COMMUNITY CONSULTATION

Community involvement in projects is important to achieve project outcomes with short and long-term benefits. Effective consultation allows the community to engage in the decision-making process, taking into account local interests and concerns, and provides the land manager and designer with specific local knowledge and landscape values and this is essential to achieve an appropriate outcome. The long-term benefit of public involvement is a high level of acceptance, adoption and successful implementation of a project.

Our Services

Ecoscape encourages and promotes community participation through:

• consultative committees
• hard copy and online surveys
• advertisements
• newsletters
• displays and information days
• workshops and groups discussions
• public meetings.

Our Approach

Ecoscape ensures effective community and stakeholder consultation through facilitating participation which is timely, interactive and deliberative. We encourage participation which is open and fair to ensure that a positive outcome is achieved for as many stakeholders as possible.

Our Experience

Ecoscape has conducted successful community consultation with a wide range of stakeholders. Some examples include:

• Coogee Beach Foreshore Master Plan, City of Cockburn
• Ridley Place Foreshore Master Plan, Shire of Harvey
• Corimbia Estate, Stockland
• Coral Bay Foreshore Management Plan, Department of Parks and Wildlife
• Mundaring Water Treatment Plant, Water Corporation
• Cowaramup Trails Feasibility Study, National Trust of Western Australia
• Booyeembara Park Strategic Review, City of Fremantle
• Faulkner Park Future Options, City of Belmont
• Rottnest Island Coastal Walk Trail, Rottnest Island Authority
• Lake Ballard Management Plan, Goldfields Esperance Development Commission