I can't resist posting a link to my previous post on planning after receiving a 9 page document instructing us how to write departmental plans.
OK, 3 pages are templates, so that leaves only 6, to describe what should itself be a maximum of 6 pages, plus tables … of course, this should also take into account the university's institutional plan, 20 lavishly-illustrated pages.
Transition to grumpy old man complete, I think …