We are seeking 3 community representatives to participate in our new Governor Phillip Park Community Working Group (CWG).
The role of the CWG includes advising Council on improvements to Governor Phillip Park at Palm Beach, as set out in the Terms of Reference.
Applications close 11.59pm, Sunday 17 May 2026.
We prepared the draft PoM and forwarded it in January 2026 to the NSW Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure (the Department) for their review and endorsement to publicly exhibit.
Governor Phillip Park is nestled between the distinctive Barrenjoey Head and Beach Road, Palm Beach, flanked on either side by the ocean and Pittwater. It is a special place and a well-loved part of the Northern Beaches area.
We are planning our approach to revising the Plan of Management (PoM) for Governor Phillip Park.
The revised PoM will consider current and future management and use of the entire park, including a dog-off leash area trial. You can read the existing PoM for the park here.
Broad community engagement will be undertaken as we develop the new PoM. Our first action is to gather your ideas and aspirations for the park.
At the Council meeting on 22 August 2023 Council resolved to prepare draft Plans of Management (PoM) for Governor Phillip Park, Palm Beach and Mona Vale Beach (southern end) and incorporate proposals for dog off-leash area trials at Palm Beach (north) and Mona Vale Beach (south).
You can read the Council report and Minutes from this meeting for more detail.
If you would like more information about the proposed dog off-leash area trials at Palm Beach (north) and at Mona Vale Beach (south), please visit the Your Say page.
We engaged the community to gather ideas and aspirations from 29 April to 2 June 2024.
We asked you to tell us how you use the park today, what you like most about the park, and your ideas and aspirations for improvements. We had an ideas board for comments and images, as well as a survey which will provide us with more nuanced information which will help us refine details of the plan.
The ideas board and survey are now closed, and we have reviewed all feedback received. We are now using what you told us to inform the next stage of our planning for this iconic location.
We received over 180 responses from our community which included a wide range of approaches to use and management of the park, from leaving it as it is, to providing additional facilities and further activation.
Read the comments, stories and ideas our community shared about Governor Phillip Park.
Completing our survey helped us understand more detail about community ideas and aspirations for the park.
Community feedback gave us an understanding of how they used the park, how often and what they liked or would change.
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