Parks & Sporting Grounds Asset Management Plan 2022-2032

2.3.2 Renewal/Replacement Plan

Activities such as renewal, rehabilitation, reconstruction and replacement will return the degraded service of the asset back to its original condition. Renewal activities such as replacement of play equipment or re-turfing of a sporting ground will return the degraded service capability of the asset back to its original designed capability or modern-day equivalent.

Renewal and replacement strategies are based on the most current asset condition inspections available to Council at the time of developing the forward works programs. The rule bases which reflect the policy decisions that Council will employ to determine when they will select open space assets for inclusion in their capital works program will be documented in an open space Service Framework.

The built nature of new, upgrade and renewed open space assets will always be provided in accordance with Council’s design standards, relevant Australian Standards, industry guidelines and best practices.

2.3.3 Upgrade/Expansion Plan

Upgrade and expansion works are associated with improving service levels beyond the original designed capability or modern-day equivalent. Additionally, expansion works include activities that extend the capacity of an existing asset, to provide higher levels of service and/or meet changes in asset resilience requirements. Upgrade/expansion is different to renewal/replacement which only improves the degraded service capability within the boundaries of the original design capability.

Open space asset upgrades are usually undertaken where the asset has been identified as deficient with regards to providing its intended function such as being ‘fit for use’ and ‘fit for purpose’. Council assesses the open space asset’s capability of catering for the current and near future user numbers and also assesses the open space asset’s ability to be adapted or reconfigured to provide for changing user needs and service requirements (such as a park which catered for pre-school play and now should be catering to teens due to changing demographics).

Typically upgrade/expansion works are identified from a combination of methods which include Councillor and/or community requests, project candidates identified via