The plan treats Chittick Park as a key sport, recreation, community and emergency-management precinct rather than as a single-purpose reserve. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
Chittick Park is located in Pollard Street, east of the Seymour town centre. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The report says the park is currently near the geographical centre of Seymour. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The park contains sport facilities, recreation facilities, community facilities, open space and natural woodland adjoining South Creek. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
South Creek is described as a tributary of Whiteheads Creek. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The master plan is explicitly framed as a road map for future reserve and facility improvements. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The plan does not directly commit Mitchell Shire Council, user groups or other organisations to fund or implement the listed projects. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
This matters for planning feasibility because the document establishes a preferred infrastructure sequence without creating a funded capital program. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The local corpus source read for this page is chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The report states that four reports were prepared during the study period. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The four-report set includes the study report, a stakeholder engagement report, an issues and opportunities report, and a building condition report. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The companion reports are referenced but not separately available in the matching extracted-file set used for this compilation. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The report contains Appendix 1 with the master plan, Appendix 2 with the Chittick Oval multipurpose sports pavilion area schedule, and Appendix 3 with a cost plan prepared by Harlock Consulting. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The consultant team named in the report includes Simon Leisure Consulting, MEMLA, Brand Architects and Harlock Consulting. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The study commenced in mid 2023. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The final study report is dated August 2024. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The cost plan in Appendix 3 is dated 24 June 2024. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The report says the master plan builds on previous Chittick Park master plans from 2002, 2006 and 2010. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
Strategic Role
Chittick Park is described as one of Mitchell Shire’s key sporting and recreation precincts in Seymour. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The report identifies the park as important for future population demand from Seymour’s northeast and eastern growth areas. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The planning mechanism is capacity absorption: the park is expected to carry increased sport and recreation demand as growth areas mature. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The report states that facilities and open spaces within Chittick Park need to be fit for purpose and capable of absorbing projected future demand. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
More than 12 community organisations are based at, or regularly use, the park facilities. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The regular user list includes Seymour Youth and Fitness Club, Seymour Cricket Club, Seymour Basketball Association, Seymour Tennis Club, Mitchell Shire Concert Band, 1st Seymour Scouts, St Mary’s Junior Football Club, U3A Seymour and District, Gnarly Neighbours Youth Group, Goulburn Options and Rotary Club of Seymour. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The concentration of users makes the park a shared-infrastructure problem, not simply a sports-field renewal problem. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The Seymour Sports and Aquatic Centre provides services and facilities intended to encourage physical activity. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The report links Chittick Park to both active sport and informal recreation. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The report also links the park to community hiring, youth provision, markets, emergency relief, public toilets, environmental restoration and renewable-energy infrastructure. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
Demographic Demand
The report gives Seymour’s 2021 population as 6,546. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The report gives Seymour’s 2031 population forecast as 8,454. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The report gives Seymour’s 2041 population forecast as 11,281. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The report says Seymour’s population is projected to almost double in the next 20 years. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The implied 2021-2041 increase is 4,735 residents, calculated from the report’s 6,546 and 11,281 figures. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The implied 2021-2041 growth rate is about 72.3%, calculated from the report’s population figures. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The report itself describes the 20-year increase as 71.6%. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The demand implication is that existing facilities must either be upgraded or rationed more heavily as the catchment grows. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The report records that 31.1% of Seymour households have weekly incomes below $800. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The report records the Mitchell Shire comparator for low weekly household incomes as 19.7%. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The report records Seymour’s SEIFA disadvantage index as 901.7. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The report records the Mitchell Shire SEIFA comparator as 999.5. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The report records that 41% of Seymour residents have a long-term health condition. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The report records the Mitchell Shire comparator for residents with a long-term health condition as 33.7%. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
These indicators strengthen the case for accessible, low-cost, local physical-activity and social-connection infrastructure in Seymour. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
Land, Zoning And Constraints
Chittick Park is approximately 21 hectares in size. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The park is owned and managed by Mitchell Shire Council. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The majority of Chittick Park is zoned Public Park and Recreation Zone. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The report states that Public Park and Recreation Zone is appropriate for the current sport and recreation uses of the park. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
