The Local Parks Program creates green spaces for local communities to relax, enjoy and play in. Pocket parks provide communities in dense, urban areas with the opportunity to enjoy the benefits of green open space that they may otherwise miss out on.
The Local Parks Program will provide funding for:
- 25 new pocket parks
- 16 off-leash dog parks
- $10 million towards revitalisation of existing parks with facilities such as new and improved playgrounds, landscaping, picnic and toilet facilities.
Successful new dog and pocket parks announced
The Minister for Energy, Environment and Climate Change Lily D’Ambrosio has announced 9 new dog parks and 15 pocket parks under Round 1 of the program with the planning for these parks already well underway.
Park locations have been selected to ensure they are easily accessible by public transport, road, or well-linked to bike and walking trails. These new projects also seek to drive new investment and visitation in areas which are currently underutilised.
Local Parks Program - Round 1 Dog and Pocket Parks Map (PDF, 539.2 KB)
9 new dog parks
LGA | PROJECT | FUNDING ALLOCATION ($) |
|---|---|---|
Brimbank | Cairnlea Dog Park, Cairnlea | 275,000 |
Casey | Casey Fields Dog Park, Cranbourne East | 275,000 |
Hume | Merrifield Dog Park, Mickleham | 275,000 |
Kingston | Roy Dore Dog Park, Carrum | 275,000 |
Knox | Emerson Place Reserve Dog Park, Rowville | 275,000 |
Maribyrnong | Thompson Reserve Dog Park, Maribyrnong | 275,000 |
Nillumbik | Eltham North Dog Park, Eltham North | 275,000 |
Wyndham | Bulban Road Dog Park, Werribee | 275,000 |
Stonnington | Thomas Oval Dog Park, South Yarra | 275,000 |
TOTAL | $2,475,000 |
15 new pocket parks
LGA | PROJECT NAME | FUNDING ALLOCATION ($) |
|---|---|---|
Port Phillip | Kings Place Plaza Pocket Park, South Melbourne | 1,300,000 |
Port Phillip | Palais Theatre Forecourt Pocket Park, St Kilda | 1,300,000 |
Glen Eira | Bentleigh Plaza Pocket Park, Bentleigh | 1,300,000 |
Kingston | Horscroft Place Pocket Park, Moorabbin | 700,000 |
Moreland | Frith Street Pocket Park, Brunswick | 1,300,000 |
Glen Eira | Aileen Avenue Pocket Park, Caulfield South | 1,300,000 |
Moonee Valley | Mount Alexander Road Triangle Pocket Park, Flemington | 700,000 |
Brimbank | Glengala Pocket Park, Sunshine West | 400,000 |
Banyule | Waterdale Road Pocket Park, Ivanhoe | 1,300,000 |
Darebin | Oakover Pocket Park, Preston | 400,000 |
Monash | Cambridge Street Pocket Park, Oakleigh | 700,000 |
Stonnington | Mount Street Pocket Park, Prahran | 1,300,000 |
Yarra | Cambridge Street Pocket Park, Collingwood | 1,300,000 |
Yarra | Otter and Smith Streets Pocket Park, Collingwood | 1,191,900 |
Maribyrnong | Birmingham Street Pocket Park, Yarraville | 1,037,657 |
| TOTAL | $15,529,557 |
Round 2 of Pocket park and dog park funding now open
A second round of funding for both programs is now open to eligible councils.
- Apply for Pocket park funding
- Apply for Dog park funding
Applications close at 5pm on Monday 10 August 2020.
For more information:
- Pocket Parks Round 2 program guidelines (PDF, 1.1 MB)
- Dog Parks Round 2 program guidelines (PDF, 342.0 KB)
Parks Revitalisation Grants Program opens shortly
This program will be open to all councils in metropolitan Melbourne to upgrade and improve facilities and infrastructure in existing parks and reserves. The Local Parks Program – Park Revitalisation Guidelines will be available for local councils soon.
More information
To be kept up to date about future announcements or to send an enquiry, please contact the Local Parks program.
Page last updated: 01/06/20