Services and activities
The community and planning group includes activities and services related to:
- Community development and events
- City development
- Resource consents
The DCC is responsible for promoting the sustainable management of the natural and physical resources within Dunedin. This includes developing, reviewing and administering the District Plan, Spatial Plan and related policies, and processing applications for resource consents under the District Plan. The DCC also provides heritage, biodiversity and urban design advice to the Council and residents, and administers the heritage fund.
The community and planning group provides advice and support to community providers, administers a range of community support and grants, and organises community events. The community and planning group contributes to the vibrancy of the city for Dunedin residents and visitors, and works with community groups to provide a better quality of life, while driving development and delivery of the city’s key strategies.
Community outcomes
The community and planning group contributes to the following community outcomes:
- A creative city with a rich and diverse arts and culture scene
- A successful city with a diverse, innovative and productive economy
- A supportive city with caring communities and a great quality of life
- A sustainable city with healthy and treasured natural environments
- A compact city with a vibrant CBD and thriving suburban and rural centres
Significant negative effects
Community development and events:
No significant negative effects have been identified, but examples of potential negative effects on the local community are:
- The Events Team organises large events within the city. At times, these can cause some traffic congestion, in particular around Forsyth Barr Stadium and Octagon areas.
The Events Team is actively promoting ride-share, walking and other options for people to attend major events within the city. The Council works with the Otago Regional Council and other providers to ensure there are buses from the Stadium to the city. More work is planned to explore further options to reduce traffic volumes in and around the Stadium and Octagon during major events.
City development and resource consents:
No significant negative effects have been identified, but examples of potential negative effects on the local community are:
- District Plan policies and rules, NES and regulation, their administration via permitted activity status and resource consent decisions can have negative effects on the interests of people within the community.
If these policies and rules and their administration is done effectively and appropriately, the effects should maximise the potential benefits to the community as a whole, which may require some negative effects on individual's interests.
Measuring performance
| Measure | Data Source | Actual Year 2 2022/23 | Target 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Level of service: Advice and support is provided to the community and key stakeholders, and grants funding and contract support is appropriately administered and monitored | |||
| Percentage of customers satisfied with advice, support, and assistance provided by the Community Development Team | Annual survey | 92% | >95% |
| Level of service: Council funded events meet the needs of residents | |||
| Percentage of residents satisfied with city festivals and events | ROS | 61% | >70% |
| Level of service: Residents are satisfied with the look and feel of the city | |||
| Percentage of residents satisfied with the overall look and feel of the city | ROS | 58% | >75% |
| Level of service: Resource consents are processed efficiently and meet statutory timeframes and customer information needs are met. | |||
| Percentage of resource consents processed within statutory timeframes | Internal data | 93% | 100% |
ROS - Residents’ Opinion Survey
| Dunedin City Council Funding Impact Statement for the Year Ended 30 June 2024 for Community & Planning | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| (shown in $000s) | 2023/24 Annual Plan | 2024/25 Long-term plan | 2024/25 Annual Plan |
| Sources of operating funding | |||
| General rates, uniform annual general charges, rates penalties | 14,479 | 13,027 | 13,545 |
| Targeted rates | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Subsidies and grants for operating purposes | 801 | 151 | 62 |
| Fees and charges | 1,808 | 1,662 | 1,878 |
| Internal charges and overheads recovered | 278 | 219 | 574 |
| Interest and dividends from investments | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Local authorities fuel tax, fines, infringement fees, and other receipts | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total operating funding (A) | 17,366 | 15,059 | 16,059 |
| Applications of operating funding | |||
| Payments to staff and suppliers | 15,162 | 12,882 | 13,778 |
| Finance costs | 0 | 50 | 0 |
| Internal charges and overheads applied | 2,137 | 2,121 | 2,204 |
| Other operating funding applications | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total application of operating funding (B) | 17,299 | 15,053 | 15,982 |
| Surplus/(deficit) of operating funding (A-B) | 67 | 6 | 77 |
| Sources of capital funding | |||
| Subsidies and grants for capital expenditure | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Development and financial contributions | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Increase/(decrease) in debt | 438 | 202 | 0 |
| Gross proceeds from sale of assets | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lump sum contributions | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other dedicated capital funding | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total sources of capital funding (C) | 438 | 202 | 0 |
| Application of capital funding | |||
| Capital expenditure | |||
| - to meet additional demand | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| - to improve the level of service | 500 | 200 | 100 |
| - to replace existing assets | 5 | 1 | 5 |
| Increase/(decrease) of investments | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Increase/(decrease) of other investments | 0 | 7 | -28 |
| Total application of capital funding (D) | 505 | 208 | 77 |
| Surplus/(deficit) of capital funding (C-D) | -67 | -6 | -77 |
| Funding balance ((A-B)+(C-D)) | 0 | 0 | 0 |