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The proposed Personal Training Policy and Commercial Fitness Activity Local Law were advertised for a period of one month and generated 179 responses, 77 were feedback forms and 102 were written responses.
Approximately 119 responses were against and 60 in favour of the various aspects of the policy and local law.

The main issues were:
(a) conditions of use;
(b) fees and charges;
(c) categories of permits and the number of people for each;
(d) number of sessions per permit per week;
(e) selection of parks;
(f) rate payers having to pay a fee to use a local park and
(g) monitoring and education enforcement of the local law applicable to these permits

The collective feedback has resulted in Council officers recommending a six month trial period with conditions. There will be no fees charge, the only requirement is for the applicant (permit holder) to register their details and adhere to the use of sanctioned parks and group classifications.



There will be no restriction on the number of sessions or the number of permits. All permit holders must be qualified and have professional indemnity and public liability insurance. All Commercial Fitness activity will only be carried out in designated parks as per categories A to D and conditions of use will apply.



All permit holders are required to complete The City of Yarra Personal Training Permit Application form nominating which parks they intend to use, which days, times and the size of the group.



A big thank you to all the Fitness businesses, members of the public, participants and the City of Yarra for working together throughout the consultative process to produce a fantastic outcome.