Doubleview - Innaloo -Scarborough Local Area Plan - City of Stirling

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natural environment issues & opportunities The Doubleview-Innaloo-Scarborough Local Area is home to many local parks and reserves. It is also located along one of Perth’s most beautiful coastline, often referred as the Sunset Coast. These green spaces offer facilities for a variety of uses of both passive and active recreation. The provision of outdoor space was considered to be of significance to residents of the Local Area. The community surveys identified the top two favourite places within the Local Area are the beaches and parks/reserves. Some of the major parks within the Local Area are Abbett Park, Deanmore Square Reserve, Butlers Reserve, Bennett Park, Millett Selina Reserve, Birralee Hertha Reserve, Yuluma Park and La Grange Dongara Reserve. These parks along with several other pocket parks service the various needs and uses for residents in the Local Area. The only regional conservation area within this Local Area is the Scarborough Beach Reserve consisting of over 42 hectares of dune conservation areas and shoreline. This area is protected and maintained under the City’s Local Biodiversity Strategy and the Coastal Foreshore Action Plans as well as several State Government Planning Policies. Development within the Scarborough Beach area falls within the Special Beach Development Zone, which is controlled by special provisions under LPS 3 Scheme Text. OVERVIEW – SUMMARY OF COMMUNITY CONSULTATION There were high levels of satisfaction with the provision for parks and reserves in the Local Area, whereby 82% of survey respondents felt that the provision of parks and reserves was ‘about right’. The workshops identified that one of the main priorities regarding the natural environment was regarding maintaining and improving existing Public Open Space. 80% of respondents felt that the provision of parks is more important than increased facilities within existing parks. The majority of people also believed that the parks and ovals adequately provided for sporting activities and active recreation pursuits for current needs. On this basis, it is considered that the residents are generally satisfied with the quality and quantity of parks in their area, but prefers the focus to be on maintenance and improvement of existing facilities. Although the residents appeared to be satisfied with the quality of local parks and other open spaces, there were many suggestions which were put forward as a result of the community workshops and surveys undertaken. Some ideas which were suggested included the use of open spaces as community hubs, increased pocket parks, improved streetscapes, water conservation, rooftop/community gardens, greenway linkages, improved park facilities and many more. The community expressed a desire to focus on maintaining and retaining existing parks within the Local Area. The loss of any existing POS was not considered acceptable. There was particular concern for schools subdividing land for private/ residential developments.The issue with infill developments impacting on the natural environment was also raised. The workshops also highlighted many strong feelings regarding the conservation of the natural environment, including the conservation and improved management of the coastal dunes as well as an enhanced tree policy, protecting trees and vegetation on both private and public land. With a significant amount of infill development in this Local Area, the community felt it was important to retain as much vegetation as possible. Public Open Space The characteristics of public open space vary throughout the Local Area depending on their function. The parks include grassed areas, heavily landscaped areas, barbeque facilities, playgrounds, sporting fields, and water wise features. The residents have identified a preference for larger more active parks. There is a strong response to ensure that the amounts of parks are not reduced. In regards to the amount of functional parks, this Local Area does have insufficient amount of areas zoned ‘Public Open Space’. It has been estimated that if this Local Area developed to its full potential under the current residential zones, the distribution of Public Open Space would reduce by about 40% per capita. One way of avoiding any negative impacts associated with this drop, would be to acquire more land, improve existing parks to make them more useable and provide for a larger catchment size. According to the State’s Liveable Neighbourhood Strategy, residential areas should have some form of Public Open Space within a 400 metre walkable catchment. Doubleview contains a small area where there is no park within there required catchment. This area is located adjacent to Hale School roughly bounded by City of Stirling doubleview -innaloo - scarborough local area plan January 2012 18
natural environment Community Top Priorities 1. Maintain and Improve Public Open Space. Ewen Street in the north, Huntriss Road in the east, Williams Town Road in the south and Queenscliff Road in the west. The City of Stirling will need to address this issue by investigating ways to acquire land to meet this requirement; which could potentially include joining forces with Hale School to allow public use of their sporting fields. 2. 3. Protect and create active and vibrant streetscapes. Create multi-purpose parks and other forms of public open space within the local area, to appeal to multiple users and clubs. In many high density residential neighbourhoods, there have been examples of sumps being converted into parks, wetlands, and playgrounds. Another possible way to better use sumps is to convert them into a community garden, creating many benefits to residents to enhance their connectivity, interaction and sustainability. There are many innovative and environmentally friendly ways to make this safe, sustainable, user-friendly and green. These multi-functional stormwater disposal sites can also tackle the issue of low public open space in the Doubleview Local Area. Some of the major issues the City has toward providing Public Open Space include: • • • • • • • • • Established suburbs, leading to difficultly to acquire land in highly developed areas; Funding; Coordinated planning and management of public open space; Prioritising maintaining and upgrading existing parks over establishing new parks; Issues with the land such as acid-sulphate soils, water drainage, connectivity, accessibility, catchment size, maintenance etc; Lack of water supply; Change in dwelling size and population density, adding higher demand on POS; Balancing community needs and expectations; Prioritising which sort of parks is required e.g. Football, cricket, hockey, soccer ovals, or playgrounds, barbeque, bushland areas, etc. A major resource constraint is the availability of water to irrigate public open space. The provision of bore water utilised by the City of Stirling doubleview -innaloo - scarborough local area plan January 2012 19
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