The formation of methodological tools for the sustainable development of regions, the formation of an integrated system of strategic planning of socio-economic development at the municipal level is among the least developed topics. On the example of a municipality, the practice of developing strategic planning documents, their compliance with the requirements of the existing regulatory framework, the mechanism for implementing the strategy and ensuring its implementation with financial resources is studied. The factors influencing the formalization of the developed strategic landmarks of the territory are established. The article substantiates the need to supplement the algorithm of strategic planning of socio-economic development of municipalities of the regions with new methods of analyzing the construction of vertical and horizontal economic relations, in order to select options for structural transformations, as well as to determine the resource potential, including labor. Establishment of indicators of goal-setting in the social sphere and its direction.