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…
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…
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…
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…
The Department of Planning and Environment appointed HillPDA to assist them in their review of planning provisions for certain State Significant Precincts. The project was part of the Department’s program to review State Environmental Planning Policies (SEPP) to simplify and modernise the planning system. The Department had prepared preliminary proposals…
Camden City Council engaged HillPDA to investigate factors that may impact on the diversity of housing being delivered in the Camden LGA. Council wanted to understand: What type of development controls (i.e. flexible or prescriptive) are most effective in delivering medium density housing in greenfield areas and why? How do…
