How do you want to use open space in Yass Valley over the next ten years?

How do you want to use open space in Yass Valley over the next ten years?

28/03/2022

Members of the public are invited to have their say on the ten-year vision for open space in Yass Valley.

By completing a short survey, the community can inform how Yass Valley Council plans for and manages parks and gardens, sporting areas, and natural areas such as bushland, rivers and creeks.

Answers from the survey will inform the Yass Valley Open Space Strategy, which Council is preparing with open space specialists, Parkland Planners and Otium Planning Group.

The strategy will cover Yass and Murrumbateman townships, as well as the rural villages in Yass Valley, including Binalong, Bookham, Bowning, Gundaroo, Sutton, Wallaroo, Wee Jasper and surrounding areas.

“Yass Valley’s population has grown by 15 per cent in the past ten years and further residential development is planned,” said Yass Valley Council Acting Director of Planning and Environment, Liz Makin.

“Public open space plays a critical role in creating liveable, productive, sustainable and resilient places and Council wants to ensure that open space in Yass Valley will meet the needs of a growing and changing community.”

The survey invites residents, workers, students and visitors to consider questions such as: 

Which open spaces in Yass Valley do you like to use, and why?  What do you do there, and how often do you visit? Which are the best open spaces in Yass Valley, and why? Are there any gaps in provision of open spaces in Yass Valley?  Which open spaces will the community need in the future?  Where should these open spaces be provided?  How can existing open spaces be improved to meet yours and the community’s needs?

The official survey for the Yass Valley Open Space Strategy is open between now and Friday, 18 April 2022.

Individual survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/YassOS User/sporting group survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/YassOSSportSurvey

Public exhibition of the Draft Yass Valley Open Space Strategy is expected by mid-2022. The community will have further opportunity to comment at that time.

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