The powers of Council to produce City budgets and Development plans/work plans is fulfilled through the this Department, which guides and coordinates the preparation of the above documents as stipulated in the 1995 Uganda Constitution Article 176 and the local Government Act CAP243 section 36. These laws provide for decentralization, empowering local governments with the responsibility of: Allocating public resources, Integrated participatory planning, Budgeting and Investment management
 

• Services:
  ● To facilitate the planning function in the District and Lower local governments in line with the District and National Development Plan and the National Vision
  ● Collect and collate data for planning purposes
  ● To promote efficient and effective implementation of National and District priority programmes
  ● Providing technical guidance on the overall Local Government Development Planning cycle
  ● Taking lead in the organisation and coordination of the planning forum and overall consultative process for the Local Government Development Plan formulation
  ● Liaising with the National Planning Authority on all technical matters regarding management and coordination of the Local Government Development Planning cycle
  ● Ensuring the existence of comprehensive and Integrated City and Division Development Plans and City Annual Budget
  ● Giving feedback to the Divisions and Councils about the results of the planning process.
  ● Ensuring that the activities of development partners are coordinated
  ● Ensuring a functional Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) system in the City so as to coordinate the monitoring and evaluation of the implementation of government policies and programmes
  ● Coordination and dissemination of information on government policies, programmes and projects.
  ● Integration of population issues/factors into development planning process