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The Cambridge Reserve Enhancement Project aims to revitalise the 8.97-hectare Cambridge Reserve, currently designated as a public open space for recreation and drainage. The project seeks to enhance community engagement and safety, highlight the area's natural beauty, and maximise its environmental value. Additionally, it will transform the site into a vital community asset by introducing essential services and accommodation. The City rezoned a 3.85-hectare portion of the site to deliver critical aged residential care, and new diverse housing opportunities. The remaining portion of the site will be improved significantly to cater for a wide range of age groups. Improvements will potentially feature a large playground, half basketball court, a network of trails proposed to contain interactive features such as educational signage, nature-play, exercise equipment, barbeques, shelter, and seating areas.
Areas of Threatened Ecological Communities (TEC) will be protected through requisite fencing and managed with measures such as weed control, dieback prevention and revegetation as needed to improve the vegetation quality and long-term ecological safety.
Background
Cambridge Reserve is an 8.97ha surrounded by residential housing to the north, south and west.
Cambridge Reserve is located approximately 500m south-east of the Forrestfield District Centre and approximately 200m east of the Forrestfield Primary School. Nearby facilities and activity nodes include the Woodlupine Family and Community Centre, Forrestfield library, Forrestfield Police Station, Hartfield Park Recreation Centre and several commercial centres.
The City undertook a preliminary community engagement process in February 2018, to seek feedback on how residents would like to see Cambridge Reserve improved.
The process included setting up information stalls at the Forrestfield Shopping Centre and conducting an on-site workshop at Cambridge Reserve, where participants took part in mapping ideas and were directed to an online survey.
The City commenced a preparation of a plan that reflected the feedback of the community from earlier community engagement, which was adopted by the Council in June 2018, followed by further public advertising.
A public advertising campaign occurred from July-August 2018 which included letters to residents and stakeholders, pop-up information stalls, surveys, and workshops.
At the February 2019 Ordinary Council Meeting Council considered community feedback on the Concept Plan and resolved to adopt the Concept Plan for the purposes of undertaking further technical studies, initiating the land transfer process with the State Government, and preparing an amendment to Local Planning Scheme No. 3 (LPS 3).
In 2019, further technical studies were undertaken including a spring flora survey which highlighted an area of significant vegetation which needed to be protected. A local water management strategy was also prepared and found the stormwater basin onsite was too small to meet contemporary standards. This resulted in modifications to the Concept Plan which among other factors included 100% retention of protected flora and a constructed wetland design that results in the relocation of the existing stormwater basin to the western side of Cambridge Reserve. Two versions of the revised Concept Plan have been produced in this regard:
Option A – featuring a 1.5ha aged care site, and
Option B – featuring a 1ha aged care site
On 25 August 2020, the Council resolved to adopt the revised Concept Plans and initiate a LPS 3 Amendment No. 104 (Amendment 104) for the purpose of public advertising. Amendment 104 proposed to reclassify an approximate 3.85ha portion of Cambridge Reserve from ‘Local Open Space’ to the ‘Urban Development’ zoning to facilitate a future aged care facility, residential lots and local open space improvements to the site. The balance of the site is proposed to remain a Local Open Space reserve.
At the December 2021, Ordinary Council Meeting, the Council resolved to proceed with purchasing the subject land from the State Government for the purposes of delivering on Council's vision adopted through the Concept Plan that was informed through community engagement. The Business Plan supporting the transaction is provided under 'Related Documents' below.
The City of Kalamunda finalised the purchase of Cambridge Reserve from the State Government in September 2022.
In early 2023, the City commenced an Expressions of Interest process to invite proposals from the market to help deliver on the desired vision and development objectives for Cambridge Reserve, particularly aged residential care. Unfortunately, none of the submissions received at the time were deemed viable for the City, so the EOI process was closed without engagement of an aged care provider.
In 2025, the City has reinvested resources into the project and is now progressing with a more detailed business case, updated planning review (including a subdivision process) and the preparation of a structure plan, to guide the development of outcomes and delivery phase of the Cambridge Reserve Enhancement Project.
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