The provision of housing is a key concern for councils, with housing addressed throughout their own community strategic plans, specific housing strategies and other priority plans, such as homelessness strategies.

There are several matters pertaining to cost-of-living, resilience, urban design and waste management that require further consideration, and these are outlined below.

State and local planning instruments work in unison and consistency between them is essential to ensure state policy results in the intended outcomes at the grassroots level.