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Abbeville Street Park upgrade – Upper Mt Gravatt

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We’re improving Abbeville Street Park in Upper Mount Gravatt to support a growing community with quality places to play, relax and connect.

Status
In progress
Category
Park
Timeframe
Late 2025 to mid-2026
Location
Upper Mount Gravatt
Ward
MacGregor Ward
Benefits
  • Provide a park that responds to the needs of a growing community by offering open greenspace and facilities for sports.
  • Preserve biodiversity values.
  • Create more places to relax and connect with friends and family.
  • Feedback helps guide future planning for Abbeville Street Park.
  • Community input supports open, balanced decision‑making for everyone who uses the park.

New plans are being developed for improvements at Abbeville Street Park in Upper Mount Gravatt. The improvements will create more things to see and do in the park.

The draft concept plan reflects your feedback. It explores opportunities to improve Abbeville Street Park. The plan aims to keep the park welcoming and well loved. It will support the Upper Mount Gravatt community now and into the future.

During community engagement in November 2025, we heard what you value most about the park. You told us:

  • you value the park's leafy character and dog off-leash areas
  • you value the park as a place for families and friends to gather and play
  • it is important to feel safe and comfortable in the park.

You also suggested activities and recreational opportunities you would enjoy at Abbeville Street Park.

We’re now finalising your feedback to help shape the next stage of the playground upgrade.

Informing the draft concept plan

In November 2025, we invited the community to share ideas and feedback. Your feedback helped inform the draft concept design for Abbeville Street Park.

Your feedback highlighted key themes and areas to consider, including:

  • a new toilet block to support parties and social gatherings
  • upgrading the playground equipment for increased play value
  • accessible pathways for recreation and connection
  • multi use sports and fitness facilities.

The draft concept plan

The draft concept plan for Abbeville Park explores a range of potential ideas and opportunities to guide future improvements, including:

  • upgraded or additional amenities, including toilet block, seating and gathering areas, to support everyday use
  • upgrades to the play area, including new equipment and nature play elements
  • options to enhance landscaping, shade and the overall park setting
  • improvements to paths and connections within the park to support recreational walking and getting around more easily
  • additional facilities to support fitness and informal sport

We aim to balance local perspectives with the broader community benefit, now and into the future. We consider community feedback carefully, alongside technical advice, site constraints, safety, accessibility and funding requirements.

You can view the draft concept plan in the Resources section.

Feedback on the draft concept plan

We invited the community to share feedback on the draft concept plan. Feedback was collected online and in person during June 2026.

We thank everyone who took part and shared feedback on the draft concept plan. Your feedback will help us to prepare a final concept plan for the playground upgrade. We’ll check back in with the community to provide an update soon.

  • November 2025: Initial community consultation and ideas gathering.
  • Early 2026: Site investigations and preparation of the draft concept plan.
  • 25 May 2026: Draft concept plan released for community feedback, including online consultation and in‑park information sessions.
  • 14 June 2026: Consultation on the draft concept plan closes.
  • Mid‑2026: Feedback reviewed and final concept plan shared with the community.
  • Future: Any construction works subject to future funding, approvals and detailed planning.

For more information, you can: