SPPS Strategic Planning Policy Statement Edition 2 (December 2025)·Page 21·4.35
Urban or Civic Stewardship
Urban stewardship involves actively caring for and managing people and places through techniques for maintaining spaces and managing change, with planning authorities considering linkages between good design and ongoing management.
Urban or Civic Stewardship is about actively caring for people and places. It encompasses techniques for managing and maintaining space and places, as well as other means by which people and organisations can actively care for and manage change to make their place better. Planning authorities should consider positive ways in which to improve the linkages between good places (i.e. design) and the management and maintenance of those spaces (i.e. stewardship).
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