2025 PIA NATIONAL AWARDS FOR PLANNING EXCELLENCE

Thursday 29 May 2025, 6.00pm - 7.00pm Presentation
Location: Darwin Convention Centre

2025 PIA NATIONAL AWARDS FOR PLANNING EXCELLENCE NOMINEES

Strategic Planning Project

ACT: East Lake Place Plan (2024)
Development and Implementation Division within the Environment Planning and Sustainable Development Directorate, ACT Government Tait Network, Hill Thalis, Lockbridge and Right Angle Studio

NSW: Scenic Landscape Protection Policy
Tweed Shire Council

QLD: Maroochydore City Centre
Walker Corporation, Sunshine Coast Council and SunCentral Maroochydore

SA: Murray Bridge Future City Program
Rural City of Murray Bridge (Acknowledgements: Holmes Dyer Pty Ltd, URPS, SMEC, Dept for Housing and Urban Development - GICU and PLUS)

TAS: Huon Valley Vision and Land Use and Development Strategy
SGS Economics and Planning, Huon Valley, Ireneinc and Resonance

VIC: Banyule Public Realm Framework and Technical Report
Mesh in collaboration with Banyule City Council and Flow Design Studio

WA: Jindee Coastal Village Structure Plan
Estates Development Company and City of Wanneroo

Climate Change & Resilience

NSW: Mid Richmond Place Plans
Place Design Group - Richmond Valley Council & NSW Reconstruction Authority Partners: Meridian Urban & Broad Property Research and Advisory

QLD: Douglas Shire Resilience Strategy
Douglas Shire Council and Meridian Urban

SA: Preparing KI: A Whole-of-Island Disaster Risk Reduction and Mitigation Plan
Kangaroo Island Council, Meridian Urban & Water Technology

VIC: Climate Resilience Index
Tract and OneMap

WA: Empowering Sustainable Development: Insights from Local Planning Policy 1.3
City of Subiaco

Community Wellbeing & Diversity

NSW: Healthy Higher Density for Families with Children: An Advocacy, Planning and Design Guide
Centre for Population Health, Western Sydney Local Health District In partnership with: City of Parramatta Council, and Cities for Play

QLD: Moreton Bay Place Identity Foundational Directions
City of Moreton Bay, Patch Creative and Creative Arts Alliance

SA: The Bluff Master Plan
Hatch Design in collaboration with City of Victor Harbor

TAS: Designing for Livability
Glenorchy City Council

VIC: Frankston Public Toilet Action Plan
Frankston City Council LatStudios

WA: Calista Bike Skills Track
City of Kwinana

Planning with Country

ACT: Maliyan Park, Section 76 Watson
Development and Implementation, Environment Planning and Sustainable Development Directorate, ACT Government

NSW: Caring for Country Strategy
Conservation Sustainability Branch / Department of Planning Housing and Infrastructure

NT: NT Aboriginal Cultural Tourism Framework
TRC Tourism, Ayal Aboriginal Tours Kakadu, Coolamon Creative, ICTV (Indigenous Community Television), Department of Tourism and Hospitality – Tourism NT, NT Aboriginal Tourism Committee

SA: Sturt Reserve Master Plan Implementation - Play Space Precinct
Rural City of Murray Bridge & Ngarrindjeri Ruwe Empowered Communities (NREC) (Acknowledgements: Sproutt, WAX Design, Exhibition Studios)

VIC: Barongarook Gulidjan Burial Place
Hansen Partnership & the Eastern Maar Aboriginal Corporation

WA: Causeway Pedestrian and Cyclist Bridges Project
Causeway Link Alliance comprising Main Roads WA, Civmec Construction and Engineering, WSP Australia, Seymour Whyte and partner organisations, Department of Transport, 361 Degrees Strategic Engagement and Communications, Hassell, Element Advisory, Indigenous Economic Solutions, Aboriginal Land Services

