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There is a keen interest in Westleigh Park – who has Council consulted with?

Throughout the development of the Master Plan, Council has been, and continues to be, committed to hearing from a range of voices. Key stakeholders, sporting user groups and the broader community were communicated with and involved in the consultation process.

The draft Master Plan was exhibited for a total of eight weeks from 21 April to 16 June 2021. During this time, we received 293 written submissions, held six stakeholder meetings which were attended by approximately 69 people and engaged with 785 people at three public ‘swing bys’.

There were also two surveys prepared as part of the community consultation. A total of 1,878 responses were received from Elton Consulting’s opt-in, online survey and a broader community representative, two stage phone/online survey by Micromex was completed by over 300 participants.

Following community engagement, the draft Master Plan was presented to a General Meeting on 14 July 2021. Councillors resolved to defer adopting the master plan to allow more time for staff to consult with the stakeholder groups.

Following the first period of community engagement in 2021, Council undertook workshops around traffic management issues with stakeholders and traffic management consultants as well as a series of co-design sessions for the mountain bike trails with key stakeholders.

The first four workshops on the mountain bike trails (attended by 78) were designed to identify and understand the values, priorities and concerns of the key stakeholder groups regarding Westleigh Park.

The final three co-design workshops were focused on working through the details of the ecological issues and trail design requirements. The outcomes of the stakeholder engagement were incorporated into a revised draft Master Plan which then went on exhibition from 13 March to 11 April 2023, providing further opportunity for the community to share its views.

View the Community Engagement Submissions Analysis Report – Urbis June 2023