Overview
The community has told us they want us to provide high quality, accessible and inclusive playgrounds, and this strategy will help us to plan and achieve this vision over the next 12 years.
The future plans for the region...
how did we get here?
An audit of the playgrounds in the MidCoast shows that they are widely distributed, ageing and currently do not deliver the value that the community wants from these facilities.
The PlaySpace Strategy makes recommendations for every existing playground.
Each of the recommendations will be delivered according to their short, medium or long-term priority allocation. This means that some communities will get upgraded play spaces sooner than others, if they have been deemed to be more important.
The document sets the longer-term strategic direction of these much loved community assets and will allow us to seek funding opportunities to enhance them for the community.
View the strategy below
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exhibition period
The draft strategy was on public exhibition for community feedback from 28 September - 2 November 2023, where we received 43 formal submissions.
The feedback received from the community was considered and some changes were made to the draft document.
The strategy was then adopted by the elected Council at the 13 December 2023 Ordinary Meeting.
COMMUNITY FEEDBACK
The feedback from the submissions were mainly location based relating to the specific location that the person lives in and specific actions they wanted included in the action plan.
The submissions also touched on the need for ancillary infrastructure including BBQ, shade and fencing.
Changes in response to submissions
Based on the feedback received the priority and classification of some of the upgrades has been changed;
- Wallabi Point playground moved from Medium-term to Short-term priority
- Palm Grove Park update has been updated from no-action to a medium-term priority
- Myall Library Park upgraded from Local to Neighbourhood
Timeline
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Timeline item 1 - complete
May - November 2022
We asked the community to tell us how they use outdoor spaces in the MidCoast to develop the draft Open Space and Recreation Strategy
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Timeline item 2 - complete
November 2022 - April 2023
The draft strategy was written considering all feedback and information. The feedback was the community wanted us to do more with playgrounds and playspaces, so we outlined we would develop a Playspace Strategy to address this.
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Timeline item 3 - complete
July 2023
The Open Space and Recreation Strategy was adopted by Council.
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Timeline item 4 - complete
July - September 2023
The draft Playspace Strategy was being developed.
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Timeline item 5 - complete
28 September - 2 November 2023
The draft Playspace Strategy on public exhibition for community comment.
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Timeline item 6 - complete
November - December 2023
Feedback will be considered before being presented to Council for final endorsement.
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Timeline item 7 - complete
13 December 2023
Adopted by Council
Skatepark strategy
We have several strategies that make up our Open Space and Recreation strategy.
