We are seeking feedback on our draft Snowy Monaro Residential, Commercial and Industrial Lands Strategy 2025-2045. The draft Strategy will be open for comment from Thursday, 3 July to Monday 1 September 2025.

What we want you to review and provide feedback upon

At its meeting on 19 June 2025, Council resolved (in summary) to endorse the draft Snowy Monaro Residential, Commercial and Industrial Lands Strategy (draft Strategy) for purposes of public exhibition for eight weeks.

The draft Strategy is on public exhibition from Thursday 3 July 2025, closing Monday 1 September 2025. Council staff will undertake a range of community consultation and engagement activities within the public exhibition period.

What is the draft Snowy Monaro Residential, Commercial and Industrial Lands Strategy?

The purpose of the draft Strategy is to:

• outline the location and type of future housing and employment growth for Snowy Monaro until 2045
• ensure there is an available supply of suitably zoned land to accommodate Snowy Monaro’s projected growth
• inform decision-making by Council, federal and state government service providers, the community and developers
• inform the preparation, assessment and determination of Planning Proposals

Council's role in housing and employment is to ensure availability of suitably zoned land for housing and employment. Investment in the infrastructure to enable housing and employment is a key role for Council.

There are six guiding principles that have been developed within the draft Strategy:

1. Growth and infrastructure/services are aligned to promote liveable, walkable communities, make efficient use of existing/planned infrastructure/services and minimise environmental impact.
2. Settlement roles: development and growth will be focused towards strategic and local centres.
3. Available supply of suitably zoned land for housing and employment.
4. Diverse: encourage diverse housing sizes and types to meet the needs of people of all ages and lifestyles, and improve affordability.
5. The unique character of settlements is maintained and enhanced.
6. Resilient: not only must new housing be resilient to natural hazard risks, but responses to disasters and housing stress are planned for proactively.

The draft Strategy looks at each town and village in the region. There is a summary fact sheet for each town and village that can be downloaded from Information Fact Sheets (right side of the screen or by scrolling down this page on your smartphone or tablet) that outlines what is projected for that town or village in 2045.

The draft Strategy's Action Plan responds to the housing and employment results for each town and village, and is aligned with Council's available resources. The Action Plan categorises the recommended actions into three categories:

• Provide: funded and delivered via Council's Operational Plan and Delivery Program
• Advocate: includes advocating for government services in the region
• Unfunded Actions: unfunded planning proposals for land that has been identified as a 'planning intervention' within the Settlement's chapter, that is aimed at increasing the supply of residential, commercial or industrial land.

Where can I view the draft documentation?

Copies of the documents can be downloaded (right side of the screen or by scrolling down this page on your smartphone or tablet) from the Document Library, or hard copies will be available for viewing at our Council offices and libraries. You can also find Frequently Asked Questions and fact sheets from Information Fact Sheets (also at the right of the screen or by scrolling down this page on your smartphone or tablet) to assist you with providing valuable input to this process.

How can I provide feedback?

Comments will close 11.59pm Monday 1 September 2025.

Please submit your comments via the feedback form below or:

E council@snowymonaro.nsw.gov.au (External link)

P PO Box 714, Cooma, NSW, 2630

In-person: to either of our office locations in Berridale, Bombala, Cooma or Jindabyne

Have a question?

If you have any questions, please contact our team on 1300 345 345.