Council Policy states that Dogs are to be on a lead within 15m of a playground. The shape, limited size of this park as well as it being fenced, means there is limited to no space for dogs to be off lead. We don’t want to ban dogs from this space altogether, but we need children and other patrons to feel safe here.

This park is for all users (not only dogs/dog owners) and created for the local community with many different requested attributes to accommodate. A dedicated dog park would require more space than we have on this site and potentially cause noise pollution for neighbouring residencies.

Council policy is such that a small park like this with amenities so close to residences, do not have lighting as it is not a thoroughfare and could potentially cause light pollution to neighbouring properties.

Limited space on this site means that a flying fox would take up a large portion of the space dedicated to one activity and many other items could not be accommodated.

The space required for a basketball key would take up too much room on this site for one activity and potentially cause noise pollution.

A number of people requested that there be no BBQ’s in this space and a number of others requested them. Since this is also only a ‘local park’ without the extra facilities such as toilets, and is very close to adjacent residences, it was decided not to include them in this location.

This is a new ‘Local Park’ in the middle of residential Coburg and as such does not meet the requirements of Council Policy for new Public Toilets.