FAQs

A sporting reserve pavilion is a building located at a sporting reserve, playing fields or courts. The building generally provides shelter, change and toilet facilities, indoor meeting and social areas, kitchens, and food/beverage serveries.

Council’s sporting reserve pavilions support over 20,000 sports people and volunteers from over 100 clubs across a range of sporting codes. The pavilions can also support social events, community radio enterprises, senior cultural groups, community fitness programs, disability support programs and youth development programs.

Sport participation trends and usage demands have increased in recent years, and we want to enable access to Council’s built facilities to a much broader range of users. Therefore, it was timely for future pavilion development priorities to be reviewed.

The Design Guidelines will provide the technical references to scale, fit and finish while responding to user needs. It considers cost and will strengthen Council’s engagement with stakeholders when planning for pavilion improvements.

No. Some specific and unique-use pavilions that support activities such as bowls clubs, boat clubs, lifesaving clubs, scouts and guides groups, and pistol clubs are not included in the Policy or the Design Guidelines. These facilities will be built to meet national building codes in line with the use of the building and the needs of the tenants.