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Performance indicators
Completed On track Ongoing On hold Behind Schedule Carry forward
Description Baseline Annual Target Results To Date Status YTD Comments
All 24 commercial centres cleaned daily. Baseline - 100% = 100% 100% Achieved Council's Deep Cleansing Program combined with the bi-annual deep cleanse of Hurstville and Kogarah CBD's continues to ensure a focus on improved service standards in our town centres.
Amount of commercial, retail and industrial zoned/employment land capacity Baseline 115.56ha employment lands; retail and industrial
No net decrease
No loss of commercial, retail and industrial zoned land loss. Achieved No loss of commercial, retail and industrial zoned land loss.
Level of 'place satisfaction' for key and emerging centres. Baseline - new measure No Data No Data Community Satisfaction Survey not yet undertaken.
Mean gross assessment times (in days) on DAs, modifications, DA reviews.
Percentage of Construction Certificates determined in 21 days.
Percentage of planning proposals meeting Gateway determination timeframes. Baseline - 101.4 < 90 140 Not Achieved Mean determination time for the financial year (DAs, Modifications and Reviews) was 140 days.
Baseline - 76% > 90% 9% Not Achieved Delays in issuing construction certificates outside the target of 21 days are related to the requirement for Council to obtain additional information from the applicant in order to issue the certificates. The additional information is generally difficult for applicants to procure within 21 days.
Baseline - 85% > 85% 100% Achieved In the FY21/22 only one Planning Proposal was gazetted and that was the Georges River Local Environmental Plan in October 2021. Council met the funding deadlines for the comprehensive LEP.
Completed On track Ongoing On hold Behind Schedule Carry forward
Goal 4.2: Outcomes from an Employment Lands Study ensure sufficient land is available for future employment growth.
Strategy 4.1.1: Primarily target economic development initiatives in Kogarah, Hurstville, Kingsgrove, Peakhurst and Riverwood.
DP Action 4.1.1a: Promote effective economic development initiatives that benefit the LGA.
Status Ongoing
Comment Conducted a comprehensive business survey to understand local economic conditions and identify opportunities for council support.
Action Name Status Comments
Continue to promote the benefits of economic development to the community. Partnered with industry experts like Service NSW, Innovative Manufacturing CRC (IMCRC), University of Technology Sydney, Bayside BEC (Business Enterprise Centre) and RiSe Women (Confidence for Women) to deliver a range of events to help small business succeed.
Strategy 4.1.2: Develop economic programs that target the health, retail, construction, education and financial sectors, small to medium businesses and home-based businesses.
DP Action 4.1.2a: Implement initiatives in key economic sectors in response to the Economic Development Strategy
Status Ongoing
Comment Review of Economic Development Strategy commenced to identify how to support our key economic sectors.
Action Name
Implement economic development initiatives and program of works in response to the Economic Development Strategy. Successful in getting the Streets and Public Spaces Grant Phase 2 to support local economy in Riverwood.
Status Comments
Completed On track Ongoing On hold Behind Schedule Carry forward
Strategy 4.1.3: Deliver responsive placed based activities across the LGA to promote the natural environment, improve cleanliness and safety, and assist local businesses
DP Action 4.1.3a: Deliver programs to activate and increase the night time economy in town centres.
Status Ongoing
Comment Working around lockdowns & COVID restrictions has been challenging, however Council successfully implemented activations that have resulted in a positive impact to businesses in local centres, expanding activity from day to night.
Action Name Status Comments
Seek programs and partnerships to activate and increase the night time economy in Hurstville and Kogarah. We were reviewing the impact of the series of night time activities carried out in the previous quarter.
DP Action 4.1.3b: Implement medium and long-term place-based initiatives across other centres in the LGA.
Status Ongoing
Comment Successful in the Streets as Shared Spaces Stage 2 Grant for Riverwood and have undertaken the streetscape works in Mortdale.
Action Name Status Comments
Continue to implement placebased public domain initiatives across the LGA. We were successful in obtaining Streets as Shared Spaces Grant for Riverwood.
DP Action 4.1.3c: Measure the community’s satisfaction of the LGA’s key town centres as places.
Status Ongoing
Comment Will be measured in next Community Satisfaction Survey in 2022.
Action Name Status Comments
Continue to measure the community's satisfaction of the LGA's key town centres as places. Ongoing as part of the Community Satisfaction Survey. Hurstville survey to be conducted for the public spaces legacy program.
