ABOUT THESE AWARDS

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This award celebrates the success of individuals and teams working in Victorian Local Government’s integrated planning space.

Two award categories are offered this year:

• The Community and Integrated Planning Award
• Best Practice and Innovation in Council Plan Development Award

COMMUNITY AND INTEGRATED PLANNING AWARD

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The Community and Integrated Planning Award focuses on local government initiatives that demonstrate excellence in the areas of:

• Council planning
• Community planning – empowering community
• Integrating Council and community planning
• Performance measurement and management
• Service planning, delivery or enhancement
• Sustainable community involvement in Council and community visioning
• Planning for environmental sustainability, accessibility, gender equality
• Planning for business transformation
• Transparent reporting

WHO CAN NOMINATE

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All Victorian councils are encouraged to nominate for the 2026 LGPro Integrated Planning Awards. It is open to individuals as well as teams working in the integrating planning space.

Submissions will be accepted electronically until 5pm, Monday 23 February 2026.

BEST PRACTICE AND INNOVATION IN COUNCIL PLAN DEVELOPMENT AWARD

This award is aligned with the legislative period for developing a Council Plan. The purpose of this award is to foster continuous improvement in project planning, stimulate innovation and to acknowledge best practice development of Council Plan.

ELIGIBILITY

Nominations will be accepted from both LGPro members and non-members, however at least one nominator must be an LGPro member. One of the two nominators must be the nominating council’s Chief Executive Officer. In the case of a team submission, at least one member of the team must be an LGPro member.

NOMINATION PROCESS

When you begin a nomination, you will be required to create a username and password. This allows you to complete the form in stages or add further information prior to the closing date. When submitting your nomination, all questions must be answered in sequential order to progress.

Up to five high-definition images in JPEG format must be included with a description of each photograph in the relevant space provided in the online application form. These digital photos must be at least 1MB each and no more than 5MB.

Judging

The judging panel will comprise a Local Government Chief Executive Officer and/or an LGPro Board Member and a Local Government representative. Each judge will individually review all nominations and allocate preferences based on how the submission meets the award criteria. Final scores will be reached through averaging and consensus of the judging panel. In the event of a tied decision, LGPro will assist with the adjudication.

Please Note: Nominations for these awards will be received and judged by an independent panel appointed by LGPro. The judging panel’s decision will be final and no correspondence will be entered into.

AWARD PRESENTATION

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The award will be presented at the 2026 LGPro Annual Conference Welcome Event on Wednesday 17 June 2026 at the Grand Hyatt Melbourne, 123 Collins Street, Melbourne, VIC 3000.

FINALISTS

Finalists will be notified at least two weeks prior to the Annual Conference. All award finalists will receive a certificate which will be posted to their council.

WINNERS

The winning individuals/teams will receive an award in the form of a statuette and a certificate will beposted to their Chief Executive Officer and an article on the winning entry may appear in upcoming editions of LGPro’s Profile magazine.