Recently Closed Consultations

The City of Busselton is currently reviewing the Local Heritage Survey (formerly Municipal Heritage Inventory) and has engaged an external heritage consultant. Thank you for those that submitted a property or tree application. These submissions will be reviewed against criteria by the external heritage consultant, alongside all current properties on the survey. Based on assessment some properties may increase or decrease in 'significance' at the end of the review.

Further updates will be provided once the review is complete.

The first round of consultation for the Dunsborough Town Centre Design Guidelines has concluded, thank you to everyone who provided comments. The results will be analysed and a character audit prepared, before round 2 of consultation will take place in the form of workshops in the coming months. Further updates will be provided in due course and information can be found on the project page.

Pavilion Location Confirmed

Following lengthy and detailed consultation with multiple sporting clubs, the Dunsborough Lakes Sporting Precinct is set to receive a new multi-sport pavilion for the enjoyment of all users. Initially earmarked as part of the plan for the new Precinct, this pavilion will be built to serve the Dunsborough sporting community for years to come. Several options were considered and assessed as part of the process, but with the support of the majority of clubs using the precinct, Council confirmed its commitment to the preferred location at their meeting on 20 March 2024.

The City thanks all clubs and community members who have worked together over several years to progress this new precinct’s development. The Dunsborough Lakes Sporting Precinct Pavilion will mark the completion of the first priority project within the City’s 10 year Sport and Recreation Facilities Strategy 2020-2030 which was adopted by Council in May 2020.

A copy of the minutes of the Council meeting can be found here.

In late 2022 - early 2023, the City of Busselton conducted consultation on concept designs for a new war memorial at Rotary Park. Results of this consultation were presented at the March 2023 Ordinary Council Meeting.

The new Busselton War Memorial was officially opened on 22 April 2024, in the Rotary Park of Remembrance.

You can read more about this project here - Busselton War Memorial | Your Say Busselton

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’.

In early 2023, the City consulted on a review of the Sport and Recreation Facilities Strategy (SRFS) 2020 - 2030; 1,411 participants provided feedback.

The SRFS review is reliant on the outcomes of the Dunsborough Sport, Recreation and Community Services Planning and Investigation as well as planning for the Geographe Leisure Centre. Both of these investigations are ongoing.

You can visit the project page here - yoursay.busselton.wa.gov.au/srfsreview

The 'Safe Active Streets Program' in an initiative of the Department of Transport to design friendlier streets, with increased opportunities for people of all ages and abilities to walk and cycle.

The objective of creating a safe active street is to increase community participation in walking and cycling, by providing an inviting space along which to access the City centre, in a low road speed (30km/h) environment.

Between January - February 2023, the City sought feedback from residents and businesses owners on a proposal for Harris Rd. You can find more information here >> yoursay.busselton.wa.gov.au/safeactivestreet

The City of Busselton is proposing to amend the boundaries of the Kealy and Vasse locality boundaries. The proposal would move the boundary between the Kealy and Vasse localities north to Bussell Highway, a more easily recognisable feature. This proposal is in line with the Policies and Standards for Geographical Naming in Western Australia 2017.

Across October/November 2022 the City sought submissions from directly impacted residents via a survey.

On the 25 January 2023, the results of the consultation were presented to Council. On 16 June 2023, the City received approval from Landgate for the locality boundary change, and the change will be implemented from 1 August 2023.

For more information about this project, visit Kealy and Vasse Locality Boundary Adjustment | Your Say Busselton