Completed On track Ongoing On hold Behind Schedule Carry forward
Goal 4.2: Outcomes from an Employment Lands Study ensure sufficient land is available for future employment growth.
Strategy 4.2.1: Develop an Employment Lands Study to preserve employment lands and to protect employment growth and services during land rezoning processes.
DP Action 4.2.1a: Implement the recommendations of the Commercial Centres Strategy.
Status Not Progressing
Comment Council deferred the Beverly Hills and Mortdale Local Centre Master Plans for population update, traffic study and additional public domain works. Council also requested a workshop on the summary of the public submissions received for each of the draft Master Plans, and any proposed amendments. Both Master Plans have been provided funding in the FY22/23 to amend and complete. No other commercial centres work commenced.
Action Name Status Comments
Continue the work of the Commercial Centres Strategy for all centres within the LGA. Officers provided briefings to Council on the results of the public exhibition of the Beverly Hills and Mortdale Local Centre Master Plans. Both Master Plans have been provided funding in the FY22/23 to amend and complete.
Goal 4.3: The ambitions for Hurstville and Kogarah as strategic centres are realised.
Strategy 4.3.1: Advocate at all levels of government to ensure critical infrastructure accompanies significant residential and employment growth.
DP Action 4.3.1a: Prepare a new Section 7.11 and Section 7.12 Contributions Plan for the Georges River LGA.
Status
Completed
Comment Georges River Council adopted the Georges River Council Local Infrastructure Contributions Plan 2021 (Section 7.11 and Section 7.12). The Plan came into effect on Wednesday 1 December 2021 and has repealed the Council's existing six Section 7.11 Plans and one Section 7.12 Plan on this date.
Action Name Status Comments
Complete a new draft Section 7.11 and Section 7.12 Contributions Plan(s) for the Georges River LGA. Georges River Council adopted the Georges River Council Local Infrastructure Contributions Plan 2021 (Section 7.11 and Section 7.12). The Plan came into effect on Wednesday 1 December 2021 and has repealed the Council's existing six Section 7.11 Plans and one Section 7.12 Plan on this date.
Completed On track Ongoing On hold Behind Schedule Carry forward
DP Action 4.3.1b: Work with the NSW Government and Canterbury-Bankstown Council on the orderly development of Riverwood as a Planning Precinct
Status
Not Progressing
Comment Council has advised the DPE that it has two master planning processes underway for Beverly Hills and Mortdale Local Centre. Riverwood was due to commence in late 2022 but due to the further work required by Council on the draft Beverly Hills and Mortdale Local Centre Master Plans, any new master planning work will not commence until late 2023.
Action Name Status Comments
Continue to work with the NSW Government and CanterburyBankstown Council on the orderly development of Riverwood as a Planning Precinct. Council has advised the DPE that it has two master planning processes underway for Beverly Hills and Mortdale Local Centre. Riverwood was due to commence in late 2022 but due to the further work required by Council on the draft Beverly Hills and Mortdale Local Centre Master Plans, any new master planning work will not commence until late 2023.
4.3.2: Collaborate across all levels of government so that the Kogarah health and research hub can grow and attract allied services, increase employment, provide a range of housing types (including affordable housing) and provide excellent transport connections to and within the South and Eastern City districts.
DP Action 4.3.2a: Actively participate with State agencies and Bayside Council to achieve the ambitions for the Kogarah Health and Research Hub Collaboration Area
Status Ongoing
Comment Council has engaged Bayside Council as well as health and education stakeholders in Kogarah to form a new Leadership Group with a narrowed focus on advocacy and economic development. The group met in early December 2021 to confirm the focus areas for the next 12-18 months.
Action Name
Play an active role in the Kogarah Collaboration Area Place Strategy Governance Group. Consultation completed with Leadership Group on the Kogarah Investment Prospectus.
Strategy 4.3.3: Create an action plan with the business community that markets the LGA’s investment opportunities.
DP Action 4.3.3a: Prepare and implement an action plan to market the LGA's investment opportunities.
Status Comments
Status Completed
Comment Marketing Plan "Discover Georges River" has been prepared. Prospectus for Kogarah has been finalised.
Action Name
Finalise an action plan to market the City's investment opportunities. Marketing Plan has been completed.
