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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
COURSE GUIDE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
NEW SOUTH WALES COURSE GUIDE
NEW SOUTH WALES
Welcome to another year of learning
and development opportunities
for professionals engaged in the
Planning Industry.
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PLANET 2020 COURSE GUIDE CONTENTS
CONTENTS
2020 PLANET COURSE GUIDE PLANNING SYSTEM
TAILORING YOUR The learning model also provides
training opportunities to address a Planning for Non-Planners 4
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
range of personal skills gaps for career Your Guide to Noise Assessment NEW 5
The PLANET program is administered by development.
the Planning Institute of Australia (PIA). Planning Proposals 101 NEW 6
PLANET provides popular core learning BESPOKE TRAINING AVAILABLE
programs and keeps you up to date with PIA NSW work with a number of Statement of Environmental Effects - Tips n Tricks 8
legislative, regulatory and policy changes in organisations to bring our training to PLANNING LAW
planning. Programs are added through the you anywhere in NSW. We are able to
year and updates will be available at offer many of our PLANET courses as Preparing and Reviewing Clause 4.6 Variations 9
www.planning.org.au/nsw a bespoke package for your staff. For Skills You Need to Know to be a Good Expert Witness 11
more information contact nswmanager@
TAILORING YOUR planning.org.au COMMUNICATION AND ENGAGEMENT
LEARNING NEEDS The Community Engagement Challenge: How to Involve Others in Your Decisions 12
Planners play an integral role in shaping IMPORTANT INFORMATION
the future of our cities, towns and BOOKINGS/STUDENTS/ Connecting with your Local Aboriginal Land Council 13
surrounds. Successful development CANCELLATIONS Digital Community Engagement NEW 14
outcomes require planners to have new
competencies to enable the advancement How to Structure and Write a Planning Report NEW 15
PLANET bookings and payment should be
of their skills in practice. PLANET provides
made online via the PIA website. Course STRATEGIC PLANNING
a comprehensive range of programs
numbers are strictly limited so please book
which cover six key skills areas that all Planning for Bushfire Resilience 16
early to avoid disappointment.
great planners need to be competent in
(and match with our Registered planner Public Realm Planning 17
Full-time student members (with evidence)
pathway): Placemaking for Planners 18
who wish to attend a program will be
charged 50% of the scheduled fee. Please ECONOMICS
Professionalism and integrity
contact PIA to arrange. Note: The listed
Spatial thinking price for all programs includes GST. Economics for Planners NEW 19
Creative and multidisciplinary approach Infrastructure Planning 20
If you cannot attend a registered session
you must withdraw online no later than HERITAGE AND LOCAL CHARACTER
Communication and engagement
7 days prior to the course. If you cannot
Planning frameworks attend and you are within 7 days of Sustaining Heritage through Planning and Development 21
the course date, you can transfer your Neighbourhood Character and Character Statements 22
Technical knowledge registration to another course or another
person, provided we have at least 48 hours DESIGN
PLANET presenters are subject matter notice of your decision to transfer.
Urban Design 23
experts who are skilled in facilitating
training and providing a positive learning We cannot issue refunds or credits. If you Design Thinking Drawing - Built Form and Character NEW 24
experience to improve your knowledge. do not attend on the day a full fee will be
GIS for Planners NEW 25
charged.
PLANET PROMOTES “BEST Active Frontages 101 NEW 26
PIA requests payment of any outstanding
PRACTICE” IN URBAN PLANNING invoices before you register for PLANET Healthy Active by Design in Practice 27
One of the best ways to improve your skills courses in 2020. Assessing and Improving Walkability NEW 28
is to become informed of best practice
models used by others. Our programs are Check the website www.planning.org.au/ Smart City Strategy Delivery and Successful Implementation NEW 29
developed to ensure improved practitioner nsw for updates to venues and start times.
skills through tailoring practical workshop
sessions.4 5
PLANET 2020 COURSE GUIDE
PLANNING SYSTEM
PLANNING FOR NON- possible. He has delivered a short course – YOUR GUIDE TO NOISE COURSE PRESENTERS:
PLANNERS planning for non-planners, to public sector ASSESSMENT
staff, politicians, community group and Jeff Parnell, Noise Specialist, NSW
This course will provide you with a the private sector since 2006. He holds Join us for a short course designed for Department of Planning and Environment
practical and robust introduction to the view that training that helps people non-acousticians who as part of their work Jeff is the is Chair of the NSW Division of
the NSW Planning System. It will be understand how the planning system works need to understand NSW noise regulations the Australian Acoustical Society and is an
especially beneficial to people from a is important for reducing the potential and be able to interpret a specialist Adjunct Academic at UNSW and a Visiting
non-planning background that would misunderstandings and confusion about Noise Impact Assessment Report for a Fellow at UTS.
like a better understanding of how urban the planning system. new project or modification to an existing
planning operates in NSW. Participants operation. Jeff generally works on projects of State
will be provided with a range of planning He is also currently a member of the World
significance such as mines, wind farms
documents in the course notes and a Health Organisation’s working group The course will focus on how to review a and large infrastructure projects and has
planning jargon buster. which has prepared a set of guidelines Noise Impact Assessment, determine which been involved in the development of all
on the connections between housing noise policy documents are applicable to of the current noise policy documents
DESIGNED FOR: and health. He is the Director of the a project, understand the assumptions used in NSW. He has authored more than
Staff at public and private organisations Henry Halloran Trust at the University of that have been made and predictions 50 journal and conference papers and
who work with planners and/or interact Sydney – a research trust funded through calculated, assess the reasonableness technical articles.
with the planning system. It would also be philanthropy. and feasibility of any mitigation measures
useful for members of the public who are proposed, and set practical noise Mark Russell, Principal Consultant, SLR
interested in finding out how the planning objectives. Mark specialises in environmental noise
Dates
system works. and vibration impact assessments for
Wednesday, 9 September 2020 and
A strong mathematical background is not major transport and infrastructure projects
Thursday, 10 September 2020 (Two Half-
LEARNING OUTCOMES: required, as acoustical fundamentals will in NSW and Australia.
