Planning

We provide planning services at the local, metropolitan and regional levels. This includes:

• Best practice urban and rural planning
• Local Environmental Planning (including Infrastructure Strategy Planning and Coordination) to ensure maximum benefit is derived from existing infrastructure and gaps are identified for orderly land use planning.
• Strategic planning (including Place Strategy and Planning) using evidence based approaches to deliver targeted strategies
• Land use review, rezoning of land and preparation and assessment of planning proposals consistent with relevant legislation and policies
• Land management
• Applied research in land use planning.
• Community and stakeholder engagement including negotiation, facilitation, workshop design and delivery for diverse stakeholders.
• Interpretation and application of State, Local and Commonwealth legislative planning frameworks to deliver strategic planning outcomes
• Smart Cities Strategy and Policy  Development
• Thorough understanding of Local, State and Commonwealth government processes and practices.

Below is a sample of the type of work we have done in Planning:

• Review of State Infrastructure and Implementation Plans, 
• Preparation of Planning Policy
• Review and Development of Development Control Plans for local government.
• Statements of Environmental Effects & Review of Environmental Factors for various State Government housing projects
• Review of State Environmental Planning Policies (SEPPs)
• Detailed Planning Brief for development of large development
• Stakeholder Engagement for both State and Local Government