2021-12-13 GC Agenda - Item 9 - Attachment 1 - Draft Economic Development Strategy 2021-2030

3. The Planning and Policy Context
3.1.    Council’s Corporate Plan
The Corporate Plan communicates Council’s purpose and defines Council’s role - “Working
with our community to shape Noosa Shire’s future”.
While the Corporate Plan is best viewed in its entirety, it has a clear focus on the economy
and a goal for the economy to become more diverse and resilient (as highlighted below).




                                                                            Council recognises that
Council has a number of key principles, plans and strategies that           business and industry
support the Corporate Plan and provide residents and commercial             drive economic
                                                                            development and that
operators with clear insight into Council’s strategic goals and key
                                                                            governments and other
priorities that seek to deliver an economically, environmentally and        organisations make a
socially sustainable Noosa. The Economic Development Strategy is one        significant contribution
                                                                            to the setting in which
of these strategies sitting alongside the Noosa Planning Scheme             business and industry
(Noosa Plan 2020), the Environment, Social and Transport Strategies.        operate.