FAQs - Place and Liveability Plan

City of Darwin is creating a plan that reflects the longer term aspirations of our community to make Darwin more liveable.  This will capture the aspects of living in Darwin that are most important to community members and reflect what you tell us about living in your own neighbourhood/suburb.

The plan will help guide our future planned work across the City of Darwin. 

City of Darwin already has strategies and plans that focus on different aspects of Darwin life, ranging from moveability, to climate, to playgrounds and smart city technologies however, there isn’t one plan that brings all of this together.

The Place and Liveability Plan reflects which aspects of liveability are most important in our community, as we’ve heard from you.

The Plan’s five strategic goals aim to:

• strengthen community participation and belonging
• improve community safety for all
• enhance character and sense of place; 
• revitalise public spaces; and
• reinforce infrastructure networks.

City of Darwin is creating the plan but it is primarily informed by you, as our community members. We are engaging with key stakeholders and community across the City of Darwin to make sure the plan reflects diverse views and aspirations.

The engagement approach was designed to provide avenues for people of all age groups, genders and cultural backgrounds to contribute to the Plan and identify their aspirations for a more liveable Darwin into the future. Questions focused on what liveability means to individuals and asked them to prioritise key liveability principles to share their ideas for what could make Darwin more liveable.

There is a program of engagement on the draft Place and Liveability Plan in June and July where community members have an opportunity to contribute. Visit the main project page for details or you can contact engage@darwin.nt.gov.au for further details.

We will also be promoting opportunities for engagement via social media. 

Your feedback will shape the final Place and Liveability Plan, Platform and Toolkit – we want something that reflects the people who live in our city and are seeking a diverse range of views to do achieve that. You can answer the survey or provide comments at one of the engagement events. Your insights will be considered by Council as part of finalising the Place and Liveability Plan.

This project is expected to be complete in late 2025.