Days - online)
• The purposes and rationale for only be discussed conceptually and some
planning; tips and ‘rules-of-thumb’ explained so His experience includes the measurement,
Wednesday, 4 November 2020 (Face- that you will be able to make more robust
• Planning terms and jargon; modelling, assessment and control of noise
to-Face) judgements regarding noise impacts.
• How the planning system works in and vibration emissions from roads and
NSW and in Australia; railways.
Time DESIGNED FOR:
• How local councils fit into the planning
system; 9:30am-12:30pm (Online Sessions) Town Planners, Environmental Managers
Date
8:30am-4:30pm (Face-to-Face Session) and Assessment Officers
• The role of land use zones in planning; Tuesday, 10 November 2020
• How the two main planning tasks
(controlling development and making LEARNING OUTCOMES:
Venue Time
plans) work; and • Overview of Noise Generation and
Online (Half-Day Sessions) 8.30am-12.00pm
• The purpose of the main planning Propagation;
documents used by planners. • EP&A Act and the POEO Act in
Saxons Training Facilities relation to noise; Venue
Level 10, 10 Barrack Street • Noise Policies applicable in NSW and SLR Consulting Australia Pty Ltd
COURSE PRESENTER:
Sydney NSW 2000 an overview of the more commonly 202 Submarine School, Sub Base
applied ones; and Platypus
Prof. Peter Phibbs
Price • Likely scenarios involving noise that a
Professor Phibbs is a geographer, planner North Sydney NSW 2060
PIA members $290 (online), $330 (Face- planner might expect to encounter.
and social economist. Whilst his main
research area has been involved with the to-Face) Price
development of the affordable housing Non-members $420, $450 (Face-to- $225 PIA Member
sector and on the relationship between Face )
$310 Non-Member METRO 3.5 PD
planning systems and housing supply,
METRO 6.5 PD EVENT POINTS
he has always been passionate about
explaining the working of the planning
EVENT POINTS
system to as many stakeholders as6 7
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PLANNING PROPOSALS 101 COURSE PRESENTERS: PLANNING PROPOSALS 101 - COURSE PRESENTER:
REGIONAL
The statutory planning controls contained Juliet Grant RPIA (Fellow), Executive Amanda Wetzel MPIA, Regional Director,
in local environmental plans inevitably Director, City Plan Strategy & Development The statutory planning controls contained City Plan Strategy & Development P/L
require updating, whether it is in response P/L in local environmental plans inevitably Amanda is a qualified urban and regional
to a wide scale strategic planning exercise Juliet is an experienced planner with 26 require updating, whether it is in response planner and engagement professional
or changes in site specific circumstances. years' strategic and statutory experience to a wide scale strategic planning exercise (IAP2). She has over 10 years’ experience
A planning proposal is the mechanism to in local and state government and the or changes in site specific circumstances. working in State and Local Government
achieve this, and may relate to a change consulting environment. She has a deep A planning proposal is the mechanism to in Australia and as a private consultant in
of zone or specific development standards, knowledge of the political, policy and achieve this, and may relate to a change Europe and the Middle East. Specialising in
or both! legislative environment and an in depth of zone or specific development standards, strategic land use development and policy
understanding of government processes or both! formulation, Amanda has a demonstrated
Join us for a short course designed for and how to apply them. track-record in stakeholder and community
Planners and allied practitioners involved in Join us for a short course designed for engagement.
the rezoning process. We will look at what Helen Deegan MPIA (Fellow), Director, City Planners and allied practitioners involved in
a planning proposal is (and what it isn’t) in Plan Strategy & Development P/L the rezoning process. We will look at what Amanda has expertise in concept
the context of the legislative framework. a planning proposal is (and what it isn’t) in planning, urban design and preparing
Helen is a qualified planner with a diploma
From a practical perspective we will use the context of the legislative framework. and implementing long-term planning
in property development as well being
case studies to look at what a planning From a practical perspective we will use and development initiatives. Her project
a graduate of the Australian Institute of
proposal should contain, the steps in the case studies to look at what a planning experience ranges from National-level
Company Directors. Helen has extensive
process and indicative timeframes. proposal should contain, the steps in the policy to Main Street masterplans, for
experience and expertise in all types of
strategic and statutory planning, including process and indicative timeframes. public and private clients. She is highly-
This course will identify the key challenges regarded for her effective communication
preparation and delivery of SSDA, local
and opportunities associated with This course will identify the key challenges and engagement skills, providing a basis for
development assessment and planning
planning proposals, as we embark upon and opportunities associated with establishing a common understanding and
proposals.
the journey to transform local planning planning proposals, as we embark upon vision for change supported by tangible
controls to meet the current needs and the journey to transform local planning actions.
aspirations of local communities. This will Date controls to meet the current needs and
include demonstrating strategic merit, Wednesday, 25 March 2020 aspirations of local communities. This will
evaluating options and understanding the include demonstrating strategic merit, Date
role of consultation within each step of the Time evaluating options and understanding the Thursday, 19 March 2020
process. role of consultation within each step of the
8:30am-12:30pm
process. Time
DESIGNED FOR: 8:30am-12:30pm
Venue DESIGNED FOR:
Statutory and Strategic Planners, Urban
Designers and Development Managers Saxons Training Facilities Statutory and Strategic Planners, Urban
Level 10, 10 Barrack Street Venue
Designers and Development Managers
Sydney NSW 2000 Newcastle City Hall - Mulubinba Room
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
LEARNING OUTCOMES: 290 King St
• What is a planning proposal, and what
Price • What is a planning proposal, and what Newcastle NSW 2300
should it contain;
• Overview of the legislative framework; PIA members $225 should it contain;
Non-members $310 • Overview of the legislative framework; Price
• Steps in the process and indicative
• Steps in the process and indicative PIA members $225
timeframes; and
METRO 3.5 PD timeframes; and Non-members $310
• Key challenges and opportunities.
EVENT POINTS • Key challenges and opportunities.
