Council is asking community members for feedback on a Draft Master Plan for Montrose Recreation Reserve.
The Recreation Reserve is home to a sports pavilion, tennis and netball courts, bushland areas, open space, public toilets, picnic tables and the Montrose community playspace.
The community-built, all-abilities playspace has a large climbing net and a number of play experiences for visitors. There are also animal sculptures, shade trees and a sensory garden on site.
A Draft Master Plan has been created with direct feedback from key stakeholders and user groups for the reserve, mapping out projects to be completed in the coming 10 years.
The Draft Master Plan outlines a number of improvements for the reserve, including:
- Minor improvements to the junior oval, while seeking an alternative training and playing venue for the football and cricket clubs’ increasing activities
- Improvements to the Ken Dowling pavilion, to include changing facilities for women and people of all genders
- Reconfiguring access to the north-western side of the pavilion for club representative/committee parking and providing a controlled, pedestrian-only space around the pavilion
- Expanding the playspace to include nature play when the site is renewed (outlined in Council’s Playspace Strategy)
- General improvements, including car parking, seating, outdoor gym equipment, improved path networks and signage.
We're asking community members to look over the Draft Master Plan and share their thoughts with us in the brief survey below.
Once the Draft Master Plan engagement has ended, it will be reviewed using the feedback gathered here before returning to Council to be finalised.
Survey
This survey should take approximately two minutes to complete and closes on Sunday, 26 April.
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Contact
For further information about project, please contact our Recreation and Active Living Team.
1300 368 333
recreation@yarraranges.vic.gov.au
What is a Master Plan?
Council creates Master Plans to map out how an area (such as a park or recreation reserve) will change over a long period of time (up to 10 or 20 years).
These changes could include adding in buildings, park equipment, playgrounds, paths or features that we've identified a need for, from community feedback, data and trends.
When we create a Master Plan, we gather feedback from the community about what they would like to see in an area and use that, along with data and expert opinion, to create a draft plan.
The Draft Master Plan is then put back out to the community, so we can get more feedback and ensure our plan has got all the details and ideas right.
We can’t always include everyone’s ideas or suggestions into a Draft Master Plan, but we’ll look over everyone’s feedback and create something that works for the community, while planning for future residents and visitors.
Once the draft plan has been out for public feedback, it will be discussed at a public Council meeting and be endorsed.
After that happens, we'll start working on the projects in the plan.
For this project, we’ve received feedback from community members and user groups of the reserve and have compiled that – with expert opinion – into the Draft Master Plan.
Once this consultation ends, we’ll look over the new feedback, make any changes necessary and send the Master Plan to Council for final endorsement.
Privacy
The personal information requested on this form is being collected by Yarra Ranges Council for the primary purpose of Recreation and Active Living projects.
Yarra Ranges Council reserves the right to use the information provided for secondary purposes (related to the primary purpose of data collection).
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