A section of Chittick Park adjoining South Creek is affected by Urban Floodway Zone, Floodway Overlay and Environmental Significance Overlay 3. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The report says the Floodway Overlay sets conditions and floor levels to address flood risk to developments. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The report says there are no plans to build on land subject to the Floodway Overlay. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The report therefore concludes the Floodway Overlay will not affect implementation of the master plan. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
This conclusion depends on the open-space and path-based nature of works near South Creek, not on the absence of flood hazard. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The Environmental Significance Overlay is described as identifying land where development may be affected by environmental constraints. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The Environmental Significance Overlay is also described as ensuring development is compatible with identified environmental values. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
Small northern-boundary sections of the park are zoned Industrial 1 Zone and General Residential Zone 1. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The Wimble Street frontage is partly in private ownership and zoned residential. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The plan recommends investigating purchase of private land fronting Wimble Street for open space. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The report says land south of Wimble Street would need rezoning to Public Park and Recreation Zone if it becomes Council-owned public parkland. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The report says proposed residential lots near the northwest corner would need rezoning to General Residential. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The Wimble Street proposal is therefore a land-assembly and planning-scheme-change dependency, not just a path or car-park item. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The source maps identify land subject to inundation at a 1-in-100-year flood level near the northern interface. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The report explicitly cites the Mitchell Planning Scheme for the land subject to inundation mapping. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
Any future design near South Creek or Wimble Street needs to keep flood, access, ownership and zoning questions together. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
Existing Facility Baseline
Chittick Oval has non-compliant sports lighting. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The cricket practice nets at Chittick Oval are in poor condition. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The Chittick Oval cricket pavilion is in poor condition. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The Chittick Oval cricket pavilion has no change rooms. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The Chittick Oval cricket pavilion has several non-compliances. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
Bennett Oval is not currently used for organised sport. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The report records the Royals Cricket Club’s final season at Bennett Oval as 2021/22. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
Bennett Oval’s surface is in poor condition. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
Russell Cole Pavilion is in fair condition. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
Russell Cole Pavilion has no change rooms and has several non-compliances. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The Seymour Sports and Aquatic Centre fitness gym is too small for current demand. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The two indoor courts at Seymour Sports and Aquatic Centre are non-compliant for netball. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The indoor courts lack direct access to change rooms and a disabled toilet. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The southern bank of four tennis courts was recently reconstructed with new compliant LED floodlights. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The northern tennis courts are in poor condition but have committed funds for rebuilding. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
Unused tennis courts detract from park amenity and create a repurposing opportunity. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The tennis clubroom is in good condition but lacks a disabled toilet. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The Seymour Youth and Fitness Centre consists of two portable buildings with infill and an annex. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The Seymour Youth and Fitness Centre is not a Council building and was excluded from building assessments. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The Band Hall is in fair condition and needs renewal, acoustic treatment, storage and an accessible toilet. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
Chittick Community Place is a portable building in good condition and is fully compliant. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The Scout Hall is not a Council building and was excluded from building assessments. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The skate park is in good condition and includes bowl and street-style elements. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The skate park has insufficient shelter. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The basketball half-court is in good condition and could be supplemented with a netball goal. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
During the study period the reserve playspace was replaced with an inclusive playspace. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The outdoor fitness gym was recently installed and is themed to older-adult use. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
Root zones of some significant trees lack protection from vehicles and pedestrians. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The existing path network lacks connectivity and separation from vehicles at some points. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The park generally lacks security lighting. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The report identifies a lack of access to public toilets within the park. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The South Creek environs is described as degraded by weeds and rubbish. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The main Pollard Street entrance is described as narrow and dangerous. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
All Council Depot traffic currently traverses the park. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The main car park detracts from amenity and could be improved by tree planting and pedestrian ways. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
Consultation Evidence
