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Council is proposing to reconfigure Primrose Park to accommodate an additional field. The current configuration includes three parallel soccer/football fields running East/West and shared by both soccer and football sporting codes during Autumn/Winter. Four synthetic cricket wickets are situated on the fields in Spring/Summer.
The proposed design would retain two of the sporting fields and reconfigure the eastern end (waters edge) of the park to include a soccer field, permanent cricket pitch, and a rugby field, as well as gives space for a new amenities block. Construction of the new amenities block does not require development consent.
This change is proposed to meet the demand for more sports fields by local sporting clubs and schools. An additional sports field will allow us to accommodate further training as well as additional weekend games.
The current position of the two synthetic cricket pitches on Field 1 makes it impossible to use both at the same time. This is due to safety concerns with the pitches being so close together. It is proposed to create a new permanent pitch in between the two new fields.
Independent modelling has found that there is sufficient off-street parking and adequate roads to handle the impact of the additional field both for training during the week and on Saturdays for competition games (survey conducted during Winter 2022).
No changes to field lighting or irrigation are proposed. A new retaining wall and some levelling is required at the base of the slope from the Young Street Carpark and along the Middle Harbour edge of the field.
HAVE YOUR SAY
Use the online submission form (below) or alternatively, send submissions to:
Email - yoursay@northsydney.nsw.gov.au
Mail - North Sydney Council, PO Box 12, NORTH SYDNEY NSW 2059
For more information contact David Manson, Council’s Manager Parks & Reserves on 9936 8100 or yoursay@northsydney.nsw.gov.au
Feedback closes 18 April 2023
Council is proposing to reconfigure Primrose Park to accommodate an additional field. The current configuration includes three parallel soccer/football fields running East/West and shared by both soccer and football sporting codes during Autumn/Winter. Four synthetic cricket wickets are situated on the fields in Spring/Summer.
The proposed design would retain two of the sporting fields and reconfigure the eastern end (waters edge) of the park to include a soccer field, permanent cricket pitch, and a rugby field, as well as gives space for a new amenities block. Construction of the new amenities block does not require development consent.
This change is proposed to meet the demand for more sports fields by local sporting clubs and schools. An additional sports field will allow us to accommodate further training as well as additional weekend games.
The current position of the two synthetic cricket pitches on Field 1 makes it impossible to use both at the same time. This is due to safety concerns with the pitches being so close together. It is proposed to create a new permanent pitch in between the two new fields.
Independent modelling has found that there is sufficient off-street parking and adequate roads to handle the impact of the additional field both for training during the week and on Saturdays for competition games (survey conducted during Winter 2022).
No changes to field lighting or irrigation are proposed. A new retaining wall and some levelling is required at the base of the slope from the Young Street Carpark and along the Middle Harbour edge of the field.
HAVE YOUR SAY
Use the online submission form (below) or alternatively, send submissions to:
Email - yoursay@northsydney.nsw.gov.au
Mail - North Sydney Council, PO Box 12, NORTH SYDNEY NSW 2059
For more information contact David Manson, Council’s Manager Parks & Reserves on 9936 8100 or yoursay@northsydney.nsw.gov.au
Primrose Park Sports Fields Reconfiguration has finished this stage
Submissions close 11.59pm, Monday 17 April 2023
Under Review
Primrose Park Sports Fields Reconfiguration has finished this stage
All feedback received will be collated and analysed, and a post-exhibition report prepared for the Council. Submissions will be proactively released under Council's Access to Information Policy.
Final report
Primrose Park Sports Fields Reconfiguration is currently at this stage
The post-exhibition report was reported to the Council Meeting on 26 May 2023 - Item 10.11.
Council resolved:
1. THAT the Primrose Park reconfiguration project be discontinued. 2. THAT the Primrose Park reconfiguration budget be reallocated to capital works reserve pending a full costing being undertaken for upgrades to the turf playing surfaces and drainage improvements at Primrose Park. 3. THAT Council reassess the usage of other sports grounds including North Sydney Oval and the Bon Andrews Oval to see what other capacity for organised sport may be available. 4. THAT Council write to the NSW Planning Minister to note that developer contributions are not funding proportionate new sporting and recreational facilities to match increased density targets, and asks what the government will do to fix this.