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Plan the Marlow Flat skate park consultation

You are the Community Development Officer.

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The situation

What has happened

The Marlow Flat Recreation Reserve Committee has lodged a planning application for a new skate park with lighting, funded partly by a state grant that must be acquitted by June. Council has resolved to consult the community on the design before deciding. Neighbours have already raised noise and lighting concerns, young people have been asking for the park for years, and the primary school wants a safe-use education program to go with it. Ash Lindqvist needs a Community Consultation Plan that opens by 5 October, closes before the November council meeting, reaches groups that are usually hard to hear from, and includes a public education element on safe and respectful use of the park.

Your brief. Complete a Community Consultation Plan using the template that defines the decision, identifies all stakeholders, chooses suitable methods and timing, sets a budget, and explains how results will be reported back, and record the consultation as a request in the Customer Request System.
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Tasks

Deliverables

  • Completed Community Consultation Plan
  • Consultation timetable
  • Budget
  • Public education outline

Documents to use

Systems to use

Customer Request System

Logs every request, enquiry and complaint received from the community and tracks it to closure against the service standard.

Planning Application Register

Tracks every planning permit application from lodgement through referral, notice and decision within the statutory timeframe.

For trainers and assessors

Units of competency

Current on training.gov.au for the Local Government as at 10 September 2026.

LGACOR007Conduct community consultations
LGACOR006Provide public education
LGACOR005Represent council in the community
LGACOR009Manage grants

Qualifications

LGA40120Certificate IV in Local Government
LGA50120Diploma of Local Government
Assessor notes

What to look for

Evidence guide

The plan must be honest about what residents can influence, reach the harder-to-hear groups with specific methods, and meet the minimum four-week period. Look for a realistic budget, a report-back commitment with a date, and a public education element that is more than a poster. Check the grant deadline is reflected in the timetable.

The student's evidence summary lists every record they created or changed in the systems named above, their notes and the tasks they ticked. Verify it against the deliverables and your own assessment tool.