The study used two main rounds of engagement. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The engagement included park user groups, community groups, Council officers, councillors, residents and other stakeholders. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The report says approximately 20 meetings were held with user groups. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The report says there were nearly 100 resident interactions. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The report says more than 10 briefings were held with Council’s Project Control Group and councillors. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
First-round engagement in July 2023 included 10 user-group meetings. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
First-round engagement from July to September 2023 included 6 meetings or telephone interviews with other community groups. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The community survey on the Engaging Mitchell portal received 53 completed surveys. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The interactive map received 7 comments. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
Second-round public exhibition ran from 29 April to 27 May 2024. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
Public exhibition received 11 completed surveys. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
Public exhibition received 6 email submissions. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
A drop-in session was held at Seymour Sports and Aquatic Centre on 10 May 2024. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The consultation scale is material for a minor initiative because it shows the plan was tested with both organised users and broader residents. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
Access And Movement Mechanisms
The access strategy seeks to make the park safer and more pedestrian-friendly. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The new Council Depot access road is intended to relocate depot traffic away from the centre of Chittick Park. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The depot road is a high-priority item costed at $325,000. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
Sealing the Alfred Street car park would create 33 spaces and is costed at $285,000. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The Pollard Street raised crossing and approximately 36 parallel car parks are high priority and costed at $115,000. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The crossing is intended to strengthen the link between Chittick Park, Anzac Village shops and the proposed Seymour Community Wellbeing Hub. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
Upgrading the park entrance to a feature entry with wider crossover is high priority and costed at $100,000. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
Realigning the park entrance road to the main car park is medium priority and costed at $195,000. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The entrance-road realignment is intended to reduce open-space intrusion and direct traffic away from the inclusive playspace. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The new SSAC car park layout is medium priority and costed at $350,000. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The SSAC car park would include a drop-off and pick-up zone. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The SSAC car park would reduce parking from 216 spaces to 182 spaces. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The reduction of 34 spaces is a deliberate trade-off for traffic efficiency, pedestrian movement, shade and heat-island reduction. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
Formalising Scout Hall parking would provide 22 spaces and is costed at $132,700 in Table 1. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
A Wimble Street vehicle entry and associated 22-space car park is medium priority and costed at $700,000. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The Wimble Street access proposal depends on ownership, rezoning and the future of adjoining private land. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
A new unsealed car park to serve South Creek environs is low priority and costed at $75,000. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
Table 1 describes the South Creek car park as 9 spaces, while the key-directions text describes it as 12 spaces. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
That 9-space versus 12-space discrepancy should be resolved before detailed design or budget adoption. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The total access and movement subtotal is $2,277,700. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
Sporting Facility Mechanisms
A new netball court, 3-lane cricket practice facility and related Chittick Oval works are medium priority and costed at $575,000. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The cricket-practice facility is intended to include at least one lane open to the public. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
Oval floodlights and behind-goal netting are high priority and costed at $395,000. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The report says current oval floodlights are not fit for purpose and need upgrade to training standard. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The netball court and pavilion access would give Chittick Oval minimum facilities to accommodate a future football-netball club. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The future football-netball option is linked to planned communities northeast and southeast of Seymour. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
Replacing the cricket pavilion with a shared multipurpose pavilion is medium priority and costed at $4,975,000. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The new pavilion is described in the key-directions text as about 800 square metres. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
Table 1 describes the new pavilion as estimated size 900 square metres. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The 800-square-metre versus 900-square-metre difference is a material scope ambiguity because pavilion area drives cost, change-room capacity and operating footprint. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
Sub-surface drainage around the new pavilion is medium priority and costed at $85,000. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
Removing Russell Cole Pavilion, cricket nets and storage shed and replacing them with an open shelter is low priority and costed at $250,000. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
Russell Cole Pavilion is described as surplus to sporting needs but structurally sound. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The report says repurposing Russell Cole Pavilion was considered but would need considerable funds to become fit for purpose. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
Upgrading Bennett Oval and installing a new synthetic cricket pitch is low priority and costed at $425,000. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
Bennett Oval works are intended to retain informal recreation and event use while preserving the option to return to formal sports use if demand arises. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
