In 2016, the Mornington Peninsula Shire Council commenced a comprehensive process to understand and analyse the current and future sporting needs of Shire residents, and to compare these with not only the current provision of facilities but also the distribution of these facilities throughout the Shire and their capacity to absorb the projected population growth of the Shire to 2036.
The planning process was divided into three separate but integrated studies.
Adopted by Council in 2019 and takes a long-term strategic assessment of the needs for field-based sports, and recommends a framework to optimise the shared use of sports fields across the Shire, guide their maintenance and upgrade, and where appropriate, informs the renewal of existing sports facilities and the development of new ones.
Reviews the existing provision of indoor sporting facilities and their adequacy to meet the demand and need for a range of indoor sports. It has similar objectives to Volume 1 in that it also takes a long-term view for the renewal of existing facilities and the development of new ones to meet the future needs of a growing population across the Mornington Peninsula and to respond to the historic shortfall in publicly accessible indoor courts throughout the Shire. Unlike the methodology for Volume 1, sporting clubs, sports peak bodies, and other stakeholders have been involved in setting the directions contained in the plan.
Was undertaken in parallel with Volume 2, and together with Volume 1 will complete the set of documents collectively called the Mornington Peninsula Shire Sports Capacity Plan. All volumes of the Sports Capacity Plan were undertaken by sports planning consultancy, Simon Leisure Consulting, with input and assistance from the Council’s Community Infrastructure & Open Space Planning Team.
For further information please email CIOSPAdmin@mornpen.vic.gov.au