REGIONAL 3.5 PD
EVENT POINTS8 9
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PLANNING LAW
PREPARING STATEMENTS OF Stephen combines commercial acumen PREPARING AND REVIEWING COURSE PRESENTER:
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS - and advanced problem-solving skills with CLAUSE 4.6 VARIATION
a solid understanding of government Paul Mitchell OAM, MPIA (Fellow), Director
TIPS N TRICKS operations and decision-making processes
REQUESTS - Major Projects, City Plan Strategy &
to guide major planning projects through Development P/L
Whether your Statements of Environmental The NSW planning system currently has
the planning process and to increase the Paul is an Australian and international
Effects (SEE) effectively delivers your two mechanisms that provide the ability
capacity of organisations to achieve their leader in planning service delivery. He
message can be the difference between to vary development standards contained
goals. has expertise in strategic planning,
a smooth or frustrating development within environmental planning instruments:
process. A good SEE provides Council and environmental assessment and expert
Mark Schofield, Director - Planning, City testimony.
the community with enough information • Clause 4.6 of the Standard Instrument
Plan Strategy & Development P/L
to understand your project and its Local Environment Plan (SILEP); and
merits, whilst addressing all the statutory Mark is a qualified town planner with In 2004 Paul was admitted to the Order
• State Environment Planning Policy No
requirements – no mean feat! 20 years’ experience in State and Local of Australia for services to the community,
1 – Development Standards (SEPP1).
Government, with expertise in strategic environmental resources management
Writing a good SEE takes time, practice and statutory planning. Mark delivered the and planning.
Both clause 4.6 and SEPP 1 provide
and insight. This course will provide you with Development Assessment Best Practice
flexibility in the application of planning
Guide for Councils and Your Guide to the Penny Murray, Partner, Addisons
knowledge to improve your SEEs. controls by allowing councils and
Development Application process for the Penny has provided planning, environment
other consent authorities to approve a
Premiers’ Priority Faster Housing Approval and government advice to both public
DESIGNED FOR: development application that does not
program. He has extensive experience and private sector clients in the property,
New and not so new practitioners comply with a development standard when
in the assessment of local and state development, infrastructure, energy,
striving to write better Statements of certain tests are met.
significant projects and knowledge of urban resources and manufacturing sectors since
Environmental Effects and those tasked
and regional planning issues. 1999. She also advises on land acquisition,
with assessing them. This workshop will explain how to best
compensation and valuation matters.
utilise a clause 4.6 variation request to
successfully achieve a variation of the
LEARNING OUTCOMES: Date applicable development standards. Penny has dual qualifications in
• The importance of strategic context; Tuesday, 27 October 2020 science (resource and environmental
• Preparing reports proportionate to the DESIGNED FOR: management) and law and acts for
issue; and individuals, privately owned companies
Time Town Planners, Urban Designers, Planning
• The view from both sides of the fence, and ASX companies such as Mirvac,
8:30am-12:30pm Lawyers, Developers and Strategic
including the perspective of Planning Stockland, Dexus and Lendlease.
Planners.
Panel members.
Venue Date
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
COURSE PRESENTERS: Saxons Training Facilities Thursday, 1 October 2020
• Assist consultant planners in drafting
Level 10, 10 Barrack Street clause 4.6 variation requests so
Stephen Kerr MPIA, Executive Director, City Sydney NSW 2000 that the consent authority can be Time
Plan Strategy & Development P/L satisfied that the contravention of the 8:30am-12:30pm
Stephen Kerr has almost 30 years’ Price development standard is justified;
experience at senior levels in private PIA members $225 and Venue
practice and local and state government, • Assist council planners in reviewing
Non-members $310 Saxons Training Facilities
Stephen offers extensive experience in and assessing the adequacy of clause
strategic and statutory planning, design Level 10, 10 Barrack Street
4.6 variation requests.
control and assessment, organisational Sydney NSW 2000
review and reform, due diligence and METRO 3.5 PD
strategic development advice and EVENT POINTS
Price
assessment of major developments. PIA members $225
Non-members $310 METRO 3.5 PD
EVENT POINTS10 11
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PLANNING LAW
PREPARING AND REVIEWING COURSE PRESENTERS: SKILLS YOU NEED TO KNOW TO health and waste and recycling services.
CLAUSE 4.6 VARIATION BE A GOOD EXPERT WITNESS
Paul Mitchell OAM, MPIA (Fellow), Director Graham currently sits as Chair or Expert
REQUESTS - REGIONAL - Major Projects, City Plan Strategy & Member on five Local Planning Panels.
Do you want to be a confident expert
Development P/L witness? This half-day workshop will He is a Fellow of the Planning Institute
The NSW planning system currently has
Paul is an Australian and international examine recent case law as well as draw of Australia and a Nationally Accredited
two mechanisms that provide the ability
leader in planning service delivery. on real life practical experiences. Mediator.
to vary development standards contained
within environmental planning instruments:
He has expertise in strategic planning, DESIGNED FOR: Paul Mitchell OAM, MPIA (Fellow), Director
environmental assessment and expert Town Planners, Urban Designers and - Major Projects, City Plan Strategy &
• Clause 4.6 of the Standard Instrument
testimony. He is a state appointed member Strategic Planners. Development P/L
Local Environment Plan (SILEP); and
• State Environment Planning Policy No of the Sydney District Planning Panels and
1 – Development Standards (SEPP1). a former national board member of the LEARNING OUTCOMES: Paul is an Australian and international
Planning Institute of Australia. In 2004 Paul leader in planning service delivery. He
• To understand the legislative
Both clause 4.6 and SEPP 1 provide was admitted to the Order of Australia for has expertise in strategic planning,
requirements for an expert witness;
flexibility in the application of planning services to the community, environmental environmental assessment and expert
• To be aware of the requirements that
controls by allowing councils and resources management and planning. testimony.
exist for expert witnesses in matters
other consent authorities to approve a before the Land and Environment
development application that does not He is a state appointed member of the
Court of NSW;
comply with a development standard when Sydney District Planning Panels and a
Dates • To draw on the real-life practical
certain tests are met. former national board member of the
TBC experiences of adjudicators and
Planning Institute of Australia.
experienced practitioners in the Land
This workshop will explain how to best and Environment Court of NSW; and
utilise a clause 4.6 variation request to Time In 2004 Paul was admitted to the Order
• To be aware of recent case law
successfully achieve a variation of the TBC of Australia for services to the community,
relating to expert witnesses. environmental resources management and
applicable development standards.
Venue planning.