Removing 8 disused eastern tennis courts and returning the area to open space is high priority and costed at $175,000. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The tennis-court removal is a north-south connectivity intervention as well as an asset-rationalisation project. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
A new public toilet beside the tennis clubroom is medium priority and costed at $365,000. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
Rebuilding four tennis courts and upgrading floodlights is high priority and is recorded as funded. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The funded tennis-court item includes confirmed funding of $1,000,000 from Sport and Recreation Victoria. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The sporting facilities subtotal is $7,245,000. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
Recreation And Youth Mechanisms
The inclusive playspace was completed during the study period. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The new 14-space car park to serve the inclusive playspace is high priority and costed at $135,000. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
Upgrading and expanding Seymour Sports and Aquatic Centre is medium priority but not costed in Table 1. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The SSAC upgrade scope includes stadium expansion, new change rooms, gym and group fitness rooms, accessible change facilities, administration, cafe, foyer and community hire space. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The SSAC upgrade also includes additional roof-mounted solar panels and a generator. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The report says previous SSAC studies found non-compliances and functional shortcomings affecting future indoor sport and health-fitness needs. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The SSAC upgrade is one of the largest unresolved cost risks because Table 1 records it as not costed. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The future aquatic expansion zone at SSAC is low priority and not costed. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
Council commissioned a review of the Mitchell Shire Aquatic Facilities Strategy in 2024. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
Upgrading the Youth Precinct is medium priority and costed at $1,235,000. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The Youth Precinct scope includes expanded skate park, pump track, netball goal to the half-court, shelter and seating. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The report says the pump-track and skate-park directions will be tested and informed by a new Mitchell Shire BMX/Mountain Bike Strategy commencing in 2024. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The recreation facilities subtotal is $1,370,000, excluding the uncosted SSAC and aquatics components. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
Because two high-capex recreation items are uncosted, the recreation subtotal understates the likely total program exposure. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
Community Facility Mechanisms
The Seymour Community Wellbeing Hub is identified as a separate project and is not costed in the Chittick Park table. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The hub is high priority in Table 1 but carries no Chittick Park master-plan cost allowance. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The hub concept includes the Seymour Library, community meeting rooms, mental health services, community health and wellbeing support, and veteran health services. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
Council received a $15 million federal grant in 2024 to enable stage 1 of the hub facility. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
Band Hall acoustic treatment, storage and accessible-toilet works are high priority and costed at $312,500. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
A new public toilet beside the Band Hall is high priority and costed at $287,500. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The Band Hall toilet project is partly driven by the imminent closure of the Keith Street public toilet due to construction of the proposed hub. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
Removing the Chittick Community Place portable is medium priority and costed at $75,000. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
Chittick Community Place is reaching capacity as a community hire facility. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
U3A Seymour and District is identified as the largest user of Chittick Community Place. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The report says repurposing the existing SSAC gym could more than double the current 90-square-metre programmable space in Chittick Community Place. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
Scout storage compound works are low priority and costed at $55,000. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The Scout storage compound is identified as a Scout Victoria funded project. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The new fenced dog park is high priority and costed at $295,000. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The dog park is proposed at approximately 4,000 square metres. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The dog park is proposed with two double-gated entries, water and seating. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The community facilities subtotal is $1,025,000, excluding the uncosted hub. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
Environment, Open Space And Energy
The Chittick Place park entry upgrade is high priority and costed at $95,000. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The Chittick Place upgrade includes new paths, picnic tables, power outlets and water taps. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The report links this entry to the Anzac Avenue Master Plan 2024 and permanent closure of Chittick Place for pedestrianisation. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
Solar-panel shelters with 20 lockable power points are medium priority and costed at $1,385,000. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The solar-shelter proposal is subject to a cost-benefit analysis. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The report says the main car park has asphalt surface and no natural or introduced shade to control heat-island effect. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The report says 400 solar panels were installed on the SSAC roof in 2019 to offset centre running costs. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
A two-bay EV charging station is low priority and costed at $50,000. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The EV charging station is linked to the high-use SSAC setting. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
