Enmore Park Plan of Management - Land

1.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY1.1 BackgroundThe Enmore Park draft plan of management was commissioned and funded byMarrickville Council to review and update the previous plan of management document(1991) and consider and incorporate proposals for upgrading of the Annette KellermanAquatic Centre. The draft plan of management was undertaken by a consultancy teamled by Landscape Architectural consultants Environmental Partnership. The teamincluded specialist inputs from Mayne-Wilson and Associates, in preparation of aHistorical Overview and Conservation Management Strategy for the Park.This plan of management revokes and replaces all previous plans of management.Development of the Annette Kellerman Aquatic Centre has run concurrently with thedraft plan of management and Masterplan study. A design scheme for the AquaticCentre was resolved in March 2009, and the finalisation of the draft PoM andMasterplan has incorporated and responded to this design.Enmore Park is Crown land (State owned), managed on behalf of the State byMarrickville Council as Reserve Trustee. The park is reserved for the purposes ofpublic recreation and the plan of management, along with any proposed leases andlicences for use of the park, must be approved by the Minister administering the CrownLands Act 1989.Enmore Park presently comprises an area of approximately 4 hectares of open space,which lies between the town centres of Newtown and Marrickville. The park is asignificant component of the local open space network, and is historically important asthe first park to be established in the Municipality of Marrickville. The park was originallycampaigned for by local residents, who demanded park provision in the context ofgrowing residential development. The park was officially proclaimed in two sections, inMay 1886 and October 1893, and the original area (4ha) remains intact.The plan aims to provide a basis for guiding Council’s ongoing enhancement andmaintenance of this important open space and provide a suitable guide for day to dayand long term decision making.1.2 Land to which this plan appliesThis plan of management applies to Enmore Park, located on Enmore Road, Enmore.The park is bounded by Enmore Road to the west, Llewellyn Street to the north, BlackStreet to the east and Victoria Road to the south.1.3 ConsultationConsultation for the draft plan of management was coordinated separate of the planstudy team by KJA Consultants for Marrickville Council.This consultation was undertaken as part of an integrated programme addressingproposed upgrades at Enmore and Petersham Parks, and aiming to respond to bothpark specific and general open space / recreational factors that need to be consideredby Council.The community has also been involved in consultation regarding the detailed designand development application process for the Annette Kellerman Aquatic Centreredevelopment as well as the design of a new playspace and surrounds to the southeast corner of the park.The draft plan of management will also be subject to public exhibition in accordancewith Section 113, Crown Lands Act 1989 Crown Lands Management requirements priorto submission for approval by the Minister administering the Crown Lands Act 1989.5 Marrickville CouncilOctober 2012