COURSE PRESENTER:
DESIGNED FOR: TBC
Town Planners, Urban Designers, Planning Graham Brown MPIA (Fellow), Past Date
Lawyers, Developers and Strategic Price Commissioner of Land and Environment Thursday, 29 October 2020
Planners. Court
TBC
Graham has recently retired as a Time
LEARNING OUTCOMES: Commissioner and Senior Commissioner of 8:30am-12:30pm
• Assist consultant planners in drafting METRO 3.5 PD the Land and Environment Court of NSW
clause 4.6 variation requests so EVENT POINTS after 21 years. During this time Graham
that the consent authority can be Venue
heard over 2000 appeals on a wide range
satisfied that the contravention of the of planning and related issues. Saxons Training Facilities
development standard is justified; and Level 10, 10 Barrack Street
• Assist council planners in reviewing Prior to that, Graham was the Director of Sydney NSW 2000
and assessing the adequacy of clause Planning Services at Baulkham Hills Shire
4.6 variation requests. Council (now The Hills Shire Council) where Price
he oversaw the urbanisation of large parts PIA members $225
of the local government area, including
Non-members $310
the Rouse Hill Release Area as well as
subdivision, development control, building,
METRO 3.5 PD
EVENT POINTS12 13
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COMMUNICATION AND ENGAGEMENT
CONNECTING WITH YOUR Prof. Peter Phibbs
THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT • The participants unique role and LOCAL ABORIGINAL LAND Peter is a geographer, planner and social
commitment; and economist. Whilst his main research area
CHALLENGE: HOW TO INVOLVE COUNCIL – A GUIDE FOR
• Key concepts that must be considered has been involved with the development
OTHERS IN YOUR DECISIONS PLANNERS of the affordable housing sector and on
to be effective when involving others.
the relationship between planning systems
The International Association for Public A research project undertaken at the
and housing supply, he has always been
Participation (IAP2) “Public Participation for COURSE PRESENTER: University of Sydney in 2018 has highlighted
passionate about explaining the working
Decision Makers” course helps participants the uneven performance of the NSW
of the planning system to as many
understand what is required to get the Margaret Harvie, Director, Plancom Planning system in connecting with Local
stakeholders as possible. He has delivered
best value from an engagement process. Margaret is passionate about engaging Aboriginal Land Councils (LALCs). Given
a short course – planning for non-planners,
The session offers a perspective on how communities to ensure that they have a say that LALCs are major land owners in many
to public sector staff, politicians, community
public participation can be integrated over decisions that affect them. Accredited NSW Local Government Areas, it would be
group and the private sector since 2006.
into the overall project plan. It examines since 2008 she is one of a handful of a positive development for the planning
He holds the view that training that helps
the ‘why’, the costs and benefits of public trainers delivering the International system and for Land Councils if planning
people understand how the planning
participation, explores involvement of the Association for Public Participation (IAP2) practice in this area was improved.
system works is important for reducing the
public in decisions, and emphasises the course that is delivered globally. Margaret
potential misunderstandings and confusion
importance of both the decision being is committed to working with management In this half-day course, convened by
about the planning system.
made and the promise to the public about and project managers to give them the Professor Peter Phibbs from the University
their involvement in that process. plans, tools and capacity to effectively of Sydney, and Elle Davidson from GHD
He is also currently a member of the World
engage with their stakeholders and brings Planning, you will hear from staff from
Health Organisation’s working group which
It also explores the various aspects of good to the training a wealth of experience and LALCs and key Local Government planners
has prepared a set of guidelines on the
engagement planning (stakeholder and stories from her work in planning and about their experiences.
connections between housing and health.
issue identification, understanding core infrastructure for government and the
He is the Director of the Henry Halloran
values and policy/project processes) in private sector. DESIGNED FOR:
Trust at the University of Sydney – a
the context of a decision-making process Town Planners, Urban Planners, Councillors research trust funded through philanthropy.
– working through the opportunities for and Local Government Professionals.
influence at different stages. The session
Date
also provides an overview of the public LEARNING OUTCOME: Dates
Wednesday, 14 October 2020
participation practitioner's role. The The key outcome of the course will be to TBC
use of case studies are drawn from the give planners better tools for incorporating
Trainers’ experience and those relevant to Time the aspirations of LALCs in their future Time
participants to provide maximum learning 8:30am-5:00pm strategic plans. TBC
and relevance.
Venue COURSE PRESENTERS:
DESIGNED FOR: Venue
Saxons Training Facilities
Anyone involved in any aspect of TBC
Level 10, 10 Barrack Street Elle Davidson, Indigenous Engagement
community engagement, and anyone Leader, GHD
Sydney NSW 2000
involved with decision-making in some Price
Elle is one of NSW’s only Aboriginal
way. It is ideal for all levels of government, TBC
Price qualified Town Planners. Having worked
private practice and non-government
with Local Government for seven years
organisations. Elected members also PIA members $330
in Development Assessment and Urban
benefit from the training. Non-members $450
Design, Elle transitioned into consultancy
in 2015. Beginning with the Stakeholder METRO 3.5 PD
LEARNING OUTCOMES: Engagement and Social Sustainability POINTS
EVENT
• How public participation ties into their METRO 7 PD team she worked across multidisciplinary
decision-making process; EVENT POINTS projects.
• When and why to have the public
participate in their decisions (and
when not to);14 15
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DIGITAL COMMUNITY methods being used and trailed for HOW TO STRUCTURE AND • How to make a report easier to read:
engagement in planning; choosing an appropriate style, voice
ENGAGEMENT WRITE A PLANNING REPORT
• The skills to advocate for the use of and tone;
There are hundreds of technologies technology across your organisation Many of us leave the written outputs for a • How to develop a clear narrative and
now available for community and – including with executives, IT, large project until the end, or we’re required structure for your report;
stakeholder engagement — each with Information and Privacy Managers to produce a written report in little time. • How to avoid the pitfalls of writing
their own set of features, processes and and communication teams; and Strategically planning ahead is inherent in a planning report, including the
technical specifications. As a planner and • The confidence to evaluate and select what we do – despite this, we tend not to overused terms that only planners
engagement professional, it can hard to the right tools for your engagements. apply these skills to our report writing. understand; and
know what engagement technology to • How to incorporate the tenets of plain
select for your project and what to expect COURSE PRESENTER: Most planning reports are publicly released, English writing – clarity, consistency
when using them. and we should develop and write them and making your words count – into
Amelia Loye, Managing Director, engage2 so that people understand what they’re your day-to-day work.
