The Community Priorities Panel brought together a group of community members to support Council's future planning as part of the Our Place, Our Plan project. Panel members learned about Council’s role, opportunities and challenges, considered this information, and provided recommendations to inform Council’s long-term plans.

The Community Priorities Panel consisted of 39 community members, selected from 119 applicants by external consultants to represent Glen Eira's rich diversity.

As ambassadors for their community and neighbours, Panel members volunteered around 25 hours of their time to support Council’s future planning and contributed to the future wellbeing and liveability of their community.

Panel members learned about Council’s role, opportunities and challenges across five meetings, including three full day workshops, from 19 March to 16 April 2025. These meetings provided the opportunity for panellists to participate in broad conversations, specific areas of interest, and work through specific recommendations.

The commitment, input and participation of each member of the Community Priorities Panel is to be commended. The Panel were considered, informed and outstanding representatives of their community.

Following extensive consideration of Council’s key opportunities and challenges and supported by senior Council officers, the Panel made 35 recommendations across five key topics of:

• community wellbeing
• social cohesion
• diverse and accessible places (including asset management)
• environmental stewardship
• innovative and digitally enabled services.

The Panel has now completed their work and their report will be presented to Council for formal endorsement at the Ordinary Council Meeting on 20 May. The Panel's report will be uploaded to this page once it is endorsed by Council. This report will help to guide the development of Council’s long-term plans and have a meaningful impact on the future of Glen Eira.

The next phase of Our Place, Our Plan is the exhibition of our first round of plans, including the Budget for 2025–26, Revenue and Rating Plan, first-ever Biodiversity Plan, and first-ever Strategic Property Plan.

This phase of the Our Place, Our Plan engagement is closed. Please visit the main project page for the latest information.

You can read below to see what was involved in this phase, or click the "Closing the loop" tab to learn about the Panel and their work.

You can have a significant impact on Council’s plans for the next four years by joining our Community Priorities Panel.

You will have the opportunity to represent your family, neighbours, and community on the panel and think big about how we can shape Glen Eira together. You will help us to consider the outcomes we should aim to achieve to keep delivering what our community needs and values most over the next four years.

All selected panel members will need to attend a series of five panel meetings. During these meetings you will have the opportunity to hear from Councillors, senior Council officers and subject matter experts. You will learn more about our organisation, consider our challenges and opportunities, take in research and data, and provide informed recommendations to Council. Your recommendations will help to shape our plans for the next four years, building on what the broader community tells us through the Our Place, Our Plan – Shaping Glen Eira together survey and engagement activities.