Public Open Space Strategy victoriapark.wa.gov.au Prepared by: UDLA pty ltd Contact: Shea Hatch Position: Senior Landscape Architect Phone: 08 9336 7577 Email:
[email protected] Executive Summary Public Open Space (POS) provides significant Utilising qualitative and quantiative data a through 1. Supply of POS - What opportunities are there benefit to the community including provision review of the Towns existing POS was undertaken. to address the gap in equitable access to POS? of amenity to support active sporting This review found: pursuits, recreational pastimes and spaces for 2. Access - How can barriers to POS be removed community interaction with their environment Areas of the Town are undersupplied with POS to facilitate use? and engagement with each other. POS also and this will be exacerbated throughout the Town given expected population increases through 3. Quality - Improvements to existing POS to provides opportunity to protect and improve provide high quality well managed POS. natural systems within the Town of Victoria to 2050; Park. Well-designed POS can support beneficial Whilst there is currently sufficient large POS, there Using these recommendations an implementation community health outcomes including increased is a lack of smaller POS;There are significant physical plan is provided based on Place Areas to assist physical activity, mental well-being and social barriers to accessing POS across the Town; the Town in ongoing acquisition, planning, cohesiveness. improvement and management of POS for POS is predominantly used for active and passive the community. This Public Open Space Strategy is intended recreation with a traditional setting being most to provide direction to the Town on equitable prevalent; and Residents valued POS for leisure and provision, access, type and quality of POS to recreation the most.