Local Law Amendment - Dunwich Cemetery Parking

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Consultation has concluded

Redland City Council’s (Council) local laws undergo a continual review process to provide the best outcomes for Council and the community.

At the 21 June 2023 General Meeting, Council resolved to commence the local law-making process for Subordinate Local Law No. 5 (Parking) 2015 and commence community consultation on a proposed amendment to the local law, which would introduce a two-hour parking limit at the Dunwich Cemetery parking area.

Council is seeking feedback from the North Stradbroke Island/Minjerribah community on its proposal to introduce timed parking in this area to help remove informal parking from and preserve this culturally sensitive area.

Subordinate Local Law No. 4 (Local Government Controlled Areas, Facilities and Roads) 2015 at Schedule 1, Item 4, makes it a prohibited activity to enter or remain in a local government cemetery for any purpose other than:

  1. Visiting a grave, memorial, or interment site
  2. Attending a funeral
  3. Maintaining or repairing a grave, memorial, or interment site in accordance with written authorisation of the Chief Executive Officer.

Following a safety review, the recent removal of 22 parking spaces at the One Mile ferry terminal was required to improve the safety of everyone using the ferry terminal and bus stop. The improvements have provided the bus service with safer bus access, better visibility, and more effective bus manoeuvrability. However, these changes resulted in commuters parking their vehicles all day in the parking area provided for Dunwich Cemetery visitors. Council's proposal for regulated parking at the One Mile ferry terminal is currently out for consultation. For more information on this project, please click here.

The engagement period commenced on 26 June 2023 and concluded on 23 July 2023.

Redland City Council’s (Council) local laws undergo a continual review process to provide the best outcomes for Council and the community.

At the 21 June 2023 General Meeting, Council resolved to commence the local law-making process for Subordinate Local Law No. 5 (Parking) 2015 and commence community consultation on a proposed amendment to the local law, which would introduce a two-hour parking limit at the Dunwich Cemetery parking area.

Council is seeking feedback from the North Stradbroke Island/Minjerribah community on its proposal to introduce timed parking in this area to help remove informal parking from and preserve this culturally sensitive area.

Subordinate Local Law No. 4 (Local Government Controlled Areas, Facilities and Roads) 2015 at Schedule 1, Item 4, makes it a prohibited activity to enter or remain in a local government cemetery for any purpose other than:

  1. Visiting a grave, memorial, or interment site
  2. Attending a funeral
  3. Maintaining or repairing a grave, memorial, or interment site in accordance with written authorisation of the Chief Executive Officer.

Following a safety review, the recent removal of 22 parking spaces at the One Mile ferry terminal was required to improve the safety of everyone using the ferry terminal and bus stop. The improvements have provided the bus service with safer bus access, better visibility, and more effective bus manoeuvrability. However, these changes resulted in commuters parking their vehicles all day in the parking area provided for Dunwich Cemetery visitors. Council's proposal for regulated parking at the One Mile ferry terminal is currently out for consultation. For more information on this project, please click here.

The engagement period commenced on 26 June 2023 and concluded on 23 July 2023.

Consultation has concluded

  • Council endorses proposed Cemetery parking amendment

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    Between Monday, 26 June and Sunday, 23 July 2023, Council undertook a public consultation on a proposed amendment to Subordinate Local Law No. 5 (Parking) 2015, which would introduce timed, off-street parking in the Dunwich Cemetery parking area. Council advised the community it was considering introducing a two-hour parking limit in the parking area.

    Council received 32 submissions during the engagement period. However, only 30 of those were appropriately submitted.

    Community feedback indicated that the suggested two-hour parking limit would not provide sufficient time for cemetery visitors, and instead, a four-hour parking limit was suggested by the respondents.

    At the General Meeting on Wednesday, 16 August 2023, Council resolved to make the proposed amendment to Subordinate Local Law No. 5 (Parking) 2015. Council has also heard the community and is considering a four-hour parking limit in the Dunwich Cemetery parking area.

    The installation of advisory signs at the entrance to the cemetery informing all visitors of the purpose of the cemetery was also supported during the consultation phase.

    Council will introduce the new parking limits and advisory signs soon.

  • Minjerribah community to have their say on parking at Dunwich

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    Public consultation starts today, Monday 26 June 2023, in relation to parking at Dunwich and the One Mile ferry terminal on North Stradbroke Island/Minjerribah.

    The Redland City Council-led consultation aims to address parking at Dunwich to relieve parking pressures in the area, to manage foreshore areas for the wider community and to protect the environment and cultural heritage.

    “Council is aware that the availability of parking in Dunwich is an issue and that some people also are parking vehicles in areas of cultural significance,” Cr Williams said.

    “In some cases, vehicles are being parked in public parking spaces for several weeks, which is affecting the area’s amenity and availability of parking.

    “It is vital for the island community and visitors that parking is improved to create fairer access for all to parking spaces, to help preserve the natural beauty of the Dunwich foreshore, and to ensure important cultural heritage is protected.

    “The Dunwich foreshore has many fragile environmental and cultural heritage values, and Council is committed to protecting this natural environment and heritage while providing efficient parking options.”

    Cr Williams said Council would be seeking public submissions on a proposal for regulated parking across Dunwich and One Mile, and the community’s ideas for other suitable approaches to parking in this picturesque part of Redlands Coast.

    Division 2 Councillor Peter Mitchell said while Dunwich was certainly blessed with a wonderful foreshore and much cultural heritage, there were few means to create additional parking.

    “This is why Council is seeking the community’s ideas on what people would like to see for parking in the area,” Cr Mitchell said.

    “Council also will be consulting the community on a proposed change to Subordinate Local Law 5 (Parking) 2015, part of which will introduce regulated, two-hour, off-street parking at Dunwich Cemetery.

    “Parking in a local government cemetery for reasons other than visiting or maintaining a grave, memorial or interment site, or attending a funeral, is prohibited under Council’s local laws, but some commuters have been using the visitor parking at the cemetery as all-day parking.

    “Out of respect for the sanctity of the cemetery and the many unmarked graves there, Council is proposing to introduce regulated parking in this culturally sensitive area.

    “I urge the Minjerribah community to lodge a submission on parking at Dunwich and be part of the solution to the wider parking issues in this beautiful, coastal location.”

    Redland City Council’s community consultation on parking at Dunwich and the One Mile ferry terminal, and the proposed local law change to parking at the cemetery, will open on Monday 26 June as an online portal with comprehensive information and facility for public submissions, plus opportunity to provide Council with hard copy submissions.

  • Proposed amendments 2023

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    At the 21 June 2023 General Meeting, Council resolved to commence community consultation on a proposed amendment to Subordinate Local Law No. 5 (Parking) 2015, which would introduce a two-hour parking limit at the Dunwich Cemetery parking area, beginning on 26 June and ending on 23 July 2023.

    This consultation will be held simultaneously with Council's consultation on its proposal for regulated parking at Dunwich and the One Mile ferry terminal.