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Randwick Council endorsed the Community Engagement Strategy at its meeting on 13 December 2022 and the strategy is now in effect. You can read the Council Report for summary of the community feedback received during the public exhibition period.

Randwick City Council has prepared a Community Engagement Strategy (CES) which outlines how and when we will engage with our community on planning, Council projects and other matters of relevance to the local community.

In July and August this year, we asked for your voice; to share your experiences engaging with Council and tell us how you would like to be consulted in the future.

What we heard:

Community Engagement SurveyRandwick 100 Forum
An online survey to gather resident's opinions on the importance of consultation, how they engage, how they want to be engaged, and expectations about consultation on development matters.An insightful discussion with 100 representative Randwick City residents about what the community wants to be engaged on, how and when.
  • 188 responses.
  • Residents feel it is very important that Council engages with the community.
  • Engagement is important because it is the community’s right to be consulted and the knowledge and experience shared improves outcomes.
  • People feel that a lack of awareness and limited time are the two main barriers for engaging with Council.
  • Residents prefer to engage online, followed by in-person workshops or focus groups, then online workshop or focus group.
  • For face to face engagement, residents prefer small focus groups based on local issues, followed by pop ups around the area.
  • Residents are motivated to engage because they are interested in improving their local area.

Read more on the outcomes of the survey here.Read more on the outcomes of the Randwick 100 here and watch the video here.


Community Engagement Strategy:

What we heard from the survey and Randwick 100 has directly informed the development of the CES, which sets out overarching principles, processes, and techniques for community engagement.

The CES replaces our current Community Participation Plan (CPP). Some of the key changes include:

  • Notifying tenants about Development Applications (as well as owners).
  • Minimum exhibition periods of 28 days for all Council consultations (excluding DA’s which are 14 days).
  • Holding regular Let’s Chat face to face pop up events.
  • Forming Reference Groups to consult with harder to reach groups.

To learn more about how the new Strategy differs from the CPP, view our easy-to-read table.

HAVE YOUR SAY:


Consultation period: 5 October to 9am, 2 November 2022.

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Community engagement survey - Draft

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Movie ticket winners

Thank you to everyone who took part in our survey. We randomly drew 20 survey respondents and these people have won a double pass to the movies at the Randwick Ritz. Winners have been contacted via email.

The 20 winners are:

Mary-Ellen, David, Maggie, Lina, Toni, Nicole, Carol, Clara, Tommasina, Patricia, Tara, Cynthia, Adam, Myles, Erin, Angela, Caroline, Stephanie, Georgina, Jane.

Note: Only first names published for privacy reasons.

Thanks for everyone for taking part!