Community Engagement
Your Say Busselton
Your thoughts, feelings and ideas are important to us. What you say will assist Council decision making and ultimately help shape the future of our growing City. 
The City’s online engagement portal Your Say Busselton allows you to share your thoughts and ideas on a wide range of Council activities.
You can provide feedback on topics such as:
- Specific projects and plans that the City has in mind
- Development Approvals
- Local Planning Policies, Local Planning Scheme or other Planning Strategies
Members of the public are also welcome to attend or speak at council or committee meetings. For further information see community participation on the council and committee meetings page.
Visit Your Say Busselton
Open Projects
Busselton City Centre- Youth Survey
Help Shape the Heart of Busselton
On Saturday 17 October, the City launched a short youth version of the City Centre survey. If you are between the ages of 12 and 18, you are invited to have your say! Activities and help with the survey are also available at the Youth Activities and Community Building on the Busselton foreshore. Consultation closes 5.00pm Sunday 1 November 2026. Completing the survey can enter you in the draw to win a $50 Boost Juice voucher to share with your friends. Note: entries are limited to one per person, contact details will only be utilised for the purpose of this competition unless authorised below. The winner will be chosen via random generator.
Local Planning Scheme No. 22
The community is invited to review and provide feedback on Draft Local Planning Scheme No. 22 (Draft LPS22).
The Draft LPS22 supports the City’s ongoing commitment to plan for sustainable growth and development, while retaining and enhancing our unique character, identity, and lifestyle.
What's changing?
- The Scheme has been updated to align with State planning requirements
- Some zone names and land use definitions have changed
- Zoning has been updated in some locations
- The rules around what can be developed and where have been reviewed and updated
Important note on the changes: Some parts of the Draft LPS22 are required under the State planning framework and are not open to change through this consultation. Other elements have been developed specifically for the City of Busselton.
Review the Draft LPS22 and have your say from Monday 26 October 2026 until 11.59pm Sunday 31 January 2027.
A full copy of Draft LPS22 can be viewed here. A hard copy is also available for inspection at the City Administration Building, Busselton Library and Dunsborough Library between the hours 8:30am and 4:30pm.
To see how the Draft LPS22 may affect your property the City has developed an online mapping tool, which can be accessed here.
Visit Your Say Busselton
Community Engagement Framework
In 2021, following extensive community engagement, the City of Busselton adopted its first Community Engagement Framework. In 2024, the City conducted a whole of community satisfaction survey. Results of this survey were used to review the framework and in February 2025, the Community Engagement Framework 2025-2029 was adopted by Council. This review was a priority action of the City’s Council Plan 2024-2034.
This Framework outlines how officers and elected members will work to build and maintain positive relationships with the community, and to ensure that they are kept informed on matters that will affect them or are important to them.
Community Engagement Framework
Previous Consultations
Community Satisfaction Survey
The City of Busselton has engaged an independent consultant to undertake a whole of community satisfaction survey.
The past two surveys have been undertaken by Catalyse and a scorecard has been produced summarising outcomes and identifying areas of strength and opportunities for improvement.
The outcomes of the survey:
- Support a review of the Strategic Community Plan
- Assess performance against objectives and key performance indicators in the Strategic Community Plan
- Help determine community priorities
- Benchmarks our performance against past years and against other Western Australian local Governments
MARKYT Community Scorecard 2024
Community Survey 2020
Community Survey 2017
Liveability Census 2023
Thank you to everyone who took part in the 2023 Australian Liveability Census earlier this year. We had just over 400 responses from within the Local Government Area.
84% of respondents indicated they are satisfied with where they live, giving us an overall liveability score of 70 out of 100. This is a great result, above the national average!
So what are our strengths in the City of Busselton?
- Elements of the natural environment
- Sense of neighbourhood safety
- General condition of public open space
And what do we need to work on?
- Promoting protection of the natural environment
- Encouraging sustainable behaviours in the community
Liveability Census 2023
Related Information
Community Engagement Framework
Community Engagement Policy