Active Recreation and Sports Facilities Action Plan
Otium was appointed by Redland City Council to prepare a Active Recreation and Sports Facilities Action Plan, in order to: Build upon the OSS principles, providing up-to-date evidence to inform future planning, prioritisation and timing of sport and recreation infrastructure/ asset management in Redland City. Assist Council to increase the participation rates of residents in [...]
Active Lifestyles Strategy
The purpose of this project was to provide direction for the Central Coast Council on the future development and management of its open space portfolio. Outcomes of the project included the following Citywide Strategic Recommendations: Planning frameworks and provision tools to encourage active lifestyles by ensuring that the recreation and sporting parks network is fit for [...]
Toowoomba Region Sports Precinct
The Toowoomba Region Sports Precinct (TRSP) offers an opportunity to profoundly influence the future sporting endeavours of the Toowoomba and Darling Downs Region. It recognises Toowoomba as a major regional centre within South East Queensland and will play a critical role in servicing local and regional sporting needs and attracting major sporting and cultural events, [...]
Better Utilisation of Sport and Recreation Assets
The Queensland Government’s Activate Queensland Strategy 2019-2029 (AQ) contains four key objectives: · Activate Queenslanders · Activate Environments · Activate Collaborations · Activate Success. Otium Planning Group were engaged by the Department of Housing and Public Works, Sport & Recreation, to review 10 government-owned sport and recreation venues against the objectives of AQ. The venues [...]
City of Ryde Indoor Sports Facilities Review
Otium Planning Group were engaged by the City of Ryde (City) to determine the need, opportunities and best approach for Council, in addressing the undersupply of indoor courts within the City, giving consideration to each venue’s viability, feasibility and required capital investment. More specifically, Otium were asked to assess the short-term need for additional indoor [...]
Western Suburbs Precinct Study of Cockburn
The purpose of this project was to develop a considered way forward to increase the capability of developing existing sporting infrastructure within the City of Cockburn Western Suburbs. The project had been identified in the City’s Sport and Recreation Plan as a priority for investigation and investment due to the recognised lack of active sporting [...]
Swan Community Workshops Needs and Feasibility Study
A number of independent groups within the City of Swan formed an alliance to build new community workshops. The purpose of this project was to confirm potential development opportunities and priority for future investment for, having regard to the fact the user groups and broader Alliance was not identified as a high priority for the [...]
Wanneroo Recreation Centre Precinct Master Plan
The City of Wanneroo identified a need to explore the development of the broader Wanneroo Recreation Centre Precinct which comprises of a series of sporting, recreational and play activities/facilities. The desired outcome was the development of a Master Plan which incorporated potential opportunities to expand the centre and other considerations including: An Environmental Centre to [...]
Asset Management – Natural Reserves
The City of Albany manages 485 bush and coastal reserves which have significance for ecological preservation as well as for visitor enjoyment. With a large suite of reserves encompassing a variety of management issues, a framework to ensure the key elements for appropriate long-term management was developed and documented. The Reserve Asset Management Plan was [...]
Leederville Oval Master Plan
Located in suburban Perth, Leederville Oval in an Australian Rules Football ground used for WAFL games. Otium Director Dave Lanfear was engaged to prepare a detailed Master Plan for the facility. The scope of the project included: Community profiling and demographic analysis. Comprehensive stakeholder consultation to establish needs. An assessment of the social, economic (financial) [...]
City of Gold Coast Aquatic Centres Planning to Realisation
Otium Planning Group (OPG) remains the trusted aquatic and leisure facility advisor to the City of Gold Coast (COGC). Commencing with the development of a whole-of-city aquatics strategy, OPG has since been involved in the planning for multiple new and redeveloped aquatic facilities on the Gold Coast. The COGC Aquatic Strategy incorporated a new approach [...]
Gurri Wanyarra Wellbeing Centre
The Gurri Wanyarra Wellbeing Centre is a contemporary aquatic, health and wellbeing centre located at Kangaroo Flat in the regional centre of Bendigo. The City of Greater Bendigo (COGB) is progressively renewing or repurposing its older aquatic facilities in line with its aquatic facilities strategy. Opened in October 2018, the centre is a great example [...]
City of Gold Coast Indoor Facilities Review
The purpose of the study was to provide City of Gold Coast Council with a strategic direction for the next 15 years with recommendations on future requirements, based on assessment of the demand on existing indoor stadiums and expected growth within the City. The following indoor categories were included within the study: Indoor Court sports [...]
Feasibility Options for Botany Aquatic Centre
This project involved the preparation of operational forecasting and a comparative analysis of three (3) potential redevelopment options for the Botany Aquatic Centre facility. The use of Otium Planning Group’s Aquatic, Leisure and Cultural Community Electronic Financial Model and its extensive experience in the planning for aquatic and leisure facilities, supported the provision of clear [...]
Business Case for an Integrated Sports and Community Precinct for the Northern Gold Coast
Otium Planning Group was engaged, together with Liquid Blu Architects, by the City of Gold Coast Council to prepare a business case, in order to: “establish an integrated aquatic, sporting and community precinct; provide social, community and event infrastructure in the Northern Gold Coast; and create a true, ‘contemporary’ destination for the local community and [...]
Hobsons Bay Aquatic Strategy 2019-2030
Otium Planning Group was engaged by the Hobsons Bay City Council to prepare an Aquatics Strategy 2019-2030. This Strategy outlines how to best provide for aquatic facilities in Hobsons Bay for the next 10 years. The Strategy explored a range of development options to meet the current unmet and future demand for aquatic and leisure [...]
Yarrawonga Multi-sport Stadium Feasibility Study
Moira Shire Council engaged Otium Planning Group to work with the Yarrawonga community to plan for the development of a multi-court sports stadium capable of meeting the indoor sports and local schools needs in Yarrawonga now and into the future. This project forms part of Council’s strategy of investing in sport and recreation facilities as a [...]
Chinchilla Botanical Parklands
Rounsefell Design led a multi-disciplinary consultant team to design a major new destination parkland on this centrally located 6.5ha site in Chinchilla. A Feasibility Study undertaken in late 2016 investigated non-potable water supply options, potential land contamination, flora, fauna and cultural heritage values. This was followed by extensive Stakeholder Engagement by Rounsefell Design and Otium [...]