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)




1.4 FINDINGS FROM CONSULTATION AND FACILITY REVIEWS
The four difficult to locate sports have current access                 regional and/ or state facility planning. All State level
to local opportunities or facilities catering for varying               organisations supported the need for further facility
levels of recreation and competition. The exception                     planning within the study area and subsequently
being motorised water sports, where the options are                     provided information that has been incorporated in
limited mostly to recreational uses on a public lake                    the formulation of facility options, standards of service,
and some river sections and commercially operated ski                   facility specifications and plan recommendations.
lakes. There are no club-managed competitive facilities
within the study area.                                                  Aviation Sports
                                                                        Aviation groups indicated that the National and State
Participation levels across the four sports within the                  associations do not have a role in facility planning. They
scope of the study are static or increasing slightly.                   identified that there are a number of local groups with
                                                                        facilities. Some of these have limited certainty around
In the main, local clubs and groups are satisfied to very               longer term occupation and some have aspirations for
satisfied with the standard, provision and location of                  improving their facility. The emergence and popularity
their current facilities, with lease/ tenure uncertainty                of new remote operated craft (drones) requires new
and minor upgrades regarded as the main area of                         consideration in facility planning and design.
attention needed to increase satisfaction levels.
                                                                        There are current plans for national/ international
                                                                        events to be conducted within the study area, which
       Of these existing local facilities, few have the                 suggests that there is a strong justification for regional
       attributes that lend themselves to expansion                     facility planning and provision. A number of regional
       in order to provide a regional level of service.                 aerodromes within the study area are important as
       This does not mean that these facilities are                     bases for launching and landing for Ultra-Lights,
       recommended to be abandoned or user groups                       parachuting and gliding. The Sunshine Coast has an
       amalgamated. It is important that local facilities               international reputation as being unique for aviation
       continue to operate, as their role in local sport                sports due to the number and variety of launch sites for
       competition, recreation participation and                        different wind conditions.
       license compliance should be retained. In some
       cases, local facilities have been identified for                 Motor cycling sports
       possible enhancement to regional capability,                     Discussions with Motorcycling Queensland (the peak
       but suggestions for regional facilities do not                   body for motor cycling sport) indicated that their facil-
       imply that other local facilities would be closed                ity planning and development focus has shifted over
       and the clubs required to relocate.                              recent years to place a higher priority on recreational
                                                                        facilities (as opposed to a previous focus on competi-
                                                                        tion). Given this shift in focus a state facility plan has
For some activities, providing a single regional facility               not been prepared, however guidance on regional facil-
that meets all competition needs is extremely difficult.                ity needs and priorities for the study area was offered.
For example, the range of shooting disciplines creates                  A key public SEQ regional facility for both competition
a complex mix of site needs for a regional facility. This               and recreation was developed at Wyaralong (in Scenic
means that a more feasible strategy may be to provide                   Rim Regional Council) and is managed by Motorcycling
for different disciplines at different regional sites.                  Queensland who also observed that a number of pri-
                                                                        vate facilities are in use and more are in development.
Previous facility investigations and planning for these
activities have identified a number of challenges in                    Discussions with Motorcycling Qld and sporting clubs
determining a viable and accepted solution for regional                 in the study area identified that an existing club man-
level facilities due to: spatial requirements; safety                   aged facility on the Sunshine Coast4 has developed its
needs and; the difficulty of managing or mitigating                     infrastructure and reputation for hosting regional and
impacts on surrounding land uses.                                       higher-level competition events in motocross. This fa-
                                                                        cility at Coolum was seen by users as the priority for re-
Discussions with respective State level organisations                   tention and enhancement as the regional facility. How-
for the four sports indicated that State level facility                 ever, the current location is on a limited lease term as
planning for each of the four sports has not been                       it is state land intended for high impact industrial use
universally completed. This is mostly because some                      and current indications are that this intent precludes
of these organisations have not had a focus on                          long term use as a regional motocross facility.

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    Coolum Pines Motocross Club


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