decisions.
The Council aspires to actively engage with and work collaboratively with its communities within the decision-making roles. Engaging early and well, enables better decisions by ensuring that final decisions take into account or have regard to the views of the community and those affected by the decision. At times (and subject to unique circumstances), engagement activities may need to go beyond the Council’s standard approach.
The purpose of this policy is to explain how the community might be engaged in various types of decisions. This policy is required under the Local Government Act 2002. It includes:
- the general approach to determining the degree of significance of proposals and decisions
- the criteria used to determine the extent to which proposals and decisions are of significance
- information on when, how and to what extent communities can expect to be engaged in decision-making processes and other matters
- a list of strategic assets owned by Council.
Significance and Engagement Policy (1.30MB PDF) | Text version (9.32MB RTF)