Have Your Say on our draft Integrated Open Space Strategy 2025 - 2035. This Strategy will guide how Council looks after our parks and open spaces to 2035 and beyond.

City of Ryde has 202 parks, covering 348 hectares, or 9%, of the City’s total area. Our parks and open spaces offer something for everyone; from local parks that you can walk to, regional destination parks, sports fields, and natural bushland. Together they support a range of sport, leisure and recreational activities, as well as helping protect local plants and animals. The Lane Cove National Park, on the City’s northern border adds even more nature-based recreation opportunities.

The Strategy will help us plan, design and care for these open spaces while our population grows and changes; making sure they meet different lifestyle and recreation needs, bring people together and protect nature. The Strategy also identifies how our open space network can help us deal with climate change.

We are seeking your feedback on the draft vision, outcomes and objectives included in the draft Strategy. Whether you live, work, study or play in the City of Ryde, your input will help us shape the future of our parks and open spaces.

  • Draft Integrated Open Space Strategy

    View the Draft Draft Integrated Open Space Strategy 2025 - 2035

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We’ve developed the Integrated Open Space Strategy (IOSS) using insights from Stage 1 community engagement, research, and benchmarking against global and national best practice. This included:

  • What our community told us: How people currently use parks and open spaces, and ideas for how they can be improved, better managed, and protected.
  • Changing trends: New and emerging sport and recreation preferences in our community.
  • Emerging challenges: Managing parks and open spaces as more people live closer together, responding to climate change, and working within budget constraints.


Hard copies of the exhibited document are available for viewing at City of Ryde Libraries.

Visit the Libraries webpage for location and operating times.


Frequently Asked Questions


The IOSS will provide the overarching guidance for the provision, operation and maintenance of the City’s parks and open space (including sports facilities, recreation and play areas, natural/conservation reserves, linear parks and foreshores) for at least the next 10 years.

More specifically, the IOSS will provide a framework for delivering accessible and high-quality parks and an open space network which supports active lifestyles, connected communities and healthy urban and natural environments.

Since the adoption of the the Integrated Open Space Plan (IOSP) in 2012, there has been population growth and change, new and emerging sport and recreation participation trends, increasing financial constraints and a greater focus on climate change and environmental sustainability.

With these ongoing changes, Council’s plans for parks and open spaces need to be updated so they remain relevant to the ongoing trends, needs and preferences of residents and visitors to the City of Ryde.

The IOSS update includes two key phases of community consultation:

  • Stage 1: Data gathering phase (April - May 2024)
  • Stage 2: Public exhibition of the draft updated IOSS

Your feedback during the 2024 Stage 1 Have Your Say has been used to identify your key priorities and actions for enhancing the City’s parks and open spaces (and the associated recreation facilities) and to prepare the vision, desired outcomes and key objectives for the new Strategy.

This Stage 2 public exhibition provides you with the opportunity to review and provide further feedback and suggestions on the draft vision, outcomes and objectives prior to their adoption by Council. Any comments you provide will be taken into consideration in the preparation of the final Strategy.

Have Your Say

Online Submissions

You can provide your feedback via the submission form link below.

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This form is intended for feedback only. Please direct any questions/enquiries to cityofryde@ryde.nsw.gov.au.

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