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…
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…
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…
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…
To guide and influence housing policy over the period to 2041, and to align Council’s housing framework with other key strategic planning policies at both State and local government level, Albury City Council commissioned HillPDA to prepare a Local Housing Strategy (LHS) for the Local Government Area (LGA). The Local…
The Aboriginal Land SEPP provides for the making of ‘development delivery plans’ (‘DDPs’) for land owned by Local Aboriginal Land Councils (‘LALCs’). The SEPP initially established a planning pathway for Darkinjung Land Council to secure a state-led pathway HillPDA was engaged by the Department of Planning and Environment (DPE) to…
As an action of the Illawarra Shoalhaven Regional Plan 2021, The Department of Planning and Environment (DPE) sought to prepare profiles for the Shellharbour Airport and South Nowra Regional Employment Precincts. HillPDA was engaged to conduct an economic…
The North Coast Regional Plan 2041 included an action to undertake an employment land review for the Northern Rivers and Mid North Coast subregions (combined to form the North Coast) to assess future supply needs and locations. Northern Rivers (LGA) – Tweed, Byron, Kyogle, Lismore, Ballina and Richmond Valley Mid…
The Northern Rivers Joint Organisation (NRJO) was seeking to undertake an audit of Industrial and employment lands across the Northern Rivers. The outcome of this audit was intended to support and strengthen the region’s economic development strategies, identify a means of progressing existing employment and industrial lands and inform future…