Technology & Digital Innovation

NSW: Smart Regional Spaces: Ready, Set, Go!
Regional NSW, The University of Sydney and UNSW Sydney

SA: Land Supply Dashboard
Planning and Land Use Services division (PLUS) within the Department for Housing and Urban Development

VIC: Climate Resilience Index
Tract and OneMap

Great Place

ACT: The Salthouse Community Centre
The City Renewal Authority

NSW: White Bay Power Station
Placemaking NSW

SA: Normanville Surf Life Saving Club
District Council of Yankalilla

TAS: Regent Square, George Town
George Town Council

VIC: Transforming Southbank Boulevard and Rocks on Wheels
City of Melbourne with T.C.L and Mike Hewson

WA: St. Barbara’s Square and Laneway
The City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Element Advisory, ASPECT Studios, Iredale Pedersen Hook Architects and Josh Byrne and Associates

Improving Planning Processes

NSW: Redmond Place Master Plan – Leading Sustainable Development and Improving Planning Processes in Orange
Landcom and Orange City Council

QLD: Streamlining Brisbane's heritage protection with the General Exemption Certificate
Brisbane City Council, City Planning and Economic Development branch, Strategic Planning section

SA: Grow a Planner
Wattle Range Council in collaboration with Future Urban

VIC: Emerald Town Model Structure Plan for Rural and Regional Municipalities': Structure Planning Guidance for Rural and Regional Victoria
Regional Planning Partnerships, Department of Transport and Planning and Plan2Place Consulting

Stakeholder Engagement

NSW: Burwood After Dark Strategy: Innovative Stakeholder Engagement for Transformative Urban Planning
Burwood Council with JOC Consulting and Hadron Group

QLD: Moreton Bay Place Identity Foundational Directions
City of Moreton Bay, Patch Creative and Creative Arts Alliance

SA: Community Coastal Flood Emergency Plan for the Goolwa and Mundoo Channel Communities
Alexandrina Council

TAS: Hobart Climate Assembly
City of Hobart

VIC: People's Panel on Affordable Housing
City of Melbourne and MosaicLab

WA: Walmanyjun Cable Beach Foreshore Redevelopment
Shire of Broome

Young Planner of the Year

NSW: Aaron Petersen PIA (Assoc.)

QLD: Ryan McNeilly Smith MPIA

SA: Michael Jaensch PIA (Assoc.)

TAS: Sonali Raj PIA (Assoc.)

VIC: Nivedita Ravindran MPIA

WA: Farida Farrag PIA (Assoc.)

Planning Research

NSW: City Road Podcast
Associate Professor Dallas Rogers, University of Sydney

QLD: The Next Australian City: The Suburban Evolution
Suburban Futures Ltd

SA: Enhancing Active Travel for Older Adults: Local Governments’ Initiatives for Active Ageing
Zahra Yousefi

TAS: Research informed planning: The City of Launceston Urban Greening Strategy
Jason Byrne, Professor of Human Geography and Planning, University of Tasmania Roxane Bandini-Maeder, CEO and co-founder, Geoneon Rosanna Coombes, Strategic Projects Advisor, City of Launceston Marc Lane, Principal - Cities and Place, WSP Australia

VIC: Key Worker Housing Definition Research
City of Melbourne in partnership with .id Consulting and Micromex Research and Consulting

WA: Improving Australian climate change adaption strategies: learning from international experience
Dr Francesca Perugia Prof. Steven Rowley A/Prof. Mohammad Swapan

Tertiary Student Project

NSW: Night at the Library
Karina Turvey, Planner, SJB Planning, for a Bachelor of City Planning Honours Thesis undertaken at UNSW Sydney

QLD: Dockside Master Plan
Bayley McNamara - Queensland University of Technology

TAS: Exploring Drivers, Barriers, and Enablers of School-Based Urban Greening in the Face of Climate Change
Grace Elliott PIA (Assoc.)

WA: Broome North Case Study: How the interests and knowledge of First Nations communities can be implemented into urban planning processes
Liam Page