Save Beaufort PS60 for a Community Hub

31/10/2025

We're excited to share that the Draft Old Beaufort Primary School Master Plan is now available to view on our website!
Thanks to the Victorian Government providing $800,000, Council has been able to develop a plan to transform the historic former school into a community hub.
The draft plan, developed in collaboration with Public Realm Lab and based on community feedback from two surveys, is now available for viewing on our website.
Stay tuned as we continue to work on finalizing the master plan. Check it out at pyrenees.vic.gov.au!

11/09/2025

COMMUNITY CONSULTATION SESSIONS
PUBLIC REALM LAB & PYRENEES SHIRE COUNCIL

PUBLIC DROP-IN SESSION
BEERIPMO CENTRE, Lawrence Street, Beaufort
TUESDAY 16 SEPT 2025
Just drop in
Any time between
1.30 pm to 6.00 pm
To discuss the master planning
for the Old Beaufort Primary School

INVITEES ONLY CONSULTATION SESSION
BEERIPMO CENTRE, Lawrence Street, Beaufort
TUESDAY 16 SEPT 2025
9.00 am to 11.30 am

If you contributed to the recent Old Beaufort Primary School Master Plan survey, hopefully, you will have received a formal invitation to attend an in-person consultation session on the findings of the community surveys and the first draft of the master plan for the former Beaufort Primary School. If you cannot attend this session, please attend the public drop-in session between 1.30 to 6 pm the same day.

30/08/2025

BPS60 Advocacy group has been lobbying the council to consider a central shire presence within the new community hub on the former Beaufort Primary School site. It would open up possibilities for the shire and community to work more closely together. It would provide an anchor for community stakeholder groups to build around, with confidence in the initial viability of the hub.

The financial viability of the hub is of major importance, for which BPS60 is developing several business ideas. We understand the council has a financial responsibility to the community. The project must be self-sustaining and not impose undue financial burden on the shire.

At a council meeting on 18th August 2025, the council agreed to a recommendation put by Councillor Ferrari to take control, in principle, through ownership or other negotiated means, of the former Beaufort Primary School site and facility through negotiations with the State Government. The council agreed that the site must be fully refurbished and in suitable condition to be used by the community before management handover, or receive state government funding for full refurbishment.

For more details, please read the article in the Pyrenees Advocate, either online or in print.

PYRENEES Shire Council has agreed to start talks with the Victorian Government on taking over the Old Beaufort Primary School site and its community hub management.

01/08/2025

Old Beaufort Primary School Master Plan

Survey Two.

Community views are being sought on what a future community hub at the Old Beaufort Primary School should include and who should be involved.

Submissions for Survey two will close on 06 August 2025.

Beaufort Primary School 60 Advocacy Group strongly urge the community to complete Survey 2 – we need all your views.

Here is the link to complete Survey 2 Online

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/LCCL83T?rexr_p=currentOld

Hopefully you have also received a copy of Survey Two in the mail, if you live within the 3373-postcode area.

A public flier will be displayed with a QR code at sites around Beaufort, and via hard copy available at our libraries, the Council Offices, or upon request.

If you would like to participate in in-person meetings as part of completing Survey two, contact Pyrenees Shire Council at 1300 797 363 or email [email protected]

The project's focus is to take a long-term approach - looking at the site from the community's future over the next five to ten years. Also, the master plan can evolve over time as future needs change.

Future in-person engagement will be conducted following the closure of the second survey, including local community groups, key stakeholders and interested survey two participants.