Final Landscape Plan

Thank you for your feedback on the Schultz Reserve Landscape Plan. Your input has shaped the final plan that will help to improve the park for the community now and into the future.

Next steps

Detailed design work on the new reserve features such as the carpark, playground and footpath network will commence and be completed by June 2023.

A staged delivery of construction works will follow and take place over the next 5 years subject to the allocation of future Council budget.

The development of the Schultz Reserve Landscape Plan is part of Knox Capital Works Program and Council’s commitment to upgrade ageing infrastructure. The purpose of the plan is to guide future growth and development and establish a new vision for future use of the reserve.

The Open Space team commenced the Landscape Plan process in July 2021. A background analysis and survey was conducted a review of the reserve attributes, taking into account the existing landscape characters, access, pathways and recreational facilities. Consideration was given to how the reserve functions as a whole and how different elements combine to best provide for our ever-changing and growing community.

The process of creating the Schultz Reserve Landscape Plan centered around feedback received from relevant stakeholders. The Open Space team worked with internal stakeholders between September to December 2021 to ensure other related Capital Works Program projects were incorporated into the development of the plan. Consultation with the community took place in February and August 2022. The input provided helped to identify the key elements the community felt would improve the park now and in to the future.

All feedback received has been under review and used by the Open Space team to finalise the Landscape Plan.

Final Landscape Plan of Schultz Reserve

Timeline

  • Timeline item 1 - complete

    February to March 2022

    Gather initial feedback

  • Timeline item 2 - complete

    April - June 2022

    Review feedback and develop the draft landscape plan

  • Timeline item 3 - complete

    August - December 2022

    Second round of community consultation and completion of the final Landscape Plan

  • Timeline item 4 - complete

    Early 2023

    Landscape Plan Implementation - Commencement of cricket nets construction

  • Timeline item 5 - active

    May 2024

    Landscape Plan Implementation Stage 1* - Delivery of the footpath network. New seating and tree planting. (*Subject to future budget process)

  • Timeline item 6 - incomplete

    July 2024 - June 2025

    Landscape Plan Implementation Stage 2* - Delivery of the car park upgrade, new playspace and picnic area (*Subject to future budget process)

Contact us

If you have any questions or want to learn more about this project, please contact us below:

Contact Information
Name Open Space and Landscape Design Team
Phone 9298 8782
Email openspace@knox.vic.gov.au