Council signs on to NSW Public Spaces Charter

Published on 26 September 2022

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Snowy Monaro Regional Council is set to become a signatory to the NSW Public Spaces Charter, following a decision made at the September Ordinary Council Meeting.

This initiative is being headed up by Transport for NSW, which has developed planning principles for better quality open spaces and encouraged NSW Councils to sign on to the charter.

Council is currently working on our own Regional Recreation and Open Space Strategy. Being a signatory to the charter will be of significant benefit to the development of this strategy, allowing your Council to align policies and strategic planning with regional and state priorities and principles.

The principles include:

  1. Open and welcoming: Everyone can access public space and feel welcome, respected and included.
  2. Community focused: brings people together and builds strong, connected and resilient communities.
  3. Culture and creativity: Public space provides a platform for culture and creative expression that makes places more colourful, animated and thought provoking.
  4. Local character and identity: Public space reflects who we are and our diverse stories and histories.
  5. Green and resilient: Public space connects us to nature, enhances biodiversity and builds climate resilience into communities.
  6. Healthy and active: Public space allows everyone to participate in activities that strengthen our health and wellbeing.
  7. Local business and economies: Public space supports a dynamic economic life and vibrant urban and town centres.
  8. Safe and secure: Everyone feels safe to access and use public space at all times of the day.
  9. Designed for place: Public space is flexible and responds to its environment to meet the needs of its community.
  10. Well managed: Well-managed and maintained public space functions better and invites people to use and care for it.

By becoming a signatory, Council will have access to information and data sharing from other public space projects around the state.

For more information, please visit www.dpie.nsw.gov.au/premiers-priorities/great-public-spaces/festival-of-place/public-spaces-charter  

 

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