Bland Shire Council (NSW)

Bland Shire Council engaged Otium to complete its Sport and Recreation Plan. The Plan identified and responded to the community’s current and future needs for sporting and recreational facilities.

• Research and analysis, including regional trends in sport and recreation delivery.
• On-site engagement, including three community drop-in sessions, attending the Shire’s show, and a community survey.
• Distribution and catchment analysis of the sport and recreation network.
• Thorough site analysis and utilisation review.
• Strategy and Action Plan development.

• Developing strategic directions in the future planning of Bland Shire’s sport and recreation facilities.
• Classification of the network into five key facility types.
• Development of the facility classification/hierarchy framework to guide future purpose, catchment, embellishment, management and maintenance of the Shire’s sport and active recreation facilities network.
• Development of an Action Plan with short-term, medium-term and long-term priorities with indicative costs for implementation per site.