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North Rocks Park Precinct
The City of Parramatta developed a masterplan for North Rocks Park and John Wearn Reserve, known as the ‘North Rocks Park Precinct, Carlingford’.
The masterplan will make recommendations for the entire Park Precinct including building use, condition and placement as well as the surrounding parkland, sports fields and recreation and community facilities.
The North Rocks Park Precinct masterplan was funded by the NSW State Government under the Stronger Communities Fund.
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About John Wearn Reserve
(Back to top)John Wearn Reserve comprises 2.4ha of land located on the corner of Farnell Avenue and Balaka Drive, Carlingford.
Facilities
John Wearn has a wide range of facilities catering for all ages.
It is a key passive recreational area containing BBQ and picnic areas, circuit bike/walking tracks, an enclosed playground, basketball/netball practice hoops, a covered stage and the Council operated North Rocks Child Care Centre.
About North Rocks Park
(Back to top)North Rocks Park comprises 7.4 hectares (ha) of land and contains Crown Land reserved for public recreation (currently used as the sportsground) as well as community land classified as ‘bushland’ and ‘park’.
Facilities
North Rocks Park is a well utilised and valued community asset with multiple elements and community uses. The park contains a Senior Citizens Centre, North Rocks Tennis Courts, and the Don Moore Community Centre. There is also a sportsground, cricket nets, walking path and playground. A childcare centre within the park was recently constructed by City of Parramatta Council.
Endangered ecological communities
The bushland trees within North Rocks Park contains two mapped endangered ecological communities:
- Sydney Turpentine-Ironbark Forest (~0.5ha)
- Blue Gum High Forest (~3 ha)
Community engagement
(Back to top)Over the past months, we have been engaging with the community about how they currently use the Park Precinct, what they like about it, and what they would like to see improved.
Around 200 community members and park precinct stakeholders participated in Round 1 engagement across three different engagement activities. These included:
- community and stakeholder workshop
- community drop-in session
- online survey
- Intercept surveys in the park
In addition, at the beginning of Round 1 engagement, 1,500 post cards were letterbox dropped to surrounding residents to inform them about the project and ways to participate in the different engagement activities.
Priorities improvement: North Rocks Park
(Back to top)Overall, the community loves the park facilities and they are used by all age groups for sporting and community and cultural activities at a district and neighbourhood level.
They value how multi-purpose and diverse the park is now, and the community would like to see this strengthened in the future.
Common priorities
The following list captures the most common priorities for improvement to North Rocks Park across all of the engagement activities.
Priorities improvement: John Wearn Reserve
(Back to top)John Wearn reserve is not as well-known as North Rocks Park. It is mainly used for neighbourhood passive recreation, again by all age groups, however there was a focus on improving facilities for youth.
The community values how multi-purpose and diverse the park is now, and would like to see this strengthened in the future.
Common priorities
The following ideas for improvement capture the most common priorities for improvement to John Wearn Reserve across all of the engagement activities.
