Table

Action

Quick wins:

Develop new standards for the quantity and quality of open space and strategic planning of parks. The standards are to be informed by a range of life cycle costed scenarios for the quality, quantity and distribution of open space to understand the long-term sustainability for Council

1. Review the provision of parks and open space in recent new development areas, including quality and level of facilities, and benchmark against open space planning guidelines

2. Develop landscape design guidelines which identifies locally appropriate, robust soft and hard landscape palette to achieve long term sustainability of park maintenance

3. Develop guidelines for the appropriate provision of multi-functional parks and open space co-located with other green infrastructure including WSUD, active transport, waterways and biodiversity

4. Audit existing parks and open space canopy cover and develop canopy targets for parks and open space

Timing

Immediate

Short term

Medium term

Medium term

Short term

Parks And Open Space Opportunity

There is a significant opportunity to diversify the provision and facilities of parks and open space in new development. This recognises the need to cater for the changes in demographics and the changing recreational needs of our community. The figure below shows the provision of approximately 10 different small open space in Junction Hill. Each of the parks has limited recreation value with minimal facilities or embellishment There is the opportunity to consolidate the open space, locate this open space centrally within the precinct and provide open space with facilities which meets the diverse needs of the community and is more sustainable for Council to maintain. Larger consolidated open space can also retain existing trees and native vegetation to provide for amenity as well as urban biodiversity within the consolidated parkland.