Shellharbour

HillPDA was engaged by the Department of Planning and Environment to carry out and evaluate the proposed Draft Housing Supply Pipeline Audit Methodology. This included testing and refining the methodology, documenting resource requirements, and identifying opportunities for greater efficiency and automation in the Housing Supply Pipeline Audit methodology. The Shellharbour…

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Railway Terrace Schofields

HillPDA was commissioned by Premise to prepare a Community and Social Infrastructure Assessment to accompany a State Assessed Planning Proposal (SAPP) application at 249-271 Railway Terrace, Schofields. The purpose of the report was to determine the projected social infrastructure resulting from the population increase from the Planning Proposal. The report…

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Jewish Communal Appeal

As specialists in urban and property economics, HillPDA was engaged by the Jewish Communal Appeal (JCA) to undertake a gap analysis into the future infrastructure requirements of the NSW and ACT Jewish community. The report presented a desktop analysis of the Jewish community and how it has changed demographically over…

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Granville

The suburb of Granville within the City of Parramatta Local Government Area (LGA) is expected to experience significant change in the future as part of the Parramatta Road Corridor Urban Transformation Strategy (2016). This change, combined with the identified issue of housing affordability in the LGA, led the City of…

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Development approval for a proposed warehouse in Punchbowl

Congratulations to the team at Hale for securing approval for their proposed two-story warehouse and office development in Punchbowl, in southwest Sydney. We have enjoyed working closely with Hale and the project team to deliver this approval and prepare the social impact assessment and community…

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Ingleburn CBD

Campbelltown City Council required a Social Infrastructure Assessment to be prepared to support a Planning Proposal for part of Ingleburn CBD. The Planning Proposal sought to allow for higher density residential and commercial development. HillPDA assessed the area’s needs in terms of passive and active open spaces, community centres, and…

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Broulee

Brightlands Living are seeking to develop a “cluster community” agrihood development at 207 Broulee Road, Broulee. The innovative concept does not comply with Council’s planning framework, nor is the location of the proposal in an area that Council envisioned for housing. HillPDA undertook research and analysis of the Broulee area…

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Regional Housing

Delivery Plans for the Functional Economic Regions (FER) of Upper North West, Lithgow, Upper Hunter, Coffs Coast, Northern New England, Nambucca and Hastings-Macleay. These regions comprised sixteen local government areas that were all facing varying housing degree challenges. The Delivery Plans were prepared through a strong collaboration and consultation process…

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Mudgee And Gulgong

The Mid-Western Regional Council sought to update its understanding of the supply and demand for residential land in two of its main centres, Mudgee and Gulgong. This was of critical importance to the Council, as external factors and revised population projections indicated higher than anticipated growth in demand for housing…

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