title: Surplus Public Land Disposal Program 2025 council: greater-bendigo state: vic category: strategy classification: MAJOR status: in-progress last_compiled: 2026-05-31 source_docs:
- agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-agenda-november-17-2025.pdf
- agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-minutes-nov-17-2025.pdf
Surplus Public Land Disposal Program 2025
The Surplus Public Land Disposal Program 2025 is a municipal asset-consolidation decision that moved seven of nine investigated land parcels from potential surplus status into disposal preparation, while retaining two contested neighbourhood public-space reserves. (Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-minutes-nov-17-2025.pdf, pp.23-30) Its planning significance is not the sale process alone: it shows how public-space-planning, asset renewal pressure, local open-space equity, and site-level neighbourhood amenity are being balanced through individual parcel decisions. (Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-agenda-november-17-2025.pdf, pp.114-120)
Background
The City reported that it manages an asset portfolio valued at more than $3 billion and that the portfolio is being reviewed through strategic asset management and the Long Term Financial Plan 2025-2035. (Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-agenda-november-17-2025.pdf, pp.114-115) The stated mechanism is straightforward: if land or buildings are retained without a strategic service need, the City continues to carry inspection, levy, tax, mowing, insurance, and maintenance costs, which reduces capacity for renewal and upgrades elsewhere. (Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-agenda-november-17-2025.pdf, pp.115, 120)
The November 2025 report followed a Council resolution on 19 May 2025 to consult on eight freehold properties and a separate second consultation round for 3-4 Lindsay Court, Strathfieldsaye after earlier 2024 consideration. (Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-agenda-november-17-2025.pdf, pp.114-116) The 2025 consultation for the eight sites ran from 20 May to 20 June 2025, while the further Lindsay Court consultation ran from 27 August to 22 September 2025. (Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-agenda-november-17-2025.pdf, pp.117-118)
The statutory disposal pathway is framed by section 114 of the Local Government Act 2020, which requires community engagement, at least four weeks’ notice of the intention to sell or exchange land, and an up-to-date valuation under the Valuation of Land Act 1960. (Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-agenda-november-17-2025.pdf, p.116) Public-space sales have an additional funding constraint because section 20 of the Subdivision Act 1988 requires sale funds from public space to be used for improving existing public space or acquiring new public space. (Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-agenda-november-17-2025.pdf, p.116)
Analysis
Portfolio Mechanism and Land Quantum
The program investigated nine parcels with a combined listed area of 26,136 square metres, or about 2.61 hectares. (Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-agenda-november-17-2025.pdf, p.117) The seven parcels ultimately declared surplus total 24,414 square metres, or about 2.44 hectares, which is approximately 93% of the land area assessed in the November decision package. (Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-agenda-november-17-2025.pdf, p.117; Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-minutes-nov-17-2025.pdf, pp.23-30)
The approved surplus parcels were Settlement Road, Elmore; Crown Allotment 10, Fosterville; Former Leichardt Hall and Tennis Courts, Cleary Road, Leichardt; Crown Allotment 61C Houliston Road, Leichardt; Former Lockwood Tennis Club, 519 Crusoe Road, Lockwood; Rear 158 Eaglehawk Road, Long Gully; and 3-4 Lindsay Court, Strathfieldsaye. (Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-minutes-nov-17-2025.pdf, pp.23-30) The two parcels not declared surplus were 6 The Strand, Kennington and 3 Lona Close, Spring Gully. (Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-minutes-nov-17-2025.pdf, pp.24, 27-28)
The land mix matters because not all parcels have the same planning function. Five approved parcels are rural, rural-living, commercial, or former community-facility land, while one approved parcel, 3-4 Lindsay Court, is a residential-zone reserve with a public-space history. (Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-agenda-november-17-2025.pdf, p.117; Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-minutes-nov-17-2025.pdf, pp.23-30) The two retained parcels are both small neighbourhood public-space reserves: 6 The Strand is listed as 910 square metres in the Public Park and Recreation Zone, and 3 Lona Close is listed as 812 square metres in the General Residential Zone with a Bushfire Management Overlay. (Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-agenda-november-17-2025.pdf, p.117; Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-minutes-nov-17-2025.pdf, pp.24, 27-28)
