Public Open Space Strategy

⁠⁠⁠Demands upon the Town's Public Open Space (POS) network are diverse and competitive, limiting its capacity to meet community needs.

The State Government, through Liveable Neighbourhoods, has emphasised the responsibility of Local Government in guiding POS decision making. As noted in the Public Open Space Strategy Guide for Local Governments, it is through a local POS strategy that the greatest impact on POS provision can be achieved.

Such a document has the capacity to guide the provision of a parkland network which enhances sense of place, ensures balanced provision of sport, recreation and nature functions, retains significant environmental and cultural features and realises opportunities for achieving efficiencies and sharing of infrastructure.

To date the Town has not had a POS Strategy or similar document to provide strategic direction for the future of POS and is seeking to rectify this and align all strategic visions for POS across the many documents that do exist.

The POS Strategy will sit amongst a series of endorsed strategies and current projects that guide the operation and future direction of the Town.