Cobram 2025 Cobram Strategy Plan - Moira Shire Council

Cobram Strategy Plan
Final Report
North of Broadway Street/Mookarii is the football ground in Warkil Street, a local
park in Stokes Avenue and a linear open space that extends north from Broadway
Street alongside Gemmell Street to Karook Street. This linear space acts as a
buffer between the residential areas to the east and industrial precinct to the west.
South of Broadway Street/Mookarii Street are the showgrounds and cricket
ground off Bank Street, the tennis courts in Williams Street and smaller local
parks in Queen Street and Toms Drive. The Cobram Sports Centre is adjacent to
the showgrounds, accessed from Campbell Road. Mivo Park is accessible from
the town centre, and includes a playground and public toilets.
The area know as Federation Park, located in Punt Road west of the Safeway
supermarket, was purchased by the community with community grants made
available through the Federation Fund. Until recently this land contained
approximately five dwellings which were associated with the railway operations.
These dwellings have been removed from the site and the Cobram Urban Design
Framework includes plans to redevelop this park to include a visitor centre,
display areas and public amenities and general passive recreation spaces. It will
also provide a drawcard at one of Cobram’s key gateways on the Murray Valley
Highway. This land is currently within the Business 1 Zone and the Strategy Plan
recommends rezoning the area to Public Parks and Recreation Zone.
Recently, the main channel though Cobram has been closed. In some locations
this provides an ideal opportunity for the provision of open space linear links,
especially between existing/future residential neighbourhoods and key community
facilities. Currently Goulburn Murray Water (GMW) manages the reservation of
the channel, which has been piped under the built up areas of Cobram, and plans
are still in progress for its future.
8.2 Options for Future Open Spaces
The provision of open spaces in future residential areas should be carefully
planned for, preferably at a development plan stage so its location can be
equitably distributed across a residential neighbourhood(s). The Cobram
Development Plan provides for good size spaces which can incorporate water
treatment facilities as required.
Areas set aside for open space should be of an adequate size to provide for
informal active recreation and a focal point for the local community, as well as
catering for drainage needs.
As outlined in the Cobram Development Plan Report “the Subdivision Act 1988
requires developments to provide a maximum of 5% of the developable land for
open space. This may be provided in land or the cash equivalent. It is understood
that it has been the historic practice of the Moira Shire Council to accept a cash
contribution. Whilst this may be well intended, with the contribution to go towards
the provision of more meaningful open spaces, this appears to have not
occurred”.
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