A community battery and protective fencing are low priority and costed at $887,500. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The community battery is also subject to cost-benefit analysis. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The battery is intended to store excess renewable energy from SSAC roof solar and car-park solar shelters. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The battery is also intended to reduce peak demand and provide value when grid electricity is unavailable. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The emergency generator in SSAC is a component of item 16 and is costed at $287,500 in the environment and open-space table. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
Protecting the significant Eucalyptus root zone near the Scout Hall is high priority and costed at $2,300. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
Embellishing the South Creek environs is medium priority and costed at $390,000. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The South Creek works include extending the path network, picnic facilities, shelters, creek beautification and indigenous tree planting in the cost plan. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The environment and open-space subtotal is $3,097,300. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The open-space strategy uses asset removal, tree planting, path extensions and creek-edge activation to convert underused or degraded areas into public open space. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
Emergency Management
Chittick Oval is a Neighbourhood Safer Place - Bushfire Place of Last Resort. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The Seymour Sports and Aquatic Centre is a Council Emergency Relief Centre. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The report stresses that NSP-BPLR sites are not community fire refuges. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The report stresses that NSP-BPLR sites are not emergency relief centres. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
NSP-BPLR sites are described as places of last resort during bushfire when primary bushfire plans have failed. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
Emergency Relief Centres are described as places that may be activated to provide essential needs during an emergency. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
Emergency Relief Centres are not locations to shelter from fire. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The report says an Emergency Relief Centre is usually located well outside the emergency zone. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The Emergency Management Coordinator identified power in the car park as an SSAC ERC improvement need. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The Emergency Management Coordinator identified generator backup as an SSAC ERC improvement need. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The Emergency Management Coordinator identified additional CCTV and heating as SSAC ERC improvement needs. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The Emergency Management Coordinator identified improved toilet and shower access as an SSAC ERC improvement need. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The Emergency Management Coordinator identified storage, smoke alarms or fire suppression, and room dividers as SSAC ERC improvement needs. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The report says a compliant NSP-BPLR must meet radiant-heat requirements. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
Radiant-heat compliance means vegetation must be kept to a minimum at Chittick Oval. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
Tree planting around Chittick Park therefore needs Emergency Management advice on species and location. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
This creates a design tension between shade, urban-heat mitigation, open-space amenity and bushfire-place-of-last-resort compliance. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
Cost And Prioritisation
The master plan recommends more than 30 improvement projects. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The total estimated cost for full implementation is $17,549,100 excluding GST. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The executive summary rounds the total estimated value to $17.55 million excluding GST. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The construction subtotal before professional fees and authority fees is $15,810,000. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
Professional fees are estimated at 10%, or $1,581,000. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
Authority fees and charges are estimated at 1%, or $158,100. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
High-priority projects total $2,755,353. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
Medium-priority projects total $12,395,925. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
Low-priority projects total $2,397,822. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
Medium-priority projects represent about 70.6% of the total master-plan estimate, calculated from the report’s priority totals. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
High-priority projects represent about 15.7% of the total master-plan estimate, calculated from the report’s priority totals. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
Low-priority projects represent about 13.7% of the total master-plan estimate, calculated from the report’s priority totals. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The large medium-priority share means the labelled priority sequence should not be mistaken for a cheap early-delivery package. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
Cost estimates include design and construction contingencies. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
Cost estimates include 10% of construction costs for professional fees. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
Cost estimates include 1% of construction costs for permit and authority fees. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
Cost estimates exclude the purchase cost of Wimble Street freehold land. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
Cost estimates exclude cost escalation beyond June 2024. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
Cost estimates exclude user-group or Council income losses during construction. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The estimate is therefore a partial capital estimate rather than a full whole-of-program funding requirement. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
Delivery Dependencies
Funding availability is listed as a factor controlling project practicality and order. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
Current and future Council, user-group and stakeholder priorities are listed as implementation factors. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
Broader community needs are listed as implementation factors. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
Further investigation, research and consultation are listed as implementation factors. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The report says priority categories indicate relative importance and should not be aligned to specific implementation years. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
