Brooklyn Improvement Master Plan

December 2018

Council has identified that matters raised by the community during the engagement process on the Brooklyn Improvement Masterplan were more aligned to a place management/place making approach rather than a development masterplan.

Given this, and the fact that a number of tasks for the Brooklyn Masterplan project were not completed to Council’s expectations, Council has endorsed that priority be given to working with the community on a place-making approach with a focus on achievable improvements in Brooklyn, using the early work completed by the consultant on the project.

You will hear more from us in early 2019, but in the meantime you may wish to review the Brooklyn Constraints Analysis/Vision and Place Principles draft report - 13.8MB. Although this remains a working document for engagement purposes and has not been endorsed formally by Council, it provides a basis for further discussions with the community on moving forward with a place-making approach to improving Brooklyn.

June 2017

The project consultant, McGregor Coxall has been busy collating feedback which identified the community’s favourite places, critical issues and opportunities. The consultant has also been discussing opportunities with relevant State agencies and progressing additional traffic modelling, parking investigation and economic opportunities.

On 21 June 2017, Councillors received a briefing on future opportunities and next steps in the Master Plan process. Councillors agreed that as the Council election is to be held in September 2017, further progression of the project should be deferred until the next term of Council. This would enable the new Council to be briefed on this important project before commencing the next phase of consultation.

In the interim, the project team will continue to liaise with State agencies to further refine the proposed strategies for Brooklyn. After consideration by the new Council, a further update will be provided before the end of the year.

April 2017

Following the community engagement meeting in November 2016, the project consultants McGregor Coxall have been identifying initiatives and opportunities for Brooklyn in consultation with the specialist sub-consultants.  The proposed opportunities are currently under consideration and will be presented to the Project Control Group after consultation with key State Government agencies.  Upon endorsement, this material would be presented to the Community Reference Group and the next round of community consultation will be notified shortly thereafter.

November 2016 - Community Round Table Workshop

A Community Round Table Workshop was held at the Brooklyn Meeting Room on Saturday 26 November 2016. Currently, the project consultants are in the process of collating and analysing the information gathered from the workshop.

The results, along with other potential strategies will be presented to the Project Control Group early next year.  Upon endorsement, this material would be made available on Council’s website and all attendees of the Community Roundtable session will be notified of the report by email.

The Brooklyn Improvement Master Plan - Process Overview provides further information