Project snapshot
Project update - July 2025
Project update - July 2025
We exhibited the draft Plan of Management (PoM) between 23 May and 6 July 2025 and received over 100 submissions. Thank you to everyone who provided feedback. We are now reviewing your feedback and will report back to Council with the outcomes later this year.
The draft PoM outlines the community's vision and proposes actions to meet current and future community needs. These include:
- a
new intermediate
to advanced level bike park
- reviewing car parking, internal roads and traffic flow
- new/improved sports facilities and playing surfaces
- new park facilities e.g. upgraded basketball court, playground and trails
- minor upgrades to the Pavilion including to the amenities
- improved bushland management
- authorisation of leases, licences and other agreements for use of the Reserve.
Guided by your early feedback from Stage 1 consultation and Councils strategic direction, we developed the draft PoM and proposed actions. We presented a report on the consultation outcomes, including all comments received and the draft PoM to Council's meeting on 20 May 2025:
Background
Project background
The reserve provides many opportunities for our community to increase their social, mental and physical health and wellbeing. From using the community centre to organised sport including soccer, cricket and little athletics, to walking the dog, enjoying the playground and basketball hoop, casual gatherings and connecting to trails in the picturesque Garigal National Park, the reserve has so much to offer.
A new Seaforth Oval Reserve Plan of Management is required to:
- meet Council's obligations under the Crown Land Management Act 2016
- enable a new intermediate to advanced level bike park to be built on Crown land
- incorporate the additional Crown land (27,500 square metres) to the south of Seaforth Oval Reserve into the Plan of Management
- review and update commitments regarding the current and future use of the oval and its management, in consultation with the community to ensure that the site and facilities continue to meet the needs of users.
Our community’s feedback is useful for understanding the current and desired use of the Reserve and has helped guide the preparation of the draft PoM.
Community engagement
Engagement outcomes - early consultation
From 25 August 2023 to Wednesday 27 September 2023, Stage 1 community and stakeholder engagement was undertaken to gather ideas for the draft PoM and we heard from over 500 community members.
Your feedback highlighted how well-used and important this reserve is to residents, visitors, sporting and community groups.
Your feedback was useful for understanding the current and desired use of the reserve and has helped guide the preparation of the draft PoM.
What you told us
What happened next?
The draft Plan of Management was sent to the NSW Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure (the Department) on 20 August 2024 for their review and consent to publicly exhibit.
In December 2024 the Department advised they support the draft PoM being placed on public exhibition with some minor amendments.
Council was appointed as Crown land manager of additional Crown land which has been included in the draft PoM. The draft PoM went on public exhibition from 23 May until 6 July 2025. We received over 100 submissions which we are now reviewing.
FAQs
Frequently asked questions
Resources
Resources
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Seaforth Oval Reserve Site PlanPDF (2.26 MB)
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Council Meeting Minutes - 20 May 2025 (pg 17)PDF (464.55 KB)
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Council Meeting Report 20 May 2025 (pg 49)PDF (1.53 MB)
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Council Meeting Minutes 27 October 2020 (pg 20)PDF (428.28 KB)
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Let's Play! Open Space and Outdoor Recreation Strategy and Action PlanPDF (12.61 MB)
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Plan of Management for Seaforth Oval, Keirle Park and Tania Park 2004PDF (1.98 MB)
Indicative timeline
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Timeline item 1 - complete
Sep 2023: Community survey and ideas gathering
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Timeline item 2 - complete
Oct 2023: Review feedback
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Timeline item 3 - complete
Late 2023 - Early 2024: Prepare draft PoM
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Timeline item 4 - complete
Aug 2024: Reported draft PoM to NSW Government
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Timeline item 5 - complete
May 2025: Report draft PoM to Council
Requested public exhibition
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Timeline item 6 - complete
May - Jul 2025: Public exhibition of draft PoM
We want to hear your thoughts on the draft Plan of Management
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Timeline item 7 - active
Aug - Sep 2025: Review feedback received on draft PoM
We're reviewing the feedback you provided and will update the Plan of Management as appropriate
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Timeline item 8 - incomplete
Late 2025: Report to Council requesting adoption of final draft PoM