The disposal program therefore has two different planning effects. For former facilities, rural fragments, and the Long Gully car park, it is mainly an asset-rationalisation and land-management action. (Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-agenda-november-17-2025.pdf, pp.117-120) For public-space reserves, it is also an open-space network decision because sale proceeds must be recycled into new or improved public space rather than general revenue. (Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-agenda-november-17-2025.pdf, pp.116, 119)
Site-Level Planning Effects
The three least-contested rural parcels were Crown Allotment 61C Houliston Road, Settlement Road, and Crown Allotment 10 Fosterville, which received no submissions opposing surplus identification. (Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-agenda-november-17-2025.pdf, p.123) Their areas are 756 square metres, 8,084 square metres, and 1,018 square metres respectively, and the report identifies the first two in Farming Zone Schedule 1 and the Fosterville parcel in the Farming Zone with a Bushfire Management Overlay. (Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-agenda-november-17-2025.pdf, p.117) The officer response noted that the small size and location of these sites made them unlikely to be suitable for dwellings. (Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-agenda-november-17-2025.pdf, p.123)
The Former Leichardt Hall and Tennis Courts site is 3,951 square metres in Farming Zone Schedule 1 and received two survey responses, with no submissions from Leichardt landowners or residents. (Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-agenda-november-17-2025.pdf, pp.117, 124) One submission opposed surplus identification on the basis that the hall and tennis courts were still used, but officers stated there was no active user group and no strategic need for the site. (Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-agenda-november-17-2025.pdf, p.124)
The Former Lockwood Tennis Club is a 6,198 square metre Rural Living Zone Schedule 5 site affected by a Bushfire Management Overlay. (Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-agenda-november-17-2025.pdf, p.117) Six survey responses and one written submission were received, with survey views evenly split between support and opposition. (Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-agenda-november-17-2025.pdf, p.125) The planning constraint is that a dwelling would require a planning permit because the Rural Living Zone Schedule 5 minimum land size for a dwelling without a permit is 10 hectares, while the site is only 0.6198 hectares. (Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-agenda-november-17-2025.pdf, pp.117, 125)
Rear 158 Eaglehawk Road, Long Gully is a very small 104 square metre Commercial 1 Zone parcel affected by a Heritage Overlay. (Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-agenda-november-17-2025.pdf, p.117) It attracted 12 surveys, two written submissions, and a document with 93 signatures opposing sale. (Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-agenda-november-17-2025.pdf, p.126) The practical issue is access rather than redevelopment yield: the car park is used by traders and residents to access postboxes, and gas, water, and other utilities are located in the car park. (Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-agenda-november-17-2025.pdf, pp.118, 126)
The officer report distinguished the Long Gully car park’s operational complications from the threshold question of whether the land was strategically required by the City. (Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-agenda-november-17-2025.pdf, p.118) Council declared the car park surplus by an 8-1 vote, so the next planning risk is not whether disposal can begin, but whether access, services, title, and purchaser constraints can be resolved without creating avoidable impacts on adjoining commercial premises. (Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-minutes-nov-17-2025.pdf, p.27; Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-agenda-november-17-2025.pdf, p.126)
Public-Space Equity Versus Neighbourhood Retention
The central planning tension is between municipal-scale public-space equity and street-scale reliance on small reserves. (Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-agenda-november-17-2025.pdf, pp.117-120) The officer report states that the Greater Bendigo Public Space Plan 2019 identified inequity in public-space provision across the municipality, and that sale funds from public-space reserves would go into the Public Space Reserve for new public space or improvements where need is identified. (Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-agenda-november-17-2025.pdf, pp.118-119)
The City reported that 23.4% of the municipality is public space and that Greater Bendigo has 82.4 hectares of City-owned or managed public space per 1,000 residents. (Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-agenda-november-17-2025.pdf, pp.122-123) The minutes also record a public-question response stating that Strathfieldsaye has 293 hectares of open space per 1,000 people, the second highest ratio in the municipality. (Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-minutes-nov-17-2025.pdf, p.9)
