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)




    1 BACKGROUND
    In a collaborative effort, Noosa Shire Council (NSC),                  to service regional or higher-level competition and
    Sunshine Coast Council (SCC) and Gympie Regional                       sporting use.
    Council (GRC) are seeking to address the ongoing
    challenges of facility provision for “difficult to locate              The Regional Facilities Plan for Difficult to Locate Sports
    sports” by preparing a strategic plan for the combined                 was developed using information gained from a range
    area of the three councils that guides development of                  of published sources, engagement with local and peak
    regional level facilities.                                             organisations, detailed discussions and reviews with
                                                                           the three Councils and community feedback on draft
    Funding has been allocated by the three Councils and                   recommendations. Over the period October - November
    the Queensland Government (Department of Housing                       2018, the draft Regional Facilities Plan was available
    and Public Works, Sport and Recreation), under the                     to sporting stakeholders and the general community
    Sport and Recreation Planning Program, to develop a                    to review and provide feedback for consideration in
    regional sports facility plan that focuses on four (4)                 finalising the plan. The Regional Facilities Plan is
    specific “difficult to locate” and high priority sports. The           supported by an Implementation Plan, which provides
    plan does not cover local and club level facilities and is             recommended actions for the three Councils, sport
    focused on identifying existing or future facilities that              stakeholders and the State government.
    can be upgraded or developed to provide facilities able



    1.1 PROJECT PURPOSE
                                                                           A key objective is to reduce any duplication in regional
                                                                           facility provision, development and management and
           The purpose of this work is to provide a                        to provide guidance on regional priorities. In preparing
           planned and consistent approach to provision                    the plan, a ‘desired standard of service’ for regional
           of regional level facilities for the four selected              facilities has been articulated for each sport, as well as
           “difficult to locate” sports within the catchment               identifying/ determining, where possible, the preferred
           of the three Council areas: Sunshine Coast                      site locations for regional facilities for each sport.
           Council, Noosa Shire Council and Gympie
           Regional Council.                                               The sports that are specifically included in the Plan are:
                                                                           ӹӹ Regional competitive powered water sports
           This plan is not an overall facilities plan for the             ӹӹ Shooting – all disciplines
           four identified sports, rather it is focused on                 ӹӹ Motor cycling sports – competitive and recreational
           the forward planning for provision of regional                  ӹӹ Aviation (including hang-gliders, para-gliders, model
           competition level facilities.                                      aeroplanes, fixed wing/ ultra-light)

                                                                           The Plan lists the priority recommendations for
                                                                           infrastructure development across the study area and,
                                                                           where applicable, links to regional and State needs for
                                                                           each sport as identified by peak bodies.




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