New plans for Maddingley Park

A draft of new plans for Maddingley Park is currently out for exhibition, and Council wants to hear from the community on the park’s future.

The Draft Maddingley Park Master Plan is up on Council’s Have Your Say website, and will provide a vision for future development and investment.

With data showing a growing population, and the growth in popularity of activities such as walking, athletics, cycling, and bushwalking, the Draft Masterplan seeks to foster participation in physical activity, but Council says trees will not be removed for sports facilities.

An overwhelming majority of community members surveyed from April to May this year support that sentiment, with 284 out of 312 respondents saying the heritage and historic features of Maddingley Park “are of value and should generally be preserved”.

Based on both general community feedback, and discussions with the clubs that use Maddingley Park, a range of recommendations were made by planning consultants Urbis, including upgrades to the playground, picnic shelters and barbeques, formalised car parking on Taverner Street and Grant Street, reinstating the lake/wetland, and a new pavilion and clubrooms for the Bacchus Marsh Football Club.

To view the Draft Maddingley Park Masterplan in full and make a submission, visit haveyoursay.moorabool.vic.gov.au/draft-maddingley-park-master-plan-exhibition.

Submissions close on Sunday 4 December.