Those aggregate figures explain the officer recommendation but also expose its limitation. The report measures supply at municipal or suburb scale, while objections were often about immediate walkability, child safety, informal social use, vegetation, and the expectations created when land was reserved through subdivision. (Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-agenda-november-17-2025.pdf, pp.127-138) This means a parcel can be surplus in a network-equity model but still function as valued local open space for nearby residents. (Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-agenda-november-17-2025.pdf, pp.127-138)
6 The Strand, Kennington shows the strongest version of this conflict. (Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-agenda-november-17-2025.pdf, pp.126-129) The site received a joint letter from owners of 43 nearby properties, a late petition from 37 property owners, a children’s submission, seven resident submissions opposing sale, and 11 survey responses, of which nine opposed sale and two supported sale. (Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-agenda-november-17-2025.pdf, p.127) Officers identified Ross Park at 420-430 metres walking distance, Harry Trott Reserve at 615 metres, and Vickers Court public-space reserve at 400 metres as alternative nearby spaces. (Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-agenda-november-17-2025.pdf, p.127) Council nevertheless rejected surplus declaration for 6 The Strand by five votes to four. (Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-minutes-nov-17-2025.pdf, p.24)
3 Lona Close, Spring Gully shows a similar but more decisive political outcome. (Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-agenda-november-17-2025.pdf, pp.130-134) It received a petition with 121 signatures, 11 submitters, and 19 surveys, and all feedback objected to surplus identification. (Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-agenda-november-17-2025.pdf, p.130) Officers identified Spring Creek Reserve at 170 metres, 9 Annabell Court at 435 metres, and 3B Eliza Court at 505 metres as nearby open-space references. (Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-agenda-november-17-2025.pdf, p.130) Council rejected surplus declaration for 3 Lona Close by eight votes to one. (Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-minutes-nov-17-2025.pdf, pp.27-28)
3-4 Lindsay Court, Strathfieldsaye is the most important precedent because Council approved surplus declaration despite strong opposition across two consultation rounds. (Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-agenda-november-17-2025.pdf, pp.135-138; Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-minutes-nov-17-2025.pdf, p.29) The first consultation in early 2024 produced 63 survey responses, a 70-signature petition, and nine written submissions, with the majority not supporting surplus identification. (Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-agenda-november-17-2025.pdf, p.135) The second 2025 consultation produced 44 survey responses, all but one opposed, plus eight proforma submissions and three email submissions. (Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-agenda-november-17-2025.pdf, p.135)
The Lindsay Court decision indicates that high submission volume does not automatically override the City’s public-space network assessment. (Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-agenda-november-17-2025.pdf, pp.135-138; Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-minutes-nov-17-2025.pdf, p.29) Officers placed weight on nearby alternatives, including Clydebank Court Playspace at 150 metres, Elsworth Drive Reserve at 430 metres, the Emu Creek corridor at 480 metres, and Park Village Terrace Reserve at 720 metres. (Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-agenda-november-17-2025.pdf, p.135) Council declared the site surplus by five votes to four, which makes it the narrowest successful public-space disposal decision in the program. (Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-minutes-nov-17-2025.pdf, p.29)
Planning Controls and Disposal Readiness
Disposal is not the same as immediate sale because several parcels require further assessment, preparation, or statutory steps. (Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-agenda-november-17-2025.pdf, pp.118-119) The officer report states that sale timing will vary by property and specifically notes that 6 The Strand, Kennington would need to be rezoned ahead of sale, although Council did not ultimately declare that site surplus. (Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-agenda-november-17-2025.pdf, p.119; Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-minutes-nov-17-2025.pdf, p.24)
The approved Lockwood site has a dwelling-permit constraint because Rural Living Zone Schedule 5 requires a planning permit for a dwelling on land below 10 hectares, and the site is only 6,198 square metres. (Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-agenda-november-17-2025.pdf, pp.117, 125) The approved Long Gully car park has an access-and-services constraint because utility access and postbox access were identified as issues requiring consideration if the site is sold. (Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-agenda-november-17-2025.pdf, pp.118, 126) The approved Lindsay Court site may require resolution of transport land needs before disposal because officers stated that any land required for future transport needs along Lena Place and Coley Place would be resolved before disposal. (Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-agenda-november-17-2025.pdf, p.137)
