Draft Delivery Program 2025-2029 and draft Operational Plan 2025-2026 and budget

Submissions must be made in writing and received by 22 April 2025.  You can choose to:

• Provide written feedback via the online submission form on this website
• Email [email protected] with the subject heading 'Draft Delivery Program, and draft Operational Plan and budget'
• Write to Lake Macquarie City Council Attn: Corporate Strategy, Box 1906, Hunter Region Mail Centre, NSW, 2310.

Your submission can be as concise or as long as you wish

Ideally, you will express your level of support for the proposal and provide detailed and specific feedback. The feedback will be reviewed by staff and later presented to Council to make an informed decision.

Should multiple submissions be received from a single resident regarding this project, the feedback will be reviewed by staff and counted as one submission when reporting back to Council.

Any submission received by Council will be publicly available on Council’s website. Submissions may also be accessed under the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009. Council may reproduce submissions in Council reports or in Court proceedings.

If you have made a reportable political donation or gift in the last two years your submission must be accompanied by a "Disclosure Statement of Political Donations and Gifts where Council is Approval Authority - Submitters" Form.  For more information on reportable political donations or gifts, or to download a copy of this form go to lakemac.com.au and search for "Political Donations Submitters". Please note failure to complete a statement, if a Political Donation/Gift has been made, is an offence under the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979.

Feedback may result in changes being made to the draft documents prior to a report being prepared for Council.

You will be notified again, prior to Council considering the matter, which will include a link to the Council report containing a summary of submissions and how feedback was considered.

In 2025-2026, Council is proposing to introduce a new annual charge to residential and business properties to fund a suite of stormwater management projects. The charge was first introduced into the Local Government Act 1993 in 2005. This is the first time Council will apply the charge to properties in Lake Macquarie. This will allow us to increase the level of service of our stormwater network to the community. 

Find out more about the Stormwater Management Services Charge.