The SMP provides both a framework and a set of functional tools and processes to prioritise, plan and deliver on stormwater and environmental management objectives and help meet the conditions of Hamilton City Councils discharge consent. It also serves as an overarching document informing individual Integrated Catchment Management Plans (IMCPs) which are underway in the City.

Through using GIS in every facet of the technical planning process the aim is to support Hamilton City Councils service delivery business processes and the 10 Year indicative stormwater funding programme through what is often referred to as ‘SMART City Planning’.