Update

The Pakington Street (Geelong West) Public Parking Plan is now finalised after minor changes have been made as a result of the community engagement. The Final Parking Plan and Engagement Report can be found in the document library.

Welcome

We are seeking community and stakeholder feedback on the Draft Pakington Street (Geelong West) Public Parking Plan. This parking plan has been drafted in response to feedback received in 2022 from business owners, traders and the broader community.

The Pakington Street and Gordon Avenue Urban Design Framework (UDF) includes an action to prepare a Public Parking Plan for the Pakington Street North and Heritage Core Precincts (see the study area map above the Timeline).

The parking plan analyses the parking conditions and needs of an area and provides recommendations to increase turn over and availability of existing public parking.

The Draft Pakington Street (Geelong West) Public Parking Plan aims to:

  • Ensure availability for a variety of user needs, from short-term stays to all-day parking
  • Making parking rules more consistent in areas where land use is similar
  • Maximise the use of existing spaces through appropriate controls, to effectively support business and customer parking needs.

  • The parking plan has only reviewed parking areas on public land (including parking behind Pakington Street businesses). Parking on private land (e.g. Pakington Strand car park) has not been reviewed.

    The engagement outcome will inform the Final Pakington Street (Geelong West) Public Parking Plan. The final plan will be provided to Council for information in late 2023. Funding for the implementation of the plan will be considered as part of Council’s future resource planning and annual budget planning process.


    The aim of the Pakington Street Public Parking Plan is to work with Pakington Street businesses and the broader community to understand how we can better manage existing public parking spaces, ensuring they cater for the needs of businesses, local community and visitors.

    The scope of the Public Parking Plan includes:

    • existing public parking spaces servicing businesses along Pakington Street (including public parking facilities behind Pakington Street businesses) within the study area

    The scope of the Public Parking Plan does not include:

    • the provision of private parking as part of new development (this will be assessed based on the planning scheme at the time of an application)
    • the provision of public parking spaces in residential areas (this work has been completed)
    • the provision of existing private parking facilities
    • the provision of new off-street public parking spaces (this will be addressed in future studies).

    As the Parking Plan was not completed before the end of financial year, the implementation could not be considered in the budget for 2023-2024. Funding will be considered as part of Council’s future resource planning and annual budget planning process.

    Community and stakeholder engagement was undertaken in February and March 2022 to explore parking needs and issues in the area. The community engagement findings report can be accessed using this link. The community's main concern was around parking availability which the proposed Parking Plan will address through recommended parking control changes to increase turn over and availability.

    In May and June 2022, the City ran two workshops with the local businesses and traders to seek input into public parking issues and needs. You can access the Traders Engagement Summary Report using this link.

    The first workshop focused on discussing customer experience, current parking issues and opportunities.

    The second workshop summarised the analysis to date, sought additional solutions and prioritised actions.

    Trader engagement identified the need to:

  • Promote vehicle turnover
  • Divert longer stays into off-street parking areas
  • Consider updating existing parking control in-line with current conditions
  • Ensure the time that controls apply are relevant to the user group.
  • Reduce supply of loading bays that have low occupancy at various times of day to increase regular parking.
  • All these insights have informed the preparation of the Draft Parking Plan.

    Summary of proposed changes

    The links below summarises the changes proposed to parking controls and loading bays in the study area.

    Read the Draft Parking Plan and have your say

    Please read the Draft Parking Plan. The survey is now closed.

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