During October and November 2024, we asked for feedback from local residents, on the proposed location for a new public toilet building at Vickers Vimy Reserve, Northgate.

In 2020, we adopted our Public Toilet Plan to ensure that clean, safe, accessible toilets are available for people to use in the most popular and public places across our city. This includes the Vickers Vimy Reserve, which is popular with players of cricket, soccer and basketball, has a new playground and is used by families from the local school. As part of our Annual Business Plan 2024–25, we have therefore allocated a budget towards constructing a new toilet at the reserve.

The location we proposed will benefit users and the general community in the following ways:

• It improves toilet access for everyone who uses the reserve
• It is near the recently upgraded playground
• It is close to other amenities within the reserve (BBQ/picnic area, outdoor gym equipment, basketball half court)
• It is located in a highly visible area that many people use

Find out what we heard from our community by viewing the engagement summary below. Engagement closed on Sunday 17 November 2024.

We asked local residents if they supported the proposed location for a new public toilet facility at Vickers Vimy Reserve.

Key themes received through feedback comments:

• Concerns about visual impact of facility
• Support for need for facility at the reserve
• Different location suggested closer to carpark / school
• Concern about proximity of proposed facility to residents
• Support for proposed location of facility
• Concerns about toilet facility attracting / increasing anti-social behaviour
• Comments that the toilet facility is not needed at the reserve
• Questions / concerns about maintenance e.g. how frequently the toilets will be cleaned
• Concerns / question about increased safety risks caused by facility
• Concerns about increased parking / existing parking issues
• Concerns about increased traffic to the reserve
• Questions about the cost of the facility

Due to the engagement results showing mixed feedback on the proposed location of the public toilet facility, we will now investigate further possible alternative locations at Vickers Vimy Reserve. A Report will be presented to Council in 2025, detailing the possible options for the facility location and highlighting the advantages and disadvantages of each location considering cost estimations, distance from services (water and power), impact to residents and proximity of location to key reserve infrastructure. A decision on the final location for the facility from the available options presented (including the current proposed option), will be made by Council.