The systems for roads and transport, water and ecology, energy, social interaction and communications are all part of a master plan. Rob Roggema explores how you can achieve more sustainable…

With Community Participation Plans promised across the NSW Planning system it is timely to look at the experience of community groups who have engaged with the planning process in the…

With development around every corner in inner Sydney, it is likely you might want to raise your concerns about a development. Amelia Thorpe provides some suggestions on how to make…

The thing about universal design is that you only notice when it is not there explains Jane Bringolf.

Planning laws in NSW woefully constrain the Aboriginal economic independence possible through land claims. Leon Batchelor explores the problem in NSW and finds some encouragement in recent Queensland planning changes.…

A Compact would represent an agreement about how urban renewal is conducted in social housing areas, and how social housing tenants were to be treated and engaged. Bernie Coates explains…

Urban planners and government policy makers often advocate having a social mix within a particular spatially defined area, such as in neighbourhoods with high concentrations of public housing. Kathy Arthurson…

Two positions are currently in place to support Waterloo tenants independently of Land and Housing Corporation (LAHC) during the master planning process. The projects are run by non-government organisations as…

Discussions about the future shape of Waterloo are starting with the community. Geoff Turnbull explains what we know about the master plan and redevelopment process.