The 700m² pocket park is intended as a passive space for local residents and visitors to relax and enjoy a quiet moment in nature. Located just a short walk from the Church Street shopping precinct, the park is a convenient place to have lunch or a coffee throughout the day. The area will include features such as outdoor seating, a picnic table, bike racks and accessible pathways.

The park will showcase a range of native and indigenous vegetation including, shrubs, grasses, flowering plants and large trees. Check out the planting palette on the project page to see the different types of vegetation we’re proposing to plant.

Council has budgeted $100,000 towards the development of the pocket park.

Construction of the new pocket park will commence in mid-2023, with the park set to open to the community in the later half of the year.

The residence at 7 Well Street was purchased by Council in 2005 with the intention to provide additional car parking in the Church Street activity centre.

To facilitate this process, we commenced a planning scheme amendment C165 in 2019 to rezone the site from a General Residential Zone to a Public Use Zone. An independent Planning Panel was appointed to consider submissions, ultimately recommending that the amendment be abandoned. This rezoning process was also unsupported by the Minister for Planning.

Council resolved to investigate alternative land use opportunities at the site as part of a community engagement process in March 2021. Community engagement was undertaken between 7 October to 7 November 2021 seeking community views on the potential future use of 7 Well Street. The feedback showed strong support for site to be returned to public open space, at two-thirds or 64% of the 689 submissions.