Recently Closed Consultations

The community have now had the opportunity to review the new draft Bushfire Risk Reduction Notice for the City of Busselton.

This draft has been carefully developed with a Community Project Reference Group over the last six months. This group is comprised of 30 community group representatives, ranging from resident associations, environmental groups, bushfire brigades and specialists from state government.

Local governments are required to have a Bushfire Notice to manage and minimise the risk of bushfire in and around our homes. It is one of several tools to support fire prevention in community.

This Notice, once finalised and adopted by Council will replace the City's current Firebreak and Fuel Hazard Reduction Notice. The current notice requires updating in order to comply with contemporary bushfire practices and to ensure our community is best supported and prepared for bushfire.

Consultation has now closed and all feedback will be reviewed, before a final Notice being presented to Council in the next few months.

The City of Busselton is seeking community feedback on what you would like to see upgraded at Holgate Reserve. Once a busy, well-used reserve for beach goers, families, volleyball and tennis enthusiasts, Holgate Reserve is in much need of some love and attention.

This project will have a limited budget, but depending on community feedback, the project can potentially be funded over multiple years.

The option that the community prioritises the most will be presented to Council for consideration of adoption in the 2024/25 budget and developed into a larger concept plan.

The City of Busselton’s Disability Access and Inclusion Plan (DAIP) 2018 – 2022 has come to an end, and after initial consultation, the City of Busselton’s draft Disability Access and Inclusion Plan 2023 - 2027 was available for your review and feedback.

The second round of consultation has now concluded. Feedback will be reviewed and the final draft DAIP will be prepared before going to Council for adoption.

Voting has now closed on the You Choose program. Thank you to everyone in the community who voted for the projects they wished to receive a share of the $100,000.

The data will be collated and reviewed, before being presented to Council.

Consultation has now closed on the e-scooter trial carried out by Neuron. A draft report will be prepared for Council review in the coming months.

Since the last update, much has been happening behind the scenes on the Busselton War Memorial project. Earthworks have commenced in Rotary Park. The contractor is preparing the sand pads for the footpaths, cenotaph, sentinels and podium. The Cenotaph artwork has been sand blasted into the granite and is being sculpted. Australian Defence Force, Army, Navy and Air Force military insignias have been sandblasted onto the sentinels and Park of Remembrance entry sentinel has been sand blasted.

Concrete works to commence within 2 weeks.

Pictured is the Australian Defence Force insignia sand blasted onto a sentinel which is one of four surrounding the War Memorial plinth.

This play space provided an opportunity to incorporate sensory play spaces for children with sensory needs. The City created a preliminary design with this in mind which was reviewed by stakeholders who work in the disability advocacy and support space. The play space is expected to be completed by July 2024.

Thank you to everyone who submitted their family information for the Old Busselton Cemetery project. We received an overwhelming amount of information, with over 150 names submitted, and your input has helped us identify 35 names that are not currently on the cemetery’s name tablets.

Our Cultural Development Officer will now undertake extensive research to verify the names submitted. Further updates on this project will be provided in the New Year via the project page

If you missed out on making a submission, email jacquie.happ@busselton.wa.gov.au

The Dunsborough Sport and Recreation Community Services Planning project was born out of the Sport and Recreation Facilities Strategy 2020-2023.

This project will investigate and identify opportunities to increase spaces to train and play all major sports, consider the future of community spaces such as the library, and result in masterplans for the following sites:

• The Dunsborough Playing Fields and the Naturaliste Community Centre (NCC)
• The Dunsborough Districts Country Club (DDCC)
• The Dunsborough Lakes Sporting Precinct

Consultation has closed for this project, but the project is ongoing. Further project updates will be shared via the project page.

Across May 2023, the City Economic Development team surveyed local businesses to help infor the City's understanding of how best to enhance Busselton's Night Time Economy (business activity between 6pm - 6am).

This survey and the associated ‘Growing our Night Time Economy’ paper are part of a bigger piece of work; creating a Place Making Strategy for the City of Busselton. This project is in its beginning phases, and so, further updates regarding this survey will not be available until the strategy is further progressed. We encourage you however, to keep an eye out on the Night Time Economy project page which will remain ‘live’.