Sunshine Coast Aquatic Plan 2011-2026 - Sunshine Coast Council

Desired Standards of Service have been
developed to detail council’s future regional
aquatic infrastructure provision and
embellishment intent across the Sunshine
Coast.
These standards aim to articulate the provision
standard rationale, guiding principles to develop
the network, type of facility, community function,
rate of provision, site criteria and desired
embellishments within this network.
5.1 Provision standards rationale
Provision standards have taken into
consideration:
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urban and rural living areas
future regional population projections
the alignment of facilities within the South
East Queensland Regional Plan’s identified
Principal and Major Activity Centres of
Maroochydore and Beerwah, Caloundra,
Caloundra South, Kawana, Nambour, Noosa
and Sippy Downs
aquatic facility catchment distances to ensure
adequate facility supply throughout the
regions urban and rural living areas.
Future facility provision will also be guided by
the following considerations:
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Is the likely catchment able to sustain a new
aquatic venue without significant demand on
council’s limited resources?
What is the demand (need) and how will the
facility meet the broadest requirements of the
likely catchment population?
Will new facilities have negative effects
on any existing markets, destabilise lease
management arrangements, close existing
pools or disproportionately increase the cost
of aquatic service delivery by council?
Is a ‘greenfield’ site (a) warranted and; (b)
capable of meeting the ‘triggered’ current
need as well as future facility expansion?
Is the upgrade of an existing facility more
practical and able to satisfy unmet demands?
What is the appropriate facility mix? 50 metre
v. 25 metre v. leisure water, etc
Is there adequate funding provision and/or
access to funding?
What is the provision of non-council facilities
within the proposed catchment area?
The catchment formula utilised for this exercise
is as follows:
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5 kilometres – applies to all coastal urban
based communities (which typically have
higher density settlements than hinterland
and rural areas) and minor district facilities
10 kilometres – applies to all hinterland
aquatic facilities and major district aquatic
facilities.
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