The improvement plan for both Goodwood Oval and Millswood Sporting Complex was endorsed by Council on 11 August 2014.

To view the improvement plan, click here

To view the council report, click here

This plan was developed by Suter Planners and JPE Design, in close
consultation with staff from the City of Unley, user groups and the local
community and is the culmination of an 8 month process which included research,
consultation, planning and design.

A summary of the timeline of how the plan was developed is as follows:

• Project Brief endorsed by Council - 25 November 2013
• Consultant engaged (Suter Planners) - 23 January 2014
• User group and community consultation commenced - 11 February 2014
• Community consultation day at each site - 29 March 2014
• Draft concepts developed for further consultation with each user group - April-May 2014
• Improvement Plan presented to full Council for endorsement – 11 August 2014

The Sites

Goodwood Oval and Millswood Sporting Complex are two key sport and recreation hubs, located in Millswood in the south-western area of the City of Unley.

Goodwood Oval is located on Curzon Avenue and Millswood Sporting Complex is located on Millswood Crescent.

Goodwood Oval is 3.44 ha in size and comprises a full size football (AFL) and cricket oval (turf wicket), 12 hard court tennis courts, a full size grass hockey pitch, a large play space, cricket nets, car parking, half-court basketball court, BBQ’s, seating and associated buildings for sports use.

Millswood Sporting Complex is 2.026 ha in size and comprises 2 full size lawn bowling greens, 6 lawn tennis courts, 2 full size
and 1 under size croquet lawns, a model railway facility, a small undeveloped park and car parking.

Key Directions

Developed through user group and community consultation and research, the recommendations for each site as
follows:

Goodwood Oval

• Undertake improvements to the existing buildings and do not endeavour to establish one building for all sports. There is justification for retaining the oval and tennis buildings. Consolidation of the other buildings could be
  considered.
• Do not establish a synthetic hockey pitch at the site due to the potential impacts and instead advocate with Hockey SA and the Forestville Hockey Club for a regional facility outside the City of Unley.
• Retain the existing oval and grass playing field for sport and community use and improve lighting of the playing field.
• Retain 12 tennis courts within their existing footprint and undertake improvements as appropriate (e.g. lights, building) in partnership with Tennis SA.
• Enhance the playspace and the north western corner of the site for recreation use and establish some pathway connections.
• Retain trees (particularly larger and significant trees) and enhance the landscape.
• Provide some additional car parks where reduced building footprint through building upgrades allows for this.

Millswood Sporting Complex

• Replace the existing 2 lawn bowls greens with one 10 rink synthetic green and one croquet lawn. Also retain the existing croquet greens.
• Upgrade the main building as a shared-use sports and community facility with a dedicated space for lawn bowls and a shelter area for croquet (this should only occur if the above direction can be achieved).
• Retain the croquet building for day to day use due to its connection to the croquet lawns and the character this building adds to the site.
• Maintain the tennis club as it is (with minor improvements) although assess whether synthetic courts are more appropriate if water costs and maintenance become an issue in the future.
• Support SASMEE to undertake some improvements including establishing a workshop shed and track development where appropriate.
• Create a local park with a local playspace, seating and accessible garden area.
• Create internal viewing areas and spaces for broader community access.
• Increase and modify car parking where appropriate.
• Improve the landscape whilst managing impacts on the greens and lawns. This
  includes integrating productive landscapes (e.g. fruit and nut trees) within the local park and the site where appropriate.

FAQs

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The next steps

Whilst the improvement plan has been endorsed by Council, we still need your views. A staged implementation plan is currently being developed, outlining the approach for further community engagement and detailed design, including funding options, to be presented to Council in early 2015. Details of how we will undertake further engagement will be outlined in this implementation plan.

For further information please contact: 

Council's Sport and Recreation Planner, John Wilkinson, on phone: (08) 8372 5111or email: pobox1@unley.sa.gov.au