2017-10-10 S&O Agenda - Attachment 1 to Item 6 - Sport and Active Recreation Plan

                                                                                                                                                                                                Sport and Active Recreation Plan


Lawn bowls is experiencing a decline in                    Car parking around outdoor sports venues is of               According to Queensland Badminton, Noosa has            Consideration should be given to an expansion
memberships nationally with Roy Morgan Research            concern with onsite car parking facilities beyond            some of the best access to facilities for badminton     of these facilities to accommodate peak demand
reporting a 25% decline in participation over the          capacity at peak times, forcing cars to park on              in the state despite having no Qld Badminton            in conjunction with an increase in specific
last 15 years. This is further evidenced by closures       surrounding road verges or in residential streets.           affiliated or competitive players. Queensland           programming during off-peak times.
of lawn bowls clubs nationally which has also been         Not only does this pose an annoyance to residents,           Volleyball have stated that they are deliberately
experienced locally with the closure of the Noosa          but creates a hazard when children are exiting               not promoting volleyball in the Noosa LGA as            The draft Wallace Park Precinct Master Plan
Heads and Peregian Bowls Clubs and significantly           vehicles road-side in 60-80km speed zones. This is           there is no access to an appropriate indoor facility.   Review 2013 recommended an increase in the
low membership of the Cooroy Bowls Club.                   particularly evident at venues such as Noosa Golf            Single use indoor sports facilities should be           court space at Noosa Leisure Centre which was
                                                           Club, Read Park (Tewantin), Noosa AFL grounds and            investigated for inclusion of other purposes as         also identified as a need in the 1998 Master Plan.
Pomona Showgrounds is a unique site in that it             the Girraween Sports Complex.                                demand for indoor sports space increases.
caters for a range of ‘single use’ outdoor facilities ie
tennis, pony club and an indoor facility exclusively       Consideration must also be given to reviewing                Indoor facilities are constrained for expansion by
used for squash. These showgrounds provide a               the current tenure and management of shared-                 environmental protection and residential growth.
significant service to the hinterland community            use playing fields under Council control to better           Commercial operators requiring large indoor
and would benefit from the development of a                maintain valuable community assets and support               facilities commonly use industrial zoned land
master plan over the site to provide a focus and           volunteer based clubs in focussing on their core             requiring a Material Change of Use (MCU) for legal
strategic plan for future participation and facility       business of providing physical activity to the               occupancy as it is cost prohibitive to operate in
development.                                               community.                                                   legally zoned land or adequate sized spaces, with
                                                                                                                        sport and recreation zoning non-existent. Council
When considering the expansion of existing sport                                                                        could consider allowing commercial operators to
precincts, attention must be given to the important                                                                     co-locate with NFP organisations on ‘community’
environmental constraints that are common across           8.3 Indoor Sports Facilities                                 or ‘sport and recreation’ zoned land where there is
many sites in Noosa. The protection of significant                                                                      significant community benefit which may partially
                                                           Thirty seven indoor sports facilities have been
vegetation, environmental and fauna habitat areas                                                                       address this matter.
                                                           identified across the Shire and provide for
reduce the likelihood of expansion of existing
                                                           badminton, basketball, netball, table tennis, indoor
facilities, particularly for field sports requiring                                                                     Multi-use, indoor sports facilities experience peak
                                                           bowls, boxing, cheerleading, volleyball, gyms,
significant open space.                                                                                                 usage times where users compete for limited
                                                           gymnastics, martial arts, rock climbing and tenpin
                                                                                                                        space at the same times, however outside of these
Environmental values are held in high regard in            bowling. This includes school facilities funded under
                                                                                                                        times there is an under-utilisation of these same
Noosa and although expansion of sports grounds             the Building the Education Revolution initiative of
                                                                                                                        spaces eg school halls outside of school times,
is constrained, vegetation around sport facilities         the Federal Government.
                                                                                                                        Noosa Leisure Centre between 11am and 3pm
adds to the visual amenity, provides shade and                                                                          weekdays.
                                                           These facilities are predominately single use, fit
a physical barrier between residential areas and
                                                           for purpose, with the exception of Noosa Leisure
playing spaces. Master plans for multi-use sports                                                                       Consideration should be given to diversifying
                                                           Centre which provides for a range of indoor
facility sites (eg Cooroy, Noosa District) need to be                                                                   activities through targeted programs within off-
                                                           competitive and social sports. The majority of these
reviewed, updated and/or endorsed to provide a                                                                          peak times in these facilities to maximise space
                                                           facilities are commercially operated exposing a risk
clear direction of future improvements required.                                                                        usage.
                                                           to the provision of these activities if commercial
Site development plans should be developed for
                                                           operators no longer see viability in their operation.
smaller and single use sites which will assist in the
                                                           It is for this reason Council has a role to play to
evidenced-based identification of future works.
                                                           support commercial provision of sport and active
                                                                                                                   “The barrier is that everyone wants to play at the same time - late
                                                           recreation in line with resident demand for those         afternoon early evening, and there is only three courts here.”
                                                           activities.                                                                                       - Local sports club


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