Enoggera Creek Sport and Recreation Precinct Plan

• Enoggera Creek Sport and Recreation Precinct – West Draft Sub-Precinct Plan – November 2021 (PDF - 3.9Mb)
• Enoggera Creek Sport and Recreation Precinct – West Draft Sub-Precinct Plan – November 2021 (Word - 2.53Mb).

• Enoggera Creek Sport and Recreation Precinct – Central Draft Sub-Precinct Plan – November 2021 (PDF - 4.18Mb)
• Enoggera Creek Sport and Recreation Precinct – Central Draft Sub-Precinct Plan – November  2021 (Word - 2.6Mb).

• Enoggera Creek Sport and Recreation Precinct – East Draft Sub-Precinct Plan – November  2021 (PDF - 4.5Mb)
• Enoggera Creek Sport and Recreation Precinct – East Draft Sub-Precinct Plan – November  2021 (Word - 2.77Mb).

Preparing a precinct plan is the first stage in the long-term planning process for the Enoggera Creek Precinct. The Enoggera Creek Sport and Recreation Draft Precinct Plan provides a long-term vision for how the parkland area could grow and improve over time, proposes design principles, and outlines strategies to cater for user needs.

The Precinct Plan will guide future investment, growth and management of the precinct, and is guided by feedback from sporting clubs, associations and bodies, local residents and community members.

The precinct planning process has commenced another round of stakeholder and community consultation. This round of consultation opened on Monday 8 November 2021 and will close on Monday 28 February 2022.

Community and key stakeholder feedback will be reviewed following consultation, with key themes and feedback collated and then considered in 2022.

There are many ways to share your feedback on the Draft Precinct Plan: 

• Have your say via the online survey
• Attend a Talk to the Planner session in November 2021.
  • If you missed one of these sessions and would like to talk to the Project Team, you can request a call back by contacting Council's Contact Centre on 07 3403 8888 or email the project team.

Staging the implementation of the Precinct Plan is dependent on the availability of funding.

The Precinct Plan will support Council and the community to seek grant funding and other investment opportunities to support realisation of the plan. Investment from sporting clubs and community organisations will also be important to the implementation of the Precinct Plan.

The implementation of the Precinct Plan will consider the sequencing of individual items on the plan in addition to ones that depend on the completion of other works beforehand. This ensures sporting clubs and community organisations can advance non-dependant items while contributing to achieving the long-term vision for all precinct users.

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Ballymore, home of Queensland Rugby Union, is currently being redeveloped under joint funding from the Australian Government and Queensland Government. Although in the vicinity of the precinct, Ballymore is outside of the study area of the Enoggera Creek Sport and Recreation Precinct Plan.

In 2018, the Australian Government committed $100,000 from the Community Development Fund for Council to develop a strategic plan for the Enoggera Creek Precinct. Council, in partnership with the Australian Government, is delivering a legacy project for the precinct that guides future investment, growth and management of this popular sport and recreation destination, guided by community feedback.

Flood mitigation, traffic, and precinct operational and management strategies will be developed to ensure the Precinct Plan minimises any adverse impacts on areas in and around the precinct.  Potential for noise and light spill impacting residents and wildlife will be identified and minimised through the detailed design of this project, once the project progresses to this stage following the allocation of funding commitments. Council will continue to keep the community informed as these projects progress.

The number of off-street car parks required in the precinct are identified by Council’s Transport, Access, Parking and Servicing Planning Scheme Policy in Brisbane City Plan 2014 and are determined by the land use type – for example, outdoor sport and recreation.

However, in response to community feedback, Council has reduced the proposed car parking provisions across the precinct by enhancing the focus on the improved active transport connections to and from the precinct.

While there are no proposed road upgrades, traffic management and access to the parklands and precinct are being reviewed as part of the planning process. Entry and exits – both vehicle and pedestrian – will be assessed to ensure safe access to the precinct for everyone.

Council acknowledges that since 1931, Downey Park has been strongly associated with the development of women's sport in Brisbane, and is a heritage place dedicated to the advancement of women's sporting aspirations. Despite its significant history, Downey Park is a precinct for everyone (both men and women) to play and participate in sport. While the proposed use of Downey Park may result in the introduction of other sports and upgraded facilities, the historical importance and history of women’s sport will continue to be acknowledged, along with the park’s continued importance in the provision of women’s sport.

Precinct Plans are created to guide the future development and investment that may occur over many years. They provide an evidence and standards-based approach to achieve efficiencies through multi-use of sports fields, optimising the capacity and utilisation of sporting facilities, while managing traffic and parking demands and protecting recreation and greenspaces. Precinct plans provide structure and a balance between meeting complex policy requirements and providing cost effective development. Any balancing of conflicting objectives is made in favour of net community benefit and sustainable development.

Park classification is a park planning and management framework that clearly defines different categories or classes of park based on function and level of use.

Park classification describes the existing and/or intended primary functions of a park and indicates the fundamental purpose for which a park should be used.

The zone precincts reflect the hierarchy of Council’s parks and the level of development that sites can sustain given their location, accessibility, and proximity to sensitive land uses. Each zone precinct defines the level of use or scale of development that a park is intended to receive and is capable of sustaining. It includes consideration of the likely extent of user catchment, park size and capacity for sustained visitation. This is an important component in planning and managing the park or community facility network, as it describes the level to which a park can be developed without impacting on the integrity of the intended use and sustainability. The zone precincts are:

• Metropolitan zone precinct – a major park (including regional) with a high level of infrastructure that caters for major events and high levels of use over long periods
• District zone precinct – a park with a medium-to-high level of infrastructure that caters for a medium-to-high level of use at peak times
• Local zone precinct – a park with a low level of infrastructure that caters for a low level of use.

The parkland in the precinct area is included in two zones – the Open Space Zone, and Sport and Recreation Zone. The majority of land included in the Sport and Recreation Zone is included in the district zone precinct. The catchment area for a district-wide sports park attracts users from the surrounding district (for example, from between two to five kilometres).

The City Plan 2014 has identified the majority of the parkland in the precinct’s study area as having a district-wide function, while Downey Park, Victoria Park and Northey Street Park have a metropolitan-wide function. 

A metropolitan park caters for high levels of use over long periods and major events that generally attract users from across the Brisbane metropolitan area (for example, 10 or more kilometres or 30 minutes driving distance).

The following consultation phases have been undertaken for the project:

• initial consultation and concept development with residents, general community, park users and stakeholders from October to December 2018
• preliminary investigations and meetings with key stakeholders, sporting and community groups occurred in 2018, 2019 and again in November and December 2020
• consultation with residents and the general community, park users and stakeholders in March and April 2021.

For a summary of all consultation activities to date, download the consultation report.