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)




    a combined multi-discipline regional shooting facility
    in the Curra Forest and while this development has not
    proceeded (to date), the Council maintains in-principle                            TERMINOLOGY
    support for this site and is also pursuing investigation of                        In the context of this plan:
    other site options. North of the study area, the Wide Bay                          ӹӹ The area covered by the three combined
    Burnett Regional Organisation of Councils (WBBROC1)                                   Councils is referred to as ‘the study area’ or
    is currently reviewing and updating their regional sport                              the ‘three combined Councils’;
    and recreation strategy; the 2010 version included a                               ӹӹ The use of ‘region’ refers to South East
    range of recommendations for difficult to locate sports.                              Queensland and/ or Wide Bay Burnett and
    This draft plan has been reviewed to ensure agreement                                 will be identified as such, and includes the
    with the findings and recommendations of the draft                                    three combined Councils;
    WBBROC Sport and Recreation Strategy (2019) for GRC                                ӹӹ ‘Regional’ will be used to identify the
    specific recommendations and actions.                                                 hierarchy of sports facilities and refers to
                                                                                          the scale as being above that of district or
    The study area houses approx. 8.2% of the State’s                                     local Council area and usually implies that
    population (2016), with this projected to increase to 8.4%                            it services a regional catchment comprised
    by 2026 and 8.5% by 20362. The Sunshine Coast region                                  of more than one Council area. Regional
    is the fifth largest (population) area in Queensland;                                 facilities are generally those that support
    the study area is the fourth largest (population)3 area.                              competition events above the local level
    As the study area develops, its role in the provision of                              and will cater for the broader “regional”
    regional sport and recreation facilities will continue                                catchment of the three combined Councils
    to be important for the benefit of its residents and to                               (the study area), and in some cases beyond;
    support its increasing profile as a destination.                                      and
                                                                                       ӹӹ Recreational forms of the activities relate to
                                                                                          participation for individual satisfaction and
                                                                                          not in a competition or competitive mode.




    1
        Gympie Regional Council is a member of WBBROC
    2
         Analysis completed using Queensland Government population projections, 2015 edition; Australian Bureau of Statistics, Population by age and sex,
        regions of Australia, 2014
    3
        Determined from Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2016-17 and Queensland Treasury and Trade estimates; published by Queensland Government
        Statisticians Office.


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