This interactive half-day workshop will help Amelia is a social scientist specialising in reading and have a sense of transparency
you to understand and evaluate the tools community and stakeholder engagement. and involvement. Taking the time upfront COURSE PRESENTER:
available. You’ll learn how technology can Over the last 17 years', she has worked with to think about your report – its purpose,
be used to support engagement online governments across Australia and New audience and objectives – is a wise Tara Madden, Director, Topdeck Pty Ltd
and offline, and to manage the data and Zealand, and British Columbia in Canada, investment that will save time as the report Tara is an expert writer and editor with
relationships engagements generate. You helping governments to consult community, is developed. This will open up more time nearly 20 years’ experience communicating
will see case studies and discuss whether work with stakeholders and consider social to focus on the written word itself, allowing public policy issues in Australia and the UK.
the technologies being used are making issues and impacts in the design and you to avoid overused planning terms, She established Topdeck Communications,
these consultations and engagements delivery of resource management policy, jargon or motherhood statements. and now works with State agencies, local
more effective, innovative and smarter. urban and regional planning. councils and consultancies to translate
This course helps you to understand what technical documents, planning reports or
Finally, you’ll apply what you’ve been needs to be agreed before the writing strategic plans into engaging, clear content.
learning to your projects so that you have Dates begins, and how you can develop clear and
a list of priorities, requirements, tools to Thursday, 2 April 2020 consistent content that makes sense to
investigate and actions to take when you Wednesday, 21 October 2020 those outside the planning profession.
get back to the office. Requirement: You must provide a piece of Dates
Time your own work – preferably one that has Monday, 16 November 2020
DESIGNED FOR: 8:30am-12:30pm been troublesome - two weeks before the
course.
Urban and Regional Planners, Transport Time
Planners, Developers, Architects, Local Venue 8:30am-12:30pm
DESIGNED FOR:
Government Officers, Elected Members, Saxons Training Facilities
Urban Designers and anyone involved in Anyone writing documents designed to
Level 10, 10 Barrack Street be read by, and understood by, a public Venue
urban/town planning and development
projects. Sydney NSW 2000 audience. Saxons Training Facilities
Level 10, 10 Barrack Street
It is assumed participants will have some Price LEARNING OUTCOMES: Sydney NSW 2000
prior knowledge on community and PIA members $225 While you won’t leave this course with a
stakeholder engagement before attending new, innate ability to write perfectly, you
Non-members $310 Price
this workshop. will have the pointers that will help you
to form better report-writing habits. This PIA members $225
3.5 PD includes: Non-members $310
LEARNING OUTCOMES: METRO
EVENT POINTS
• An understanding of the spectrum of
• What you need to think about before
tools available for engagement; 3.5 PD
you start; audience, messages and METRO
• A taste of some innovative POINTS
purpose; EVENT16 17
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STRATEGIC PLANNING HERITAGE
PLANNING FOR BUSHFIRE • An understanding of strategic bushfire PUBLIC REALM PLANNING NSW, and Commonwealth Park, ACT, as
planning; well as preparing strategic open space
RESILIENCE Join us for a half-day workshop that
• A knowledge of Planning for Bushfire and recreation plans and management
This workshop is designed to provide Protection and its legislative introduces the essentials of current best guidelines for state and local governments
planning professionals with an framework; and practice in public realm planning. This across Australia for more than 20 years.
understanding of the destructive nature • An understanding of the practical workshop explores the values, policy and
of bushfires, the impact to property and application of PBP. strategy that underpin best practice A regular representative for AILA on State
how the legislative planning framework in and the placed based metrics that drive Government committees, juries and panels,
New South Wales helps to mitigate against practical and enduring outcomes on the Crosbie is often called upon as an Expert
COURSE PRESENTER:
future disasters. ground. Witness in the NSW Land and Environment
Catherine Ryland MPIA, Associate, Court particularly for Environmental Impact
We will explore strategic bush fire planning DESIGNED FOR: Assessment and has been instrumental in
Meridian Urban
for resilient communities as a concept. We Town Planners, Urban Designers and the planning of key initiatives such as the
Catherine is an urban planner and bushfire
will consider the process of carrying out a Strategic Planners. P2P Walkability model.
resilience expert with almost 20 years' of
bushfire risk assessment on a landscape diversified industry experience in the UK
scale using practical examples and look at LEARNING OUTCOMES:
and Australia. As the primary author of
ways to design development layouts with • How strategic planning helps shape Date
Planning for Bushfire Protection 2019 and
bushfire mitigation in mind. its associated legislation, Catherine has responsive statutory planning; Thursday, 27 August 2020
extensive experience in planning policy, • Outline of best practice metrics for
Planning for Bushfire Protection (PBP) strategy and development assessment, both quality and quantity of open Time
provides the legislative basis for the particularly with regard to matters of space; 8:30am-12:30pm
application of bushfire protection measures bushfire risk. • The role and application of The Sydney
through the planning process in NSW. Green Grid in connecting people and
Venue
We will also delve into the detail of PBP Based in Sydney, Catherine is a member place;
and its relationship with the National Online
of the PIA NSW Division Committee and • Changing trends in recreation and
Construction Code/Australian Standard a leader in the preparation of policy and particularly sport;
3959: Construction of buildings in bushfire- strategy relating to natural hazards. • The economic value of the public Price
prone areas. Practical case studies will be realm; PIA members $205
provided to work through the application of • The principles underpinning Value Non-members $295
Date
PBP for subdivision, special fire protection Capture and VPAs; and
purpose (SFPP) and infill development Tuesday, 4 August 2020 and Wednesday,
5 August 2020 • The role of the community in
applications.
successful long term outcomes. 3.5 PD
METRO
DESIGNED FOR: Time EVENT POINTS
COURSE PRESENTER:
Planning and building professionals looking 8:30am-12.30pm (both days)
for an understanding of the application Crosbie Lorimer, Allied Professional (NSW),
of Planning for Bushfire Protection in Venue Managing Director, CLOUSTON Associates
the planning proposal and/or planning Online Crosbie has more than 37 years in
application process.
