Sportsground

9 OBJECTIVES, CLASSIFICATION AND CATEGORY OF LAND

The Reserve is classified as Community Land under the LGA as amended by the Local Government Amendment (Community Land Management) Act 1998.

Under Section 36(4), all Community Land must be categorised as one of the following categories:

 Natural Area - (further categorised as either Bushland, Wetland, Escarpment, Foreshore, Watercourse)

 Sportsground

 Park

 Area of Cultural Significance; or

 General Community Use.

The Core Objectives for all community land categories vary according to the categorisation of the land. All objectives are defined in Section 36 (1) of the LGA and also appear in Appendix 1 of this PoM.

It is considered that in accordance with the guidelines set out in the Local Government (General) Regulation 2021 and Practice Note 1: Public Land Management (Department of Local Government Amended 2000), and consistent with respective core objectives, land at the Reserve should be categorised as:

 Sportsground

 General Community Use

Figure 15 shows the location of land categories across the Reserve.

Sportsground

Relevant Core Objectives for the management of land categorised as Sportsground are:

 to encourage, promote and facilitate recreational pursuits in the community involving organised and informal sporting activities and games, and

 to ensure that such activities are managed having regard to any adverse impact on nearby residences.

Description and Location

The Sportsground is the part of the Reserve where the organised competitive sporting activities are conducted. These include field sports (cricket, athletics, football and soccer), and main ring events including camp drafting. The Sportsground consists of the main arena, the sporting fields in the Reserve’s north-eastern section, and the tennis courts. It also includes those infrastructure items which provide immediate services to those activities such as the Stephen Locke Shed, the tennis club house,