Our planners make our country one of the most liveable in the world. And we think they deserve to be recognised.
For their drive and dedication, best practice and innovation, Australian planners are celebrated with the highest accolade of their profession – the National Award for Planning Excellence.
Our Nominees
We start at the State and Territory level. Where planners are handpicked as nominees for their inspiring achievements.
They bring together the best projects, teams and people. They overcome challenges and bring about change. And they shape our communities for the better. To view the nominees, scroll below or click here.
The winners of the State Awards go on to become nominees of the National Award
And if they win both? They’re recognised at the biggest and most prestigious event in the Australian planning calendar – PIA’s Planning Congress.
2024 PIA NATIONAL AWARDS FOR PLANNING EXCELLENCE
Wednesday 22 May 2024
6.00pm arrival for 6.30pm start
The Capitol
113 Swanston St, Melbourne VIC 3000
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Climate Change & Resilience
ACT: North Wright Compact Housing Precinct
Suburban Land Agency
NSW: Building Back Northern Rivers
Cred Consulting, the NSW Department of Planning and Environment Planning
Delivery Unit, Ballina Shire Council, Byron Shire Council, Clarence Valley
Council, Kyogle Council, Lismore City Council, Richmond Valley Council, and
Tweed Shire Council
QLD: Natural Hazard Risk Assessments and
Place-based Land Use Policy Development Program
Ipswich City Council, Meridian Urban, and Water Technology
SA: River Murray Flood Resilience Code Amendment
Planning and Land Use Services, Department for Trade and Investment and the
River Murray Flood Planning and Building Working Group
VIC: South Gippsland Coastal Strategy
South Gippsland Shire Council
WA: Environmentally Sustainable Design of Single
Houses and Grouped DwellingsCity of Vincent & Cerclos
Community Wellbeing & Diversity
ACT: ACT Gender
Sensitive Urban Design Framework and Toolkit
ACT Government PLACE Laboratory OCULUS Communication Link Inhabit Place
NSW: Rebuild
Cobargo
DunnHillam in collaboration with SJB Planning NSW and CCDC (Cobargo
Community Development Corporation)
QLD: The Buzz at
Yarrabilba
Queensland Government, Logan City Council, Brisbane Catholic Education
and Lendlease.
TAS: Brighton
Social Infrastructure Plan
Brighton Council, Ethos Urban and theCommunityCollaborative.
WA: Co-designing
and co-creating public places with young people
RAC, Town of Port Hedland, Shire of Trayning and Town Team Movement
Great Place
NSW: Lindfield
Village Green
Ku-ring-gai Council
QLD: Hanlon Park
/ Bur'uda
Brisbane City Council in collaboration with AECOM, Gaskell Planning,
Bligh Tanner, Deicke Richards, Lat Studios, E2DesignLab, CPR Group, Tract and
proudly constructed by Epoca Constructions Pty Ltd.
TAS: The
University of Tasmania – Inveresk
Ireneinc Planning and Urban Design in partnership with the University of
Tasmania and their Northern Transformation project team, and the City of
Launceston
WA: Co-designing
and co-creating public places with young people
RAC, Town of Port Hedland, Shire of Trayning and Town Team Movement
Improving Planning Processes
NSW: Improving planning processes for Aboriginal people in Western Sydney
GHD, Zion Engagement and Planning and Waters Consultancy together with their
clients Department of Planning and Environment, Transport for NSW and Sydney
Metro.
QLD: Brisbane
Green Factor
Brisbane City Council - Design Brisbane, City Planning and Economic
Development
SA: Transitioning
to the PDI Act
City of Unley
WA: The
Pre-lodgement Public Consultation Concession in Local Planning Policy 7.2 -
Reducing, Refunding and Waiving Planning Fees
City of Subiaco
Planning Research
NSW: Unrealised
Sydney exhibition
Joint Partners: Museums of History NSW and Professor Robert Freestone Contributors:
Junior Major and Urbis
QLD: Planning
for Housing Diversity
Martin Garred
SA: Walkable
for Who? Applying a GIS-based Walkability Assessment Tool at the Metropolitan
and Local Levels by Sex and Age in Australia with the Focus on the Greater
Adelaide Metropolitan Area
Arsham Bassiri Abyaneh, Andrew Allan, Johannes Pieters, Sekhar Somenahalli
and Ali Soltani
VIC: Our
home choices: how more housing options can make better use of Victoria’s
existing infrastructure
Infrastructure Victoria
WA: The HIGH
LIFE Study: The policy and practice of designing healthy equitable apartments
Sarah Foster (RMIT), Paula Hooper (UWA), Alexandra Kleeman (RMIT), Clover
Maitland (UWA) and Julian Bolleter (UWA)
Planning with Country
NSW: Sydney
Metro – Western Sydney Airport Connecting with Country Project
GHD in partnership with Zion Engagement and Planning, Sydney Metro and the
Sydney Metro - Western Sydney Airport Connecting with Country Working Group.
