2016 PIA National Awards for Planning Excellence

The Planning Institute of Australia’s 2016 National Awards for Planning Excellence have been announced in Queensland.

Fifteen awards were presented across 13 different categories in recognition of the quality of planning initiatives nominated, with the host state winning four awards and three commendations.

Winner of Best Planning Ideas Award - Large Project: SEPP 65 and the Apartment Design Guide by NSW Department of Planning & Environment.

Winner of Best Planning Ideas Award - Large Project: SEPP 65 and the Apartment Design Guide by NSW Department of Planning & Environment.

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The New South Wales Department of Planning and Environment’s SEPP 65 and the Apartment Design Guide was the recipient of the Best Planning Ideas Award – Large Project. The policy, which seeks to establish a consistent approach to the design and assessment of apartment design, was legislated as planning law in 2002 and updated in June 2015.

From Plan to Place Award winner: Gasworks at Newstead Riverpark by Cardno HRP, Brisbane City Council, Aveo, Cox Rayner Architects.

From Plan to Place Award winner: Gasworks at Newstead Riverpark by Cardno HRP, Brisbane City Council, Aveo, Cox Rayner Architects.

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The Plan to Place Award, which recognizes the implementation of a plan into a successful place, was presented to Gasworks at Newstead Riverpark in Brisbane by Cardno HRP, Brisbane City Council, Aveo and Cox Rayner Architects.

The Planning Champion Award, which is awarded to a non-planner who is promoting good planning or the planning profession to the public, went to Melbourne’s lord mayor Robert Doyle.

National president of the Planning Institute of Australia, Brendan Nelson, said the national judging panel was impressed by the number and quality of nominations this year, and how representative they were of the planning industry.

“This year’s nominations highlight the innovative and resourceful side of planners. The clear emphasis on the very topical urban infill development, remediation and place making is interspersed by inspired software tools and valuable guidelines,” Nelson said.

“Planners are more involved than ever with the communities they live in and help shape. This year’s nominations reflect the important role planners play in not only creating, but transforming and renewing existing spaces to fulfill changing and evolving needs while continually growing with and meeting the needs of the community.”

The annual PIA National Awards for Planning Excellence start at state and territory level with winners from each going on to be judged at the national level.

The 2016 National Awards for Planning Excellence

Planner of the Year

Sarah Hill

Commendation

Shannon McGuire

Young Planner of the Year

Andrew Wheeler

From Plan to Place Award

Gasworks at Newstead Riverpark – Cardno HRP, Brisbane City Council, Aveo, Cox Rayner Architects

Commendation

Transforming the Public Ream – Brimbank City Council

The Hard Won Victory Award

Frank Hilton Landfill Remediation Project – City of Onkaparinga

Improving Taree’s Town Centre – Greater Taree City Council, Tidy-Up Taree and Night Bazaar

Yeerongpilly TOD Plan of Development (QLD) – Deicke Richards

Outstanding Student Project Award

Housing Essentials - Low to moderate income worker housing in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs – Emma Clinton

Who really pays for urban infrastructure? The impact of developer infrastructure charges on housing affordability in Brisbane, Australia (Doctoral Thesis) – Lyndall Bryant, Queensland University of Technology

Best Planning Ideas Award – Small Project

WGV at White Gum ValleyLandCorp, Coda and Urbis

Commendation

Launceston City Heart Project – CoDesign Studio with City of Launceston

Urban Interventions Waverley Council – Waverley Council

Best Planning Ideas Award – Large Project

SEPP 65 and the Apartment Design GuideNSW Department of Planning and Environment

Sunshine Coast - Shaping Our Future – Sunshine Coast Council and HASSEL

Guidelines for trail planning, design and management – TRC Tourism

Improving Planning Processes and Practices Award

The NorBE Assessment Tool – WaterNSW

Logan City Council’s Online Environmental Offset Estimator – Logan City Council, Parsons Brinckerhoff, Ozius Spatial

Public Engagement and Community Planning Award

Creating a City within a Forest – City of Melbourne

Memorial Gardens Master Plan - City of Prospect

Great Place Award

Gladstone Coal Exporters Maritime Precinct, East Shores – Urbis and Gladstone Ports Corporation Limited

Dandenong Civic Centre – rush wright associates, Lyons Architecture, Material Thinking

Cutting Edge Research and Teaching Award

(Sub)Urban Sexscapes: Geographies and Regulation of the Sex Industry – Paul J Maginn (UWA), Christine Steinmetz (UNSW)

Promotion of Planning Award

A Tale of Two Cities – Kent Acott

Planning Champion Award

The Right Honourable Robert Doyle, Lord Mayor of Melbourne

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