practice, the first 7 of which have been
Price with CLOUSTON in the UK and 30 in
LEARNING OUTCOMES: Australia. Crosbie brings extensive
PIA Members $290
• An understanding of risk management experience to his role at CLOUSTON.
and emergency management; Non-members $420
He has led multidisciplinary teams on
• A knowledge of the impacts of bushfire projects for some of Australia’s key
on communities; 7 PD public domain landscapes including
• An understanding of bushfire POINTS Hyde Park and Centennial Parklands,
behaviour including fuel structure and
classification;18 19
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ECONOMICS
PLACEMAKING FOR PLANNERS COURSE PRESENTER: ECONOMICS FOR PLANNERS LEARNING OUTCOMES:
• Understanding key fundamentals
This interactive workshop will introduce Kylie Legge MPIA, Founding Director, Place This course provides participants with associated with economics in the
the fundamentals of placemaking as Score an appreciation of urban and regional planning and development of our
the process of creating self-activating Kylie is a leading voice in the evolving economics from both a project viability urban and regional localities;
and successful town centres and profession of placemaking. She is a perspective and in broader terms • Familiarity with the techniques used by
neighbourhoods that make people’s lives founding Director of Place Partners, a regarding the costs and benefits of economists in assessing development
better. The workshop also introduces multidisciplinary placemaking consultancy investments and the implications applications and structure planning;
the concept, tools and value of place based in Sydney Australia as well as Place of key economic parameters. The • Understanding the need for economic
measurement for evidence-based planning Score - the world's first place experience course explores the ways in which research in planning and development
and return on investment. measurement tool. economics underpins good planning projects and recognising when
and development for our cities, towns, to obtain specialist assistance in
DESIGNED FOR: Her interests lie in the relationship between regions and rural areas. It also explores economics, including expert witness
Urban Planners, Councillors, Local people and their urban environments and ways in which the preparation of for cases before the Land and
Government Professionals, Architects, how we can work better collaboratively to market assessments, economic impact Environment Court and Planning
Industry Members, Business Consultants create the kinds of places people want to assessments and net community benefit Panels; and
and Research Students. spend time in. assessments. The course is presented • Learning the necessary skills to enable
in non-technical language and contains the preparation of economics-related
LEARNING OUTCOMES: numerous real-life project examples in
consultancy briefs.
• Learn about the theory and practice of retailing, activity centre planning, tourism,
placemaking; residential and industrial development,
COURSE PRESENTERS:
• Learn through case studies that have Dates and growth area planning. Examples
used a placemaking approach in Thursday, 12 November 2020 are drawn from local, national and
international projects in the broad field of Sean Stephens, Group Director,
three areas of planning: LEP Updates, Economics, Ethos Urban
DCP Amendments and Town Centre Time urban and regional economics, planning
Revitalisation; 8:30am-12:30pm and development.
Lee Cikuts, Associate Director, Economics,
• Understanding of place measurement,
Venue The course demonstrates the importance Ethos Urban
common terms, definitions and tools;
Saxons Training Facilities of economics in the preparation of
and
Level 10, 10 Barrack Street strategic land use and development
• Learn about Place Score, a Date
Sydney NSW 2000 plans, structure plans and growth area
groundbreaking place experience Thursday, 5 November 2020
plans, and how to assess economics-
(PX) diagnostic, engagement,
Price related aspects planning proposals and
benchmarking, tracking and marketing
PIA Members $225 development applications. In particular, Time
platform that is being use to guide
Non-members $310 the course shows how to assess 8:30am-5:00pm
strategic planning and main street
land supply and demand for activity
revitalisation.
centres and growth areas, and land to
Venue
accommodate commercial, employment
Saxons Training Facilities
and residential activities. The importance
Level 10, 10 Barrack Street
METRO 3.5 PD of monitoring and review is emphasised.
POINTS Sydney NSW 2000
EVENT
DESIGNED FOR:
All planners and other professionals involved Price
in preparing, for example, strategic plans, PIA Members $330
structure plans and growth area plans, and Non-members $450
those involved in development applications
for major retail, commercial, industrial,
infrastructure and residential projects. METRO 7 PD
EVENT POINTS20 21
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HERITAGE AND LOCAL CHARACTER
INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING • Ensuring certifiers are doing their job
SUSTAINING HERITAGE COURSE PRESENTERS:
in terms of imposing and checking
THROUGH PLANNING Sharon Veale MPIA, Chief Executive Officer,
Development in Sydney is running ahead payment of contributions;
GML Heritage
of the local infrastructure that is required • Maximising developer involvement in
to support it. Unfortunately, infrastructure delivery of infrastructure and other This course focuses on the role that Sharon is a public historian and urban
is often an afterthought in the land use strategies that minimise financial risk planning can play in achieving sustainable planner with over 20 years’ experience in
planning framework, and roads, cycleways, for the council; heritage outcomes. Find out about current Aboriginal and historic cultural heritage
parks, sports facilities and community issues and attitudes to heritage, including planning, assessment, management and
• Resourcing the implementation phase
buildings are not keeping up with demands. best practice standards and guidelines. conservation for both government and
of the contributions system; and
Communities expect new infrastructure Participants will learn about how heritage private sector clients.
• Reporting plan progress to the
to accompany growth, not follow years community in a way that clearly shows can be successfully factored into urban
after. Developers, legitimately, expect planning by councils and government as Lisa Trueman, Associate, GML Heritage
what the plan has achieved and what
that the money they pay the council will remains to be done. part of sustainable environmental planning. Lisa Trueman GML Associate, is an
not be hoarded but be spent on new architect and heritage consultant with
infrastructure in a timely manner. COURSE PRESENTER: over 25 years’ experience in built heritage
Principles for the appropriate planning, conservation, including 15 years as a
Planners have traditionally focused on the Michael Park, Director, Mi Place Planning development and management of heritage adviser in local government. Lisa
plan preparation part of infrastructure heritage places will be outlined through specialises in providing design advice
Michael is passionate about better planning
contributions plans, but delivery of the interactive case studies and examples that and statutory guidance to government
for infrastructure; and an advocate for the
plans is often left to others. Additionally, demonstrate success in the integration of agencies, architects and developers.
integration of infrastructure planning into
there is little formal guidance on how to new development, including alterations and
the strategic land use planning process.
effectively deliver contributions plans. additions, adaptive reuse and infill within David Logan RPIA, Partner and Director,
historic settings. GML Heritage
Having worked in the private sector
This course focuses on how planners and consulting to the development industry and David has qualifications in architecture,
other council professionals can better plan DESIGNED FOR: heritage conservation and town planning
State and Territory Governments, as well as
for infrastructure up front, and how to 12 years in Local Government, Michael has Planners, Architects and Urban Designers and more than 30 years’ experience in
implement their contributions plans more extensive experience in planning, funding interested in urban planning in NSW, and heritage management in both the public
effectively so that growth infrastructure and delivering infrastructure to support our anyone involved in planning adaptation of and private sectors. David specialises
is provided for communities when it is growing communities. heritage places. in heritage related masterplanning and
needed. design projects, CBD development and the
LEARNING OUTCOMES: resolution of urban planning issues.
