The relocation of freight operations from the city centre to Dooen has created an opportunity to reinvigorate the area between Wawunna Road and McPherson Street.

The Horsham Rail Corridor Master Plan will be a blueprint for new infrastructure, investment and land uses in the area.

It will explore how to create better connections across the corridor between Horsham’s north and the city centre.

Council hosted consultation sessions last week to discuss development plans.

Council’s community services director Angela Murphy said there were two drop-in sessions on Wednesday, followed by a workshop on Wednesday night.

”There was a constant flow of people for the drop-in sessions, and about 20 people at the workshop,” she said.

“There were lots of ideas. Some of those were around how we activate the site and improve the visual appearance of the area, and also how we improve access in the area.

“There were suggestions for possible parkland, community uses and recreation activities in the area.

“There was also a suggestion that we could use the silos for a rock-climbing gym.”

Ms Murphy said council was in the process of gathering the ideas and looking at which of them were feasible.

“We anticipate the plan will be completed by the end of the year, with a draft done around September,” she said.

“The plan will talk about priorities and things that can be done in the short term, as well as other things that would take longer to complete.”

Ms Murphy said people who missed the discussion sessions could fill out a survey online.

“The survey is open until August 10 and we are happy to receive submissions until then,” she said.

Ms Murphy said people could visit  www.horshamrailcorridor.com.au to complete the survey.

She said the need for a plan was identified in the 2013 Horsham North Urban Design Framework.

She said the plan would inform future changes to the planning scheme, government investment priorities, private investment, and infrastructure plans.