2019-03-12 S&O Agenda - Item 6 - Attachment 1 - Regional Facilities Plan for Difficult to Locate Sports

                Regional Facilities Plan for Difficult to Locate Sports (including Implementation Priorities) (Final Draft – February 2019)




ӹӹ There is a need to accommodate regional                             disciplines not catered for at Belmont should
   competition for a range of disciplines, many of                     be considered for the new or expanded regional
   which are already catered for at existing club                      facilities planned for development within the study
   managed sites. Any new facility proposals or                        area.
   expansions should seek to provide for those                     20. Retain Cooloolabin Range and Davison Range
   disciplines which are not already catered for. This                 as suitable facilities for a host of regional and
   means that where possible, existing facilities should               potentially state level short-range disciplines.
   be the focus for regional provision and that a focus            21. Davison Range should be designated as a regional
   on short range vs long range could help distinguish                 facility for shotgun, rifle and longer-range
   future options.                                                     disciplines.
ӹӹ Previous planning for difficult to locate sports                22. Advocate for and support the protection and
   has identified the need for Councils’ planning                      enhancement of the Cooloolabin Range and the
   schemes to recognise the impact of these uses and                   Davison Range facilities.
   to incorporate appropriate scheme amendments                    23. Designate a site within an industrial area in GRC for
   or protections for significant sites, including                     development of an indoor pistol range.
   appropriate buffers and land acquisition at Davison             24. In the longer-term, support GRC efforts to secure
   Range Target Sports Complex and the development                     a suitable single integrated site for a new
   of a multi-discipline shooting facility within the GRC              facility enabling co-location of local clubs. The
   area.                                                               specifications of this site to be designed in order
                                                                       to be complementary with the facilities and
3.4.2 Recommendations for Shooting Sports                              opportunities available at Belmont Shooting
19. Shooting disciplines identified the need for                       Complex and proposed upgrading of Cooloolabin
    facilities appropriate to conduct regional events.                 and Davison Ranges as identified above. This facility
    The preferred approach is the development of                       should focus more on local (within the Council area)
    regional shooting facilities to be complementary                   provision rather than regional needs.
    to the regional and State facilities already provided
    at Belmont Shooting Complex. This means that




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