DESIGNED FOR: Date • An improved understanding of the
Strategic and Statutory Planners, Finance Thursday, 12 March 2020 role of heritage in the NSW planning Dates
Professionals, Engineers and Project systems including the relevant
Wednesday, 25 November 2020
Managers. legislation and guiding principles;
Time
• An improved understanding of the
8:30am-5:00pm Time
LEARNING OUTCOMES: identification and assessment of
heritage values; 8:30am-5:00pm
• Tips in plan drafting that make plan
Venue • An understanding of the role of
implementation easier;
Saxons Training Facilities heritage in guiding better design Venue
• User-friendly e-management tools
that simplify laborious management Level 10, 10 Barrack Street outcomes for the built environment; Saxons Training Facilities
tasks; Sydney NSW 2000 • An ability to apply your knowledge of Level 10, 10 Barrack Street
• How to track development and heritage values in strategic planning Sydney NSW 2000
contributions data in a way that Price and urban design; and
informs good decisions about works • An understanding of how to assess
PIA members $330 Price
programming; and mitigate potential impacts
Non-members $450 on significant heritage values in PIA Members $330
• Updating of works schedules and
the assessment of development Non-members $450
contribution rates to address cost METRO 7 PD METRO 7 PD
applications. EVENT POINTS
inflation; EVENT POINTS22 23
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DESIGN
NEIGHBOURHOOD CHARACTER COURSE PRESENTER: URBAN DESIGN • Contribute to discussion on the
AND CHARACTER STATEMENTS grouping and organisation of building
Diana Griffiths RPIA (Fellow), Founding This half-day workshop will provide a mass, streetscapes and urban space;
Assessing context and local character Director, Studio GL deeper understanding of what urban • Participate in urban design as an
is arguably one of the most contentious Diana is a skilled urban designer with 25 designers do. It will provide you with an inclusive and collaborative process;
aspects of planning. This course clarifies years' professional experience in urban urban design vocabulary and present and
the concept of 'local character' and 'desired planning, urban design and architecture. urban design as an inclusive and • Develop a passion for the role that we
future character' and provides a simple She is a Fellow of the Planning Institute of collaborative process while providing all play in creating the future of our
framework by which planners can begin to Australia and has lectured in urban design practical hands-on exercises and group cities.
understand these issues. and planning at the University of New work.
South Wales and the University of Sydney. COURSE PRESENTER:
The course uses photographs to show She is a passionate advocate for ways to This workshop will incorporate a practical
different elements of local character and plan and design more successful places. workshop on the application of site analysis Stephen Moore, Principal, RobertsDay
neighbourhood character typologies and and design response principles for an Stephen is identified by The Fifth Estate as
encourages debate on whether these infill development. This group work is then one of Sydney’s most influential designers
developments 'respect' context and analysed and discussed before a local and planners, Stephen is a leader on high
Dates
neighbourhood character. The course architect who will provide advice on how profile projects, contributor of the City’s
Wednesday, 12 August 2020 the site can work.
will also provide a summary of policy and Cultural Policy and Resilient Sydney and
recent guidance related to local character part of the Rockefeller Foundation’s 100
and explore critical Land & Environment Time To assist the creative process, various Resilient Cities Initiative.
Court decisions on the topic. 8:30am-12:30pm tools are available including urban design
frameworks and urban context reports.
DESIGNED FOR: Venue There are also good design principles with Dates
Planners who are responsible for writing a long history of application in successful Wednesday, 16 September 2020
Online
local character statements, or assessing urban form.
applications who need to clarify/ Time
Price DESIGNED FOR:
understand the concept of 'context and 8:30am-12:30pm
PIA members $205 Anyone looking for an advanced
local character'. Architects and building
designers, developers, solicitors and Non-members $295 understanding of urban systems and the
anyone else engaged in the control, infrastructure required to support a more Venue
assessment or design of residential compact city, and those dealing with major Online
development. 3.5 PD projects, higher density housing and mixed-
POINTS use development. Price
LEARNING OUTCOMES: PIA members $205
• Appreciate what context and local LEARNING OUTCOMES:
Non-members $295
character means in a planning • Recognise appropriate and
context; responsible urban design outcomes
• Develop an understanding of the and contribute to design discussions
based on a rational and replicable
3.5 PD
basic elements of local character and POINTS
neighbourhood character typologies; design methodology;
• Discuss the role of context and • Understand the critical role of context
neighbourhood character studies in and precedent in urban design;
local policies and in the assessment • Understand the fundamental
process; and language and elements of urban
• Learn about how to 'respect' design practice, formal design
neighbourhood character and how to principles, and the notion of the
'respond' to a specific context. guiding theme;24 25
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DESIGN THINKING DRAWING - with colleagues and others to create GIS FOR PLANNERS • The ability to source data from a
BUILT FORM AND CHARACTER planning schemes and guidelines. range of authoritative sources that
Planners today are not just technical can be used to make a map in GIS;
This full day training program is focused COURSE PRESENTER: specialists - they are also project • Basic spatial analysis skills to
on the skills required to be an effective managers, communicators and
interrogate spatial data in GIS for
professional in built form and character for Peter Richards MPIA, Director, Deicke negotiators. Planning is about designing
report preparation;
planning schemes and design guidelines Richards places to be environmentally sustainable,
socially inclusive, economically resilient and • The ability to make a map to include in
and codes. The training involves analysis Peter Richards is an architect and urban
of building typology and architectural adaptable to change. Local communities a report or presentation; and
designer and a founding director of Deicke
character principles for a range of urban Richards, a South-East Queensland based have strong opinions on how they want • An understanding of how maps can
buildings and places. Freehand drawing is design practice. Peter has been an Adjunct their communities to grow, and government be shared with project teams and
a key means to do this work and there will Professor at the QUT for 15 years teaching authorities such as NSW DPIE and Councils stakeholders for effective consultation.
