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A Park Close to Home

Merri-bek's “Park Close to Home” plan is about improving access to open space across Merri-bek. The aim of the plan is to ensure the Merri-bek community live within 500 metres walking distance to a park or open space, and within 300 metres for those living in our busiest areas.

As part of this plan, we have purchased the property at the corner of York and Westgate streets in Pascoe Vale South, to turn it into a public open space. You can read more about this in the Frequently Asked Questions section.

We heard from 346 people and their feedback informed the development of the draft concept plan.

In June-July 2024 we shared a draft concept plan and a 3D tour with the community and collected feedback about it. We also held an on-site pop-up to let visitors experience virtual reality "tours" of the draft concept for the park and gather in-person feedback.

To find out more about what we learned at each round of engagement, see Previous engagement.

Take a 3D tour of the final design of the park

The plants in this digital tour don't always look the same as the plants we will be using in the real park.

The maker of this rendering has to work with the plants that exist in the software.

We have done our best to find similar looking plants, but there are not many Australian native plants in the digital set.

There will be a majority of native plants in the park, as well as some deciduous trees for shade in summer and more light in winter.

Explore the final park design

  • Help us name the park

    Have an idea for the name of the new park? Share it with us here.

    Coming in 2025

  • Thanks for coming

    Thanks for coming to our pop up session, on site at the corner of York and Westgate Streets, Pascoe Vale South.

    Sunday 30 June 2024

    11am - 2pm

  • A shelter
  • Shade over play areas
  • Seating and picnic tables
  • A grassed area
  • A drinking fountain
  • A path network
  • Tree planting
  • Sustainable/recycled materials would be used wherever possible.
  • We will do our best to be inclusive of ages and abilities
  • An off leash dog area
  • Basketball court (the park is too small)
  • Flying fox (this would take up too much space, the park is too small).
  • Lighting - this park is not a thoroughfare so we will not light it.
  • Loud musical elements
  • The location of the park
  • Car parking

What happens next

Detailed design drawings and documentation are underway so that we can put the construction out for tender early 2025. Following a successful tender process the park will be constructed.