Creating Better Parks Policy & Plan

Description

Creating Better Parks Policy & Plan (CBP) was first adopted by Brimbank City Council in 2008 and was updated in 2016.

CBP provided a framework to transform the Brimbank park network from one of poor amenity to one loved and used by the community.

Council invested over $50M in transforming 151 parks between 2008 and 2023. This is considered to be one of the biggest park transformation programs in Melbourne.

Community quote

“I cannot believe how many more people use this reserve now that there are paths and trees, it looks inviting and no more mud when walking through. I love leaving my curtains drawn to see all the lovely trees growing and people walking past.”

Awards

Creating Better Parks Policy & Plan has won the following:

  • 2017 Victorian PLA Awards for Excellence in the Leisure and/or Open Space Planning category for Creating Better Parks: Green Infrastructure Transforming Liveability.

  • 2016 National PIA Awards for Planning Excellence in the Plan To Place category for Transforming The Public Realm.

  • 2015 Victorian PIA Awards for Planning Excellence in the Plan To Place category for Transforming The Public Realm.

  • 2009 AILA Victorian Landscape Architecture Award for Planning.

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