2021-03-09 P&E Agenda - Item 5 - Attachment 1 - Noosa Trail Masterplan

5 Trail Planning and Development
Successful and sustainable trails require strategic location planning, which involves
understanding of trail hierarchies, types, users and classifications.

Trail                     A number of strategies are employed to ensure the appropriate trail models and trail types are developed in
                          the appropriate locations. Factors for consideration include location significance, spatial distribution, event
Hierarchy                 requirements and trail model detail. Table 3 below provides an overview of the significance hierarchy.



                          Table 6.     Significance Hierarchy


                            National                                  Regional                                  Local

                            A trail facility for a large population   A trail facility for a small population   A trail facility for a small community
                            centre and/or a tourism resource          centre or large community and/or          and/or a tourism resource that
                            that caters for at least a week of        a tourism resource that caters for        caters for day trips.
                            unique trail-based opportunities.         short breaks or weekend trips.



                          Location significance                                             Regionally significant locations cater for small
                                                                                            population centres or large communities and/
                          Location significance defines the scale, reach and
                                                                                            or tourism resources that cater for short breaks
                          connectedness for trail development in a given
                                                                                            or weekend trips. Facilities should be developed
                          location. It also identifies the supporting services and
                                                                                            within a 15-20km zone and be focused around a
                          infrastructure that is required to meet the significance
                                                                                            primary trail centre or trail town model. They provide
                          rating. The location significance indicates a
                                                                                            a minimum level of services and infrastructure and
                          population centre or area’s opportunity, including
                                                                                            can host national and regional events. Locations of
                          the desired recreation and tourism outcomes.
                                                                                            regional significance should encompass broad trail
                          Priority locations for trail development in the project
                                                                                            types and classifications. Regional locations will see
                          area have been categorised as being nationally,
                                                                                            demand for trails from surrounding national locations.
                          regionally or locally significant. All locations, when
                          being developed, should be consistent with the                    Nationally significant locations capture the tourism
                          relevant development procedures and standards.                    market for at least a week of unique riding and can
                                                                                            provide a large recreation resource for a major
                          Locally significant locations cater for community-
                                                                                            population centre. They are developed to cater for
                          based trail use with tourism demand limited to day
                                                                                            international, interstate and intrastate tourism as a
                          visits. Facilities are developed within a 10-15km zone
                                                                                            priority and facilities fall within a 20-25km zone, or
                          from population centres unless servicing existing
                                                                                            30 minutes driving. Trail development is focused
                          recreation and camp sites, or significant population
                                                                                            around a primary trail town model and can include
                          centres where alternate opportunities do not exist.
                                                                                            trail centres, networks or individual trails as part of
                          Locally significant locations can develop around the
                                                                                            the hub. Locations of national significance should
                          trail town and trail centre models but can also be
                                                                                            develop all trail types and classifications where
                          stand-alone individual and networked trail systems.
                                                                                            appropriate. These locations will experience very
                          They contain limited services and infrastructure but
                                                                                            high demand and should provide a high level of
                          can still host events. Locations of local significance
                                                                                            services and infrastructure to riders and also have
                          may develop limited trail types and classifications
                                                                                            the ability to cater for major international and
                          and can expect demand from surrounding regional
                                                                                            national events.
                          and national locations.
                                                                                            Key requirements for National, Regional and Local
                                                                                            significance have been outlined for each trail type
                                                                                            in the following pages.



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