The City of Mandurah has developed a Community Initiated Infrastructure request process to provide a streamlined approach for Clubs who are seeking to undertake capital works to create, upgrade, alter, renovate, extend, or modify facilities they currently lease or hire, where the city has no funding involvement for the proposed work.
The Community Initiated Infrastructure application pack assists in providing the City with more detail around what the Clubs is proposing so the City to make an initial assessment and to ensure that there is an identified need for the project along with investigating what approvals and licences may be required.
Eligible Projects
Minor Equipment
Definition: Items that do not qualify as ‘unfixed’ or ‘fixed’ infrastructure and are typically smaller in scale and easily movable, and do not permanently attach to the land, building, or other structures.
Project examples:
- Hanging or mounting items such as memorabilia and defibrillators, and smaller signage.
Un-fixed Infrastructure Projects:
Definition: Unfixed Infrastructure Projects are projects that are considered unfixed assets that essentially remain the responsibility of the club or group but may be appropriate for the use of other users at the facility.
Project examples:
- Hanging or mounting items such as signage
- Installing additional equipment such as a television or deep fryer
- Play equipment (for playgroups etc)
Fixed Infrastructure Projects:
Definition: Fixed Infrastructure Projects are projects that are generally community assets that would remain under the ownership and responsibility of the City.
Project examples:
- Unisex changerooms/toilets upgrades
- Sports flood lighting
- Equipment storage
- Facility fit outs
- Kitchens
- Shade structures
- Asset renewal projects like court resurfacing and conversion of bowling greens to synthetic surfaces
- Community gardens
- Community artwork (murals etc)
- Heating and cooling upgrade
- Sport specific capital infrastructure such as: Cricket / baseball practise nets
What kind of projects will NOT be given approval?
The following projects generally will not be considered:
- Applications where the club/group are unable to demonstrate the ability to fully fund the works and/or will impact the clubs/groups ongoing financial sustainability.
- Applications that will negatively impact on the surrounding residents or other users of the facility.
- Incomplete or partial applications
- Applications that are unable to justify why they are required and do not align with any City planning documentation.
- Projects that do not meet the relevant Australian Standards and construction codes including access requirements for persons with a disability.
- Maintenance repairs to infrastructure such as roof replacements
- Single function projects that inhibit the suitability of the facility for other users
- Retrospective projects that have already been undertaken
- Projects that are not on City owned or managed land.
- Facilities that are built for the sole purpose of serving alcohol.
- Infrastructure that is not the responsibility of local government
- Projects that duplicate existing services, programs, and infrastructure (either on site or proximity)
- Projects of significant value (over $200,000) that are unsubstantiated by needs assessment and/or feasibility documentation.