be specific instruction and demonstration in the master of architecture program and regulate planning through legislation and
of the drawings and how they are done. is a full member of PIA. He is well known planning controls. COURSE PRESENTER:
as a designer, thinker and drawer and is
The program covers the following topics: a leader in Australia in enquiry-by-design This course provides an overview of the Dr Emma McIntyre, Director, EMAP
• Analysis of building typology and collaborative design processes. He has role of GIS and mapping as a tool to assist Consulting
architectural character principles recently published his book Design Thinking planners to meet these challenges. GIS Emma is a skilled GIS professional with
for a range of urban buildings and Drawing which a both a celebration of, and is an effective system for storing and 25 years' of experience in using GIS in
places; advocacy for the use of freehand drawing displaying a range of planning data from urban and environmental planning and
in the design process. a wide range of sources and formats, for environmental impact assessment projects.
• Drawing types that can used to
querying multiple data layers, and is also She has recently worked with City Plan on a
describe these qualities, including
used as a reporting and communication number of Local Housing Strategies, as well
analysis diagrams, cross sections and
Date tool. as the Department of Planning Industry
perspectives; and
• Specific instruction and TBC and Environment (DPIE) on precinct
The course will begin with an introduction planning projects in Western Sydney.
demonstration of the freehand
to the role of GIS in planning and some
drawings. Templates will be provided Time worked examples of how GIS can be used
to assist with these tasks. TBC Dates
in planning processes. It will also explore
common sources of authoritative data and TBC
DESIGNED FOR: Venue how to integrate those into GIS software,
Planners and others involved in preparing TBC basic map-making skills, spatial data Time
planning schemes and design guidelines analysis techniques and how to share TBC
and codes to better understand the information in a GIS format with your
elements of character and how to describe Price
project team and stakeholders.
them with drawings and words. TBC Venue
DESIGNED FOR: TBC
LEARNING OUTCOMES: Planners interested in using GIS to store
At the end of this course attendees will be and analyse spatial data from multiple Price
able to: sources, how to interpret maps and data, TBC
• Understand the principles and and how to apply the results in reports and
METRO 7 PD
elements that define urban and presentations.
EVENT POINTS
building character;
• Understand the typology of urban LEARNING OUTCOMES:
METRO 3.5 PD
buildings to achieve better urban • An understanding of the range of EVENT POINTS
design outcomes; and applications of GIS in the planning
• Obtain more confidence in freehand
field;
drawing to better communicate26 27
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SUSTAINABILITY HERITAGE
ACTIVE FRONTAGES 101 frontages and how active frontages HEALTHY ACTIVE BY DESIGN IN DESIGNED FOR:
are currently reflected in the planning PRACTICE Town Planners, Strategic Planners, Urban
Active frontages play a major role in the context; Designers, Social and Community Planners,
creation of safe and desirable places. • Understand the basic elements Join the Heart Foundation for a full-day Health Promotion Professionals, Transport
Healthy Active by Design defines an active influencing active frontages and the workshop on the implementation of places Planners, Consultants, Developers and
frontage as, 'a building frontage which dimensions (width, setback, height) that encourage health and wellbeing, using Development Managers.
contains uses that promote activity on the and facade design ‘tricks’ needed to Healthy Active by Design. Healthy Active by
street'. This workshop will provide a detailed support active streets; and Design is a practical guide to incorporating COURSE PRESENTER:
study of the theory behind active frontages • Become more confident about what health and physical activity into the design
and the role they play in successful places. to look for when assessing a design of our built environment. This useful
It will outline the value of active frontages and gain an increased knowledge tool offers the best-available evidence, Heart Foundation Representative
in mixed used centres and ways to activate of planning controls that encourage advice and examples to assist with the
commercial and residential frontages. It safer and more effective places. development of healthy environments.
uses photographs to show different types of
'active frontage', and encourage debate on COURSE PRESENTER: We know it’s easier to be active if your local Date
the elements contributing to or discouraging area: TBC
'activity on the street'. Diana Griffiths RPIA (Fellow), Founding • Is close to shops, schools and services
Director, Studio GL so you can walk or cycle, instead of Time
The workshop will be an interactive and Diana is a skilled urban designer with 25 driving.
thought-provoking class discussion using TBC
years' professional experience in urban • If there is supportive infrastructure
case studies to look at ways that active and planning, urban design and architecture. such as footpaths, safe road crossings
activated frontages are defined in planning She is a Fellow of the Planning Institute of and cycle paths. Venue
policy and how Councils and developers Australia and has lectured in urban design TBC
• Offers quality spaces that improve
can use design and planning controls to and planning at the University of New wellbeing – and are worth visiting –
encourage street level activity. South Wales and the University of Sydney. such as green areas, plazas, open Price
She is a passionate advocate for ways to space and recreational facilities. TBC
DESIGNED FOR: plan and design more successful places.
• Planners responsible for writing
You will be joined by experts in strategic
development controls or assessing
Date and statutory planning as we discuss
applications and needing to clarify/ 7 PD
understand the concept of 'active Wednesday, 18 March 2020
how to apply the Healthy Active by Design METRO
principles into everyday planning. EVENT POINTS
frontages';
• Those engaged in the control, Time LEARNING OUTCOMES:
assessment or design of residential 8:30am-12:30pm
or town centre development and • An understanding of the role that the
interested in creating safe, attractive built environment can have on health
and interesting places; and Venue in all age groups; and
• Architects, building designers and Saxons Training Facilities • An understanding of how to apply
Level 10, 10 Barrack Street Healthy Active by Design principles into
developers.
Sydney NSW 2000 everyday work.
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
• Learn how to more effectively ‘read’ Price
the street and recognise the value of PIA members $225
active frontages; Non-members $310
• Build on your understanding of the
academic context behind active 3.5 PD
METRO
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