Policies & strategies

The Active Recreation Plan is a plan to encourage people in the Yarra Ranges to be more active.

Currently, only 40% of Yarra Ranges residents are meeting the Australian physical activity guidelines of at least 30 minutes per day on at least 5 days a week.

We have heard that 89% of residents are interested in being, or would be, more active if the type of activity that suited their needs and interests was available and accessible.

This plan focuses on you and the factors influencing your participation in active recreation. It suggests a combination of actions to help us reach our target of increasing the physical activity of Yarra Ranges residents by 15% over ten years.

Details our financial and business performance, our major achievements from the year and key service and asset statistics. 

Earlier versions of the annual report are available on request.

Current report

Yarra Ranges Council is responsible for over $1 billion of infrastructure assets that underpin the delivery of services to the community.

As custodian and steward of these community’s assets, Council ensures that these assets are effectively managed so they continue to meet the needs of the community whilst achieving best value and sustainable outcomes.

Asset management is a core Council service and is at the centre of Council’s overall financial and strategic planning decision making.

Together with the Strategic Asset Management Plan, individual Asset Management Plans and associated working procedures and practices it provides a comprehensive, accountable and transparent Asset Management Framework for the Council.

This Asset Plan 2022–2032 has been prepared to assist Yarra Ranges Council’s long term financial planning and support the delivery of Council services to the community through its infrastructure including buildings, roads, bridges, footpaths, stormwater drainage, parks and recreation facilities, etc. 

To learn more about Council's CCTV Policy please download the PDF document.

Promotes child safety and guides employees in identifying and reporting alleged child abuse. It also outlines how to manage various risks when working with children.

Child Safe Authorities, Information and Counselling

See Council’s dedicated Child Safety page for more information 

Council's Community Engagement Policy sets the direction for meaningful, authentic and responsive engagement across the organisation. 

It outlines who Council will engage with - including why, how and when we will engage - to ensure that a coordinated and consistent approach is taken across all areas of Council, and that the community is at the heart of all decision making.

The Community Engagement Policy was endorsed by Council on Tuesday, 27 April, 2021.