Council has identified Khancoban Drive Park for an upgrade from a local level to a district level park. For more information on the Sunshine Coast's open space areas, park types and hierarchy please visit Council’s website.

Based on our community’s input, feedback and vision for the park, Council has prepared a draft landscape plan for Khancoban Drive Park, which will guide the development of improvements for the park.

We invited the community to review the draft landscape plan and provide feedback by completing a short online survey between Monday 18 November and 5pm, Friday 13 December 2024. The feedback will help us finalise the landscape plan.

In May 2024, we engaged with our community to understand what you love about Khancoban Drive Park and what could be improved. Using the feedback collected from the online survey and mapping activity, we developed a draft landscape plan for the park.

The key outcomes our community wanted to see in the park were:

• an upgraded playground for all ages
• shade sails for the playground and more shade trees
• pathways
• barbecue and picnic tables
• sports facilities
• fitness equipment
• a fenced dog exercise area.

In the previous stage, park users also raised concerns about the drainage issues and wet areas at the park. We have investigated possible solutions to mitigate the risk. As a result, in addition to the park improvements detailed in the draft landscape plan:

• the playground will be elevated to a flood-immune level, based on a 1-in-10-year flood event under current climate conditions
• sensitive facilities, such as barbecues and public amenities, have been located outside the flood extent and will be elevated if necessary.

We are also investigating replacing the concrete drain with a natural drainage channel to improve the park’s amenity.

The stage 1 community engagement findings can be viewed here.

The community engagement findings will help us finalise the landscape plan. We will present the final landscape plan to the community in February 2025 and it will be made available on Have your Say Sunshine Coast.

Following finalisation of the landscape plan and consideration of allocated budget and potential staging we will undertake detailed design for Stage 1 of the park upgrade.

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Khancoban Drive Park, located between Khancoban Drive and Jingellic Drive, offers expansive green spaces and significant potential. This park has been identified for an upgrade from a local park to a district-level park. As a district-level park, Khancoban will play a pivotal role in the Buderim and Mountain Creek area, providing space for the community to socialise and enjoy outdoor activities together. Parks like this can also bring economic benefits to the town by hosting activities such as markets and offering a place for travellers to rest and relax outdoors.

In September 2023, we consulted the community about the dog exercise area in the park, and the area identified in the plan was the community's preferred choice. In May 2024, we returned to the community to gather their values and vision for Khancoban Drive Park, which helped us develop a draft landscape plan. We also received feedback that the community prefers the dog exercise area to be fenced.

The stage 1 community engagement findings can be viewed here.

To contact Council’s project team please email: LandscapeDesignandPlanning@sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au