New Place Plan for New Brighton, South Golden Beach and Ocean Shores
Published on 31 July 2024
Over the next 12 months, Council will be working with the community to create the first Place Plan (also known as a masterplan) for New Brighton, South Golden Beach and Ocean Shores and is encouraging everyone who calls this area of the Byron Shire home to get involved and have a say.
The purpose of the New Brighton, South Golden Beach and Ocean Shores Place Plan is to develop a strategic set of principles, visions, themes, and actions related to character and streetscape upgrades, environment, transport and access, planning controls, resilience, safety and emergency preparedness, and events and community building.
The first round of community consultation is open until Friday 6 September.
“Now’s the time for people who live in New Brighton, South Golden Beach and Ocean Shores to tell us what they love about where they live, what their vision is for the future and what improvements they’d like to see happen,” Byron Shire Mayor, Michael Lyon said.
“This first consultation is open for a month and staff are running three community workshops over coming weeks to open up discussion, get ideas flowing and hopefully formulate some consensus on what people would like to be achieved in the future,” the Mayor said.
To join any of these in-person workshops, please register via Council’s web page: www.byron.nsw.gov.au/nso-place-plan
- Thurs 15 Aug 6pm to 9pm – South Golden Beach Community Hall
- Friday 16 Aug 10am to 1pm – South Golden Beach Community Hall
- Sunday 18 Aug 1pm to 4pm – Ocean Shores Community Hall
Staff will also be available for a chat at the New Brighton Farmers Markets and at Ocean Shores Shopping Centre during August, or you can provide feedback any time via Council’s website.
“New Brighton, South Golden Beach and Ocean Shores all have their own unique identities and that’s why this Place Plan will include development of three individual character statements, visions and a sets of priority actions that reflect the values and focus areas for each community.
“Creating an overarching Place Plan means we can collectively address issues that affect all three localities, understand challenges holistically and come up with better solutions and outcomes, centred around what the community actually wants,” the Mayor said.
The Place Planning process will run for approximately 12 months. As part of this process, council is engaging key stakeholders including community groups, schools, businesses and other local organisations to provide guidance on local issues and to increase engagement.
The community will be invited to provide feedback on a draft of the Place Plan once it’s prepared.
A final plan is due to Council before end of June 2025.
Once adopted, Place Plans provide Council and community with a set of priority actions for each community, helping to inform and gain funding and investment for future projects.
For more information or to register for a community workshop or submit your ideas online, go to Council’s website at www.byron.nsw.gov.au/nso-place-plan.
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