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Your Draft Strategic Plan 2025 - 2028
Project Overview
Consultation has now closed - a big thank you to everyone who shared their thoughts on the draft Plan!
City of Playford invites you to share your views on the draft Strategic Plan 2025–2028. This draft outlines Council’s key priorities for the next four years and the steps we’ll take to achieve them. It’s important that the plan reflects what matters most to you, so we want to hear your thoughts!
In Phase One (April 2024), over 790 community members shared their insights through summits, pop-ups, and surveys, which helped shape the Draft Strategic Plan 2025–2028. Now, in Phase Two, we’re reconnecting with you to ensure the plan truly represents your priorities.
Your feedback has already played a key role in shaping the draft, and now we’re seeking your final thoughts before it’s finalised.
What are we seeking feedback on?
We want to understand your level of support and feedback on key themes in the draft Strategic Plan 2025-2028, as well as your overall level of support for the draft plan. Your feedback will help refine the final version to best serve our community.
We encourage you to read the draft Plan before providing your feedback. You can access the draft Strategic Plan 2025-28 Plan in the 'Document Library' section of this page.
You can provide your feedback via our online survey or refer to the 'Providing feedback' tab for more options.
What happens after consultation?
After the consultation period closes, we’ll compile all community feedback into a ‘What We Heard’ Report. This will help inform Council’s decisions when finalising the Strategic Plan 2025-28. We’ll also share this report with our community so you can see how your feedback has contributed.
What is a Strategic Plan?
A Strategic Plan is a roadmap that guides Council’s decision-making. It sets out our key focus areas, the actions we’ll take, and how we’ll deliver outcomes for the community.
How did we develop our draft Strategic Plan?
In April 2024, we launched the first phase of engagement, with over 790 community members sharing their insights on what matters most. Alongside this, we analysed data from:
✔ Ongoing community feedback and customer requests
✔ Playford Community Survey
✔ Service delivery projects
✔ External research to understand broader trends affecting our city
Using this rich combination of community input and data, we developed the draft Strategic Plan 2025-2028. We’re now in the second phase of consultation—your feedback will help refine and finalise the plan.
What does the draft Strategic Plan cover?
The draft Strategic Plan outlines Council’s roles and responsibilities in delivering essential services and projects, ensuring transparency in our decision-making process and encouraging active community involvement.
It provides a clear vision of what our community can expect to experience by 2028, explaining why these priorities are important and what they include (and don’t). While the plan sets our direction, it is designed to be a high-level guide for decision making that allows for flexibility and continued collaboration.
The draft Strategic Plan is built around key themes that strengthen our city’s foundations and foster deeper connections:
✅ Our Foundations: Improving safety, accessibility, and ease of movement around our city
✅ Our Foundations: Lifting city appearance.
✅ Building Connections: Fostering collaboration and connection to each other
✅ Building Connections: Activating and facilitating welcoming community spaces and events.
Shaping our future together
Thank you to our community for participating in the first phase of our Strategic Plan 2025-28 engagement. We loved connecting with you and hearing what matters most to you.
Council is committed to engaging with and understanding our community. Your feedback is valued and plays a key role in shaping decisions. The Strategic Plan is a significant opportunity for you to influence Council’s direction over the next four years.
A long term vision for Playford
The City of Playford has taken a 12-year approach to planning, broken down over three 4-year strategic plans.
- The current Strategic Plan 2020-2024 has focused on Community and City Foundations which addresses the foundational needs of the community, and critical social and physical building blocks for success to support people in their everyday lives.
- The next Strategic Plan 2025-2028 will maintain and continue our important work on Community and City Foundations and bring into focus Connecting our people to each other and their local community.
Phase 1: Listening to Our Community
In April 2024, we launched the first phase of community engagement, You were invited to share your ideas and views on the priorities that Council should consider and focus on for the next four years. This phase included a range of activities such as community summits, pop up conversations at various locations across the city and a survey widely promoted to reach a diverse audience.
Over 790 community members participated, providing feedback on what they believe has been achieved from the current Strategic Plan and what Council should focus on in the next Strategic Plan.
What you told us
You told us that the Community and City Foundations themes remain important, and that you want continued focus on these areas. At the same time, you expressed a strong desire for greater connection—connecting with others, connecting to spaces, and fostering a sense of belonging. You want Council to activate and support spaces and initiatives that bring people together.
📖 Read more about Phase 1 in our 'What We Heard Report' (available in the document library) or visit Phase 1 of the consultation City of Playford | Your Strategic Plan 2025 - 2028
Key themes you raised:
- Safety & accessibility – You called for safer, better-connected roads and footpaths for easier and more secure movement across the city.
- City appearance – You want improved maintenance of parks, gardens, and public spaces, alongside stronger action on littering and illegal dumping.
- Connecting our people – You strongly supported initiatives that strengthen community ties, create safer neighbourhoods, and increase opportunities for social connection.
You see Council as playing a key role in delivering services, events, and facilities, while also facilitating opportunities to nurture connections and share information, something this is vital for strengthening our shared future.
Council’s engagement team out and about in the community, participating in various activities during the Strategic Plan engagement.
Key dates
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Phase 1 - Community Engagement3 April to 30 April 2024
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Phase 1 - What We Heard ReportOctober 2024
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Developing the draft Strategic PlanOctober 2024 - February 2025
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Phase 2 - Community EngagementThursday 27 March to Thursday 24 April 2025
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Collate and analyse community feedbackApril - May 2025
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Council consider community feedback27 May 2025
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Close the Loop - Phase 2 - What We Heard ReportJune 2025
Who's Listening
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Roxanne WithersCommunity Engagement
City of PlayfordContact our friendly staff member
Roxanne if you have any questions
Phone: 8256 0333
Email: connected@playford.sa.gov.au
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Sarah YoungCorporate Planner
City of PlayfordContact our friendly staff member Sarah
if you have any questions
Phone: 8256 0333
Email: connected@playford.sa.gov.au