Packaging multiple projects into one larger contract may create cost savings. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The biggest delivery packages are likely to be the Chittick Oval pavilion, SSAC works, solar shelters, Youth Precinct, community battery and Wimble Street access. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The pavilion alone accounts for $4,975,000 before related drainage, lighting and oval works. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The SSAC scope is strategically central but has no cost in Table 1. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The Seymour Community Wellbeing Hub is strategically central but has no cost in Table 1. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The Wimble Street access package is strategically important but depends on private land purchase and rezoning. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The solar shelters and community battery depend on cost-benefit analysis before proceeding. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
Youth Precinct design depends partly on the BMX/Mountain Bike Strategy. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
Tree planting depends on emergency-management review because Chittick Oval must preserve radiant-heat compliance. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
Flood-affected and environmentally significant land near South Creek should be kept to low-impact open-space uses unless further approvals justify otherwise. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
Development Feasibility Implications
For Mitchell Shire Council, the master plan creates a staged asset-liability program of at least $17.55 million excluding GST before several major exclusions. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
For sport clubs, the plan improves basic compliance through lighting, changerooms, netball provision, public toilets and tennis renewal. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
For future football-netball demand, the plan creates an option for Chittick Oval to host a club if netball and pavilion access are delivered. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
For indoor sport, SSAC remains the critical feasibility risk because non-compliant courts and missing change-room access are identified but the upgrade is uncosted. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
For community groups, replacing Chittick Community Place depends on SSAC redevelopment delivering a larger multipurpose space. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
For youth services, the skate and pump-track package responds to expressed youth-group demand but requires further strategy testing. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
For older adults and health-related users, the plan combines SSAC fitness expansion, accessible toilets, informal paths, shade and community hire space. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
For private landowners near Wimble Street, the plan signals potential public acquisition, rezoning and changed access expectations. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
For adjoining residential growth areas, Chittick Park becomes a receiving asset for sport and recreation demand rather than a reserve serving only established central Seymour. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
For emergency managers, tree planting, car-park power, generator backup and shower access must be managed as functional emergency-infrastructure items. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
For environmental planning, South Creek works are a restoration and access opportunity constrained by flood and environmental overlays. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
For climate and energy policy, solar shelters, battery storage, EV charging and extra SSAC solar panels convert the reserve into a public demonstration site for emissions-reduction infrastructure. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
Monitoring Signals
Monitor whether Council adopts a funded staging plan for the $17.55 million ex-GST program. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
Monitor whether SSAC upgrade scope receives a separate quantity surveyor estimate. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
Monitor whether the Seymour Community Wellbeing Hub changes movement patterns, public-toilet demand and Pollard Street crossing priority. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
Monitor whether the funded four-court tennis rebuild proceeds before removal of the 8 disused courts. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
Monitor whether the Chittick Oval pavilion is scoped at 800 square metres or 900 square metres. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
Monitor whether the South Creek car park is scoped at 9 spaces or 12 spaces. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
Monitor whether the Wimble Street land is acquired and rezoned. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
Monitor whether cost-benefit analysis supports the 1.385 million solar shelters and 887,500 community battery. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
Monitor whether emergency-management advice changes tree locations, species, or shade design around Chittick Oval. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
Monitor whether the BMX/Mountain Bike Strategy confirms or changes the Youth Precinct pump-track proposal. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
Monitor whether grant funding is obtained for medium-priority items, because medium-priority works carry about 70.6% of the listed cost exposure. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
Gaps
The separate Chittick Park Master Plan Stakeholder Engagement Report should be obtained to test the consultation summary and submission themes. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The separate Chittick Park Master Plan Issues and Opportunities Report should be obtained to verify baseline needs and alternative options. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
The separate Chittick Park Master Plan Building Condition Report should be obtained to verify the condition and compliance findings summarised in the study report. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
A detailed SSAC cost plan is required because the SSAC upgrade is not costed in Table 1. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
A detailed Seymour Community Wellbeing Hub interface plan is required because the hub is a separate uncosted project that changes access, toilet demand and community-space provision. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
A land-acquisition and rezoning pathway is required before the Wimble Street access and open-space concept can be treated as deliverable. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
A reconciliation of the 800-square-metre and 900-square-metre pavilion descriptions is required before pavilion budgeting. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)
A reconciliation of the 9-space and 12-space South Creek car-park descriptions is required before access design. (Source: chittick-park-master-plan-study-report-august24.txt)