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)




Table 3: Regional Facility options, sites and recommendations


                      Regional Facility Plan                                                    Implementation priorities
                       Recommendations                                                           (short, medium, long11)
                                                                      Aviation
     1. Aero modelling sports identified the need for a                      Short-term
        regional facility to accommodate events. While                       a. Maintain access to four existing airport/ aerodromes
        two preferred options were initially identified,                        for recreational and sport flying (light aircraft,
        the recommended option is to designate the Tin                          parachute, Ultra-Light and gliding launching).
        Can Bay Model Flying Club airfield as the regional                   b. Seek clarification on the final outcome from the
        facility, with appropriate site master planning and                     Sunshine Coast Airport expansion plan as to the
        consideration of potential expansion opportunities                      impact on the continuing use by Suncoast Model
        to ensure the success of this facility.                                 Flyers at Coolum. This will help determine timing
     2. Continue short-medium term operation of the                             for transition of the club to an alternative site. If the
        Suncoast Model Flying airfield at Coolum while                          expansion plan does not preclude the club’s activities
        Economic Development Qld (EDQ) continues to                             then advocate to Economic Development Qld (EDQ)
        support the Suncoast Model Flyers by offering                           (part of the Department of State Development,
        tenure until the land is required for development                       Manufacturing, Infrastructure and Planning (DSDMIP))
        for appropriate industrial purposes, or the expansion                   to extend the lease/ offer a new lease until the land is
        of the Sunshine Coast Airport precludes continued                       required for industrial development.
        model aero flying at the Coolum Industrial Estate.                   c. Investigate options to enable/ support opportunities
     3. Continue to investigate alternative sites for                           for recreational drone flying on public land.
        relocation of model aero clubs, sites within or                      Medium-term
        adjacent to the Inter-urban Break could prove
                                                                             d. Designate the Tin Can Bay Model Flying Club as
        suitable for the development of a regional model
                                                                                the regional facility and partner with Queensland
        aero flying field or co-located local/ club facility.
                                                                                Government (Sport and Recreation and DNRME)
     4. There are a number of local model aero airfields,
                                                                                to prepare a detailed master plan for Tin Can Bay
        with varying issues that may impact on their
                                                                                Model flying club site.  In addition to requirements
        long-term operation. If, due to changes in current
                                                                                to support regional competition events, other
        circumstances any of these are required to relocate,
                                                                                considerations should include:
        then it is recommended that additional model aero
                                                                                -- Closure of Rifle Fish Rd and incorporation into the
        use be consolidated at the proposed regional facility
                                                                                   property (Lot 69 on CP910971). Adjacent part of
        (Tin Can Bay Model Flying club airfield). In the event
                                                                                   same allotment should be included in the master
        of clubs relocating to the regional facility, either
                                                                                   plan.
        shared club arrangements or amalgamation could be
                                                                                -- Possible relocation of the adjacent Tin Can Bay
        considered.
                                                                                   SSAA club to new SSAA regional facility and
     5. In order to support the increasing popularity of
                                                                                   expansion of model aero activities into this site.
        drone flying, the Councils investigate the options
                                                                             e. Resolve tenure and certainty for those local clubs that
        for providing opportunities on public land for
                                                                                require it and if unsuccessful, work towards relocation
        drone flying; primarily catering for recreational
                                                                                to the Tin Can Bay Flyers field or to an alternative site.
        flying.  Outdoor competitive drone events should be
                                                                             f. Undertake a detailed investigation for possible
        accommodated at the designated regional model
                                                                                acquisition of an alternative site (most likely in the
        aeronautical flying field.
                                                                                IUB) as a new model aero facility for those clubs who
     6. For gliding, small aircraft, parachuting and Ultra-
                                                                                are required to relocate.
        Light participants it is important that existing
        facilities and access be maintained at the four
        airport/ aerodrome facilities and that access to the
        North Shore Landing Ground be retained (Ultra-Light
        use); pending outcomes from the review/ update of
        the Great Sandy Region Management Plan.
     7. For other Aviation sports, no specific need was
        identified for a new regional facility to accommodate
        events and competitions.




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     Short = within 1 to 3 years; Medium = within 4 to 10 years; Long = within 11 to 20 years


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