Check out our updated plan Newcastle 2040

Thanks for having your say, and shaping our revised plan for Newcastle over the next 10 years. Newcastle 2040 was endorsed by Council on 15 April 2025.

Newcastle 2040 is our roadmap for delivering a liveable, sustainable, inclusive global city. It is our key strategic planning document and will be used to guide our priorities and actions over the next decade.

Check our updated plan Newcastle 2040.


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Newcastle 2040 - it's our future

We listened to your aspirations for the future of Newcastle, and we've updated our Community Strategic Plan to ensure we're heading in the right direction towards a city that we can all be proud of.

Newcastle 2040 - our Community Strategic Plan is the highest level of planning undertaken by City of Newcastle (CN). It is our 10-year roadmap identifying where we are now, where we want to be in the future, and how we'll get there.

It's a plan that represents our shared vision for Newcastle, bringing together who we are, what we love, our challenges, and our opportunities. We all have a role to play in shaping the future of our city.

We'll continue to work with the community, local businesses and industry, government, agencies and partners to plan and deliver long-term positive change for our city.


What we heard

The updated plan Newcastle 2040 was placed on public exhibition from 12 December 2024 to 30 January 2025. We asked the community to view the plan and let us know if we'd got it right.

To help celebrate this milestone, we launched the Love Where You Live, Work, Play Competition encouraging people to share what they love about the people and places in their local communities.

Check out some snapshots below or download the Engagement Reports from the Document Library to find out what we heard.


Key changes to the document include:

  • Review of who we are as a city, our people, opportunities and challenges.
  • Updated indicators of success for improved accuracy and transparency of reporting.
  • Improved clarity and alignment across all themes, priorities and measures.
  • Design updates for improved accessibility, readability and alignment with other Integrated Planning & Reporting (IP&R) documents.
  • Adding 'resilience' to our commitments.
  • Incorporating 'community' into objective 3.4.2. Advocate and collaborate across government, industry, business and community.
  • Featuring entries from the Love Where You Live, Work, Play Competition.
  • Adding a list of stakeholders and services to further enhance the plan.
  • Updating our community involvement pages.
  • Combining objectives 4.3.2 and 4.3.3 into a single objective to improve alignment and clarity 'Encourage innovation and continuous improvement'.
  • Review of all sustainable objectives and indicators.

Our Engagement

Below is a summary of the communications campaign undertaken during public exhibition.

Reach of our communication activities during public exhibition

General feedback

General Feedback about Newcastle 2040

Feedback on themes

Feedback on specific themes

Key topics

Key topics mentioned

Love where you Live. Work. Play.

Check out the submissions for our art competition and explore what people love most about Newcastle!

Want to learn more?

  • Explore our shared vision for Newcastle

    Newcastle 2040 is our shared vision for the future of Newcastle over the next 10 years, shaped by you.

    Check out the latest version of the plan.

    Learn more 

  • Our action plan for delivering your vision

    Delivering Newcastle 2040 is our action plan for how we will achieve our community's vision and priorities.

    Check out some of the highlights 

  • Our progress towards a liveable, sustainable inclusive global city

    Since developing Newcastle 2040, we've worked with you to make our city more liveable, sustainable, creative and inclusive. Take a look at our progress and key achievements!

    See our progress in action 

Protecting your privacy

The City of Newcastle is committed to protecting your privacy. We take reasonable steps to comply with relevant legislation and Council policy.

Purpose of collecting personal details: Council is collecting this information to determine the local community’s views and opinions on the document outlined.

Intended recipients: Information provided as part of the consultation will be used as part of the investigation into the document, and may be included in future reports on the issue.

Storage and security: Information provided will be stored on Council's database and will be subject to Council’s information and privacy policies.

Access: Individuals can access data to check accuracy by contacting Council.