These constraints mean the CEO authorisation is best understood as permission to move into land assessment, preparation, and disposal processes, not as evidence that every declared-surplus parcel is immediately market-ready. (Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-minutes-nov-17-2025.pdf, p.30) Council also required quarterly updates on the parcels declared surplus, creating an ongoing governance checkpoint for disposal progress. (Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-minutes-nov-17-2025.pdf, p.30)
Funding Pathways and Reserve Logic
The financial mechanism has two separate reserve pathways. (Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-agenda-november-17-2025.pdf, p.119) Public open-space sale proceeds are to be deposited into the Public Space Reserve, while proceeds from the other properties are to be deposited into the Land and Buildings Reserve. (Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-agenda-november-17-2025.pdf, p.119)
Because 6 The Strand and 3 Lona Close were not declared surplus, the only approved public-space reserve clearly moving into disposal preparation through this meeting is 3-4 Lindsay Court, Strathfieldsaye. (Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-agenda-november-17-2025.pdf, p.119; Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-minutes-nov-17-2025.pdf, pp.24, 27-30) The other approved surplus parcels are directed toward the Land and Buildings Reserve, including the Long Gully car park, Leichardt Hall and Tennis Courts, Houliston Road, Fosterville, Settlement Road, and Lockwood Tennis Club. (Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-agenda-november-17-2025.pdf, p.119; Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-minutes-nov-17-2025.pdf, pp.23-30)
The agenda estimated legal disbursement costs, including survey plans and registration fees, at about 10,000 per property, offset by sale transactions. (Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-agenda-november-17-2025.pdf, p.120) Across seven approved surplus parcels, that estimate implies around 70,000 in transaction-related disbursements before considering valuations, staff time, planning-scheme processes, easement work, or site-specific preparation costs not quantified in the report. (Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-agenda-november-17-2025.pdf, p.120; Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-minutes-nov-17-2025.pdf, pp.23-30)
The report does not provide expected sale proceeds, current market valuations, annual holding costs per site, or reserve balances. (Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-agenda-november-17-2025.pdf, pp.113-139) That prevents a complete cost-benefit assessment of whether each sale materially improves renewal capacity or mainly resolves small operational liabilities. (Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-agenda-november-17-2025.pdf, pp.119-120)
Consultation, Contestation, and Decision Signals
The engagement method included direct letters to nearby landowners and residents, signs at each site with QR codes, a public notice, a media release, and a Let’s Talk page. (Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-agenda-november-17-2025.pdf, pp.114, 119) The officer report states that internal business units were also consulted. (Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-agenda-november-17-2025.pdf, p.119)
The consultation pattern was uneven. (Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-agenda-november-17-2025.pdf, pp.123-138) Three rural parcels received no objections, Leichardt Hall received only two survey responses, Lockwood received mixed feedback, Long Gully generated a 93-signature opposition document, 6 The Strand generated multiple petitions and local submissions, 3 Lona Close generated unanimous objection across recorded feedback, and Lindsay Court generated sustained majority opposition across two consultation rounds. (Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-agenda-november-17-2025.pdf, pp.123-138)
Council’s final voting pattern suggests three decision thresholds. Low-contestation rural and former-facility parcels were approved unanimously. (Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-minutes-nov-17-2025.pdf, pp.23, 25-27) Operationally complicated land can still proceed if Council accepts the asset-rationalisation argument, as shown by the 8-1 vote on the Long Gully car park. (Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-minutes-nov-17-2025.pdf, p.27) Neighbourhood reserves are more politically sensitive, with one approved narrowly, one lost narrowly, and one lost decisively. (Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-minutes-nov-17-2025.pdf, pp.24, 27-29)
The minutes also record public questions about Lindsay Court before the item was debated, including claims about land being known as public open space for 16 years, title references to public open space, and nearly 90 objections across two consultation rounds. (Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-minutes-nov-17-2025.pdf, pp.7-9) The City’s response framed the decision through the Public Space Plan 2019, the condition of existing assets, and the principle that sale funds from open space go into the Public Space Reserve rather than general budget. (Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-minutes-nov-17-2025.pdf, pp.7-9)
