Long-Term Plan 2025-2034

Buller District Council’s plan for the next nine years is called the Long-Term Plan (LTP), covering the years 2025–2034. It is Council’s guiding document, and it has an impact on everyone who lives in our district.

The LTP outlines Council's goals, what Council aims to do, and how we plan to pay for what we will deliver to our community. It also identifies the significant big-picture drivers behind our actions, which are captured in our vision, and the Community Outcomes. It gives the reasons behind what we do, includes the actions we commit to, tells you how much that will cost and how we plan to pay for it.

Have you ever wondered why Council invested in that water pipe? This document explains why, how much we intend to spend on it and when that pipe should go into the ground.

We revisit this document every three years and set the course for the following decade. The community was invited to provide feedback on any part of the Draft Long-Term Plan 2025-2034 during the consultation period between 25 April and 26 May 2025.

Council received 336 submissions on the Draft LTP 2025-2034 and 38 funding requests from a variety of community groups for one-off or annual funding. 60 people have chosen to speak to their submissions during the two days of hearings. 22 will speak in support of their funding requests, with the balance speaking to their individual LTP submissions.

Council has published the funding requests, individual submissions and a consultation report analysing the submissions on this page.

We’d like to thank everyone who took the time to provide feedback during this consultation. Councillors will review the submissions and hear from submitters to understand people’s concerns, suggestions, and feedback during the hearings and deliberations.