Past Events › Keeping in Touch Series

Join experts in Urban Design, Craig Czarny and Gerhana Waty of Hansen Partnership to learn the 10 key steps in urban design assessment. This webinar will cover : What is Urban Design Assessment and how do we do it? What are the objectives of evaluation and how is it different to a Statutory review? Objective versus subjective assessment techniques, and how we balance them. What urban design assessment rules are important where (and when) – subject to context. A step by…

Just what is relevant to making a decision as a council planner or reviewing an application as a referral authority? What is a valid consideration in your assessment? Join John Rantino of Maddocks to learn about: The parameters for making planning decisions. Understanding decision guidelines. When and how to exercise discretion. Techniques for producing desired outcomes in decision making. What matters might be invalid to planning considerations. Drafting effective conditions and refusal grounds.

John Keaney has been at the forefront of the implementation of the Victoria Planning Provisions since their inception. Recently, he has been assisting DELWP’s Smart Planning Team on the roll-out of new format Municipal Strategic Statements and Planning Policy Frameworks to councils. Join John for an engaging 90 minutes as he discusses what he has learned about how to draft planning policy provisions to suit this new format and hear the do’s and don’ts of policy drafting from an acknowledged…

Charmaine Dunstan is a founding Director of Traffix Group, and is widely recognised as a leading expert in transport planning. Join Charmaine as she demystifies the world of traffic impact assessment reports! In this session, Charmaine will offer tips and tricks for assessing a traffic impact assessment reports, the do's and dont's, and what to look for. This session is a must for planners, referral authorities and anyone else who works with traffic impact assessment reports.