Current Status
On 17 November 2025, Council declared seven sites surplus and rejected surplus declaration for two sites. (Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-minutes-nov-17-2025.pdf, pp.23-30) Council authorised the CEO to undertake land assessment, preparation, and disposal processes for the parcels declared surplus, required sale proceeds to be deposited into the Public Space Reserve or Land and Buildings Reserve in line with policy, and required quarterly updates to Council. (Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-minutes-nov-17-2025.pdf, p.30)
The program is therefore in implementation rather than merely under consideration. (Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-minutes-nov-17-2025.pdf, p.30) The next practical steps are site preparation, valuation, any required title or easement work, resolution of site-specific constraints, and disposal processes consistent with the Local Government Act 2020 and relevant policies. (Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-agenda-november-17-2025.pdf, pp.116, 118-120)
Dependencies
- Blocks: Disposal cannot proceed cleanly for constrained parcels until site-specific matters such as easements, service access, planning controls, and any required land assessment are resolved. (Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-agenda-november-17-2025.pdf, pp.118-120, 126-137)
- Blocked by: Each sale depends on statutory sale requirements under section 114 of the Local Government Act 2020, including engagement, notice, and valuation, plus any parcel-specific planning or title preparation. (Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-agenda-november-17-2025.pdf, p.116)
- Informed by: The program is informed by the Greater Bendigo Public Space Plan 2019, Long Term Financial Plan 2025-2035, Asset Plan 2022-2032, Asset and Surplus Land Disposal Policy 2017, Community Asset Policy 2024, and Public Space Contributions Policy 2024. (Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-agenda-november-17-2025.pdf, pp.116, 120)
- Implements: The program implements asset consolidation and public-space equity objectives under the Council Plan theme of responsible governance and the goal that the City be efficient and sustainable. (Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-agenda-november-17-2025.pdf, p.120)
- Conflicts with: The program creates tension with local expectations that subdivision reserves remain available as neighbourhood public space, especially at 6 The Strand, 3 Lona Close, and 3-4 Lindsay Court. (Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-agenda-november-17-2025.pdf, pp.127-138)
Cross-Jurisdictional Links
No cross-jurisdictional infrastructure dependency is evidenced in the two source documents. (Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-agenda-november-17-2025.pdf, pp.113-139; Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-minutes-nov-17-2025.pdf, pp.23-30) The strongest external statutory links are to state legislation, specifically the Local Government Act 2020, Valuation of Land Act 1960, and Subdivision Act 1988. (Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-agenda-november-17-2025.pdf, p.116)
Gaps in This Analysis
This analysis is limited to the November 2025 agenda, its consultation attachment, and the adopted minutes. (Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-agenda-november-17-2025.pdf, pp.113-139; Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-minutes-nov-17-2025.pdf, pp.23-30) The source set does not include independent valuations, annual holding-cost calculations by parcel, title searches, easement plans, contaminated-land checks, detailed open-space catchment mapping, final contracts of sale, or quarterly CEO updates after the November 2025 resolution. (Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-agenda-november-17-2025.pdf, pp.113-139)
The largest analytical gap is financial proportionality. (Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-agenda-november-17-2025.pdf, pp.119-120) Without sale valuations and annual holding costs, the program can be assessed as an asset-consolidation mechanism but not as a quantified contribution to closing the asset renewal gap. (Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-agenda-november-17-2025.pdf, pp.115, 120)
The second gap is open-space service modelling. (Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-agenda-november-17-2025.pdf, pp.127-138) The attachment gives distances to nearby reserves and records public-space ratios, but it does not provide the full catchment methodology, quality scoring, accessibility barriers, demographic weighting, or disability-access assessment used to determine whether a reserve is strategically required. (Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-agenda-november-17-2025.pdf, pp.122-138)
The third gap is implementation tracking. (Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-minutes-nov-17-2025.pdf, p.30) Council required quarterly updates, but no later update is included in this source set, so the current status of each parcel’s valuation, preparation, disposal pathway, or retention following further due diligence cannot be confirmed from the manifest documents. (Source: agendas-and-meeting-minutes-city-greater-bendigo-council-meeting-minutes-nov-17-2025.pdf, p.30)