TAS: takara
limuna
Milangkani Projects & Clarence City Council
VIC: Lake Boort
Scarred Trees Masterplan
Aspect Studios in collaboration with DJAARA
WA: East Newman
Precinct Structure Plan
Karlka Nyiyaparli Aboriginal Corporation, Jamukurnu Yapalikurnu Aboriginal
Corporation, Puntukurnu Aboriginal Medical Service, Creating Communities and
Hames Sharley
Stakeholder Engagement
NSW: Robertson
Village Place Plan
Wingecarribee Shire Council
QLD: New Ipswich
Planning Scheme (Ipswich Plan 2024)
Ipswich City Council and Articulous
SA: Equine
Strategy Engagement
Adelaide Plains Council
TAS: Seven Mile
Beach Local Area Plan
Niche Studio, Clarence City Council, and Entura.
VIC: The Place
Shaper Kit
Victorian Planning Authority
WA: Wellard
Village 7 Day Makeover
City of Kwinana and RAC
Strategic Planning Project
ACT: UNSW
Canberra City Campus Master Plan
MGS Architects, Snøhetta, Turf Design Studio, ARUP
NSW: Coffs
Harbour Public Realm Strategy
City of Coffs Harbour
QLD: Sunshine
Coast ‘Coastal Corridor’ Place and Character Resource
Tract and Urban Enquiry
SA: Two Wells
Walking Cycling Plan
Adelaide Plains Council
TAS: Strategic
Planning Project
Central Hobart Plan
VIC: Mildura CBD
Access and Mobility Strategy
Mildura Rural City Council and the Institute for Sensible Transport
WA: Strategic
Port Master Plan hat-trick
Southern Ports Authority
Technology & Digital
Innovation
NSW: Land iQ -
Standardised Land Use Evaluation Tool
The Department of Planning and Environment, in collaboration with WSP
Australia, Giraffe Technology and Aerometrex
QLD: Transforming
infrastructure contributions and delivery
Novoplan
SA: Reimagining
Interactions with the Planning System Through Technology – Interactive Map
Viewers and Subscription Services
Planning And Land Use Services – Dept for Trade and Investment
TAS: City of
Launceston 3D City Model
City of Launceston
VIC: Moving
Melton Digital Prospectus
Melton City Council
WA: Stirling Fast-Track
(Development Applications)
City of Stirling
Tertiary Student Project
NSW: Artidote:
The Public Art of Healing
Eloise Reddy PIA (Assoc.)
QLD: Albion
Revitalisation Project
Nieve Feeney, Alexander Gough, Luke Jones, Elisha Tran, Christianna
Tsiboukas, and, Joanna Stavrianos - Queensland University of Technology
SA: Reviving
Millicent Civic and Art Precinct
Anita Mandia, Nayan Khairnar, Rajat Bhatia
VIC: Parcel
Amalgamations for Urban Consolidation: The Role of Statutory Planning
Mechanisms
Nick McFarlane
WA: Melbourne,
Edgars Rd / Main Street Urban Regeneration Plan
Becky RuYin Liao, Yun Shu Wong, Will Jacobson, Damien Lockyer, Ashleigh
Santich – Curtin University
Young Planner of the Year
ACT: Dot Hepburn
MPIA
NSW: Henry Black
PIA (Assoc.)
QLD: Kobi Lane
MPIA
SA: Brendan Le
Poidevin MPIA
TAS: Apurva Bora
PIA (Assoc.)
VIC: Oscar Yencken PIA (Assoc.)
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