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Jewish Communal Appeal

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            [description] => HillPDA is making a positive change to the cities of the future.  We collaborate with industry, government and communities to resolve issues and develop solutions to complex planning problems. Our industry leading approach to strategic planning is underpinned by economics and development feasibility testing. This makes our plans developable and responsive to market considerations, which ensures they will achieve the desired outcomes.

Our team of experts in statutory and strategic planning, stakeholder engagement and social infrastructure planning have been assisting the public and private sectors for over 34 years. Our work has earned a reputation for providing high quality and value-added services. Our collaborative approach ensures the process is enjoyable, solutions are customised and ideas sharing is valued.

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            [description] => HillPDA provides expert research and advice to ensure that our clients decisions are supported by robust evidence. We combine professional expertise and research skills to bring an innovative, multi-disciplinary approach to solving complex problems in the public, private and not-for-profit sectors.

Our planning, economics and feasibility experts can present complex information to clients in a way that they can understand. We work with governments, industry and not-for profit organisations to inform and support their decision making. Our advice has informed decisions regarding property, employment land, education, housing, health and infrastructure, including many city-shaping projects.

Policy and planning review

HillPDA is a highly respected policy and planning advisor to both government and non-government organisations. Our policy expertise spans strategic land use planning, infrastructure funding, asset management, urban renewal and governance. For 35 years, HillPDA has had substantial success influencing policy, through submissions as well as the formulation of new policy for government. Our team has representation on professional and industry committees and is constantly contributing to planning policy.

Development contribution plans

HillPDA prepares comprehensive studies and infrastructure supply and demand audits for local and State authorities to inform the formulation of development contributions plans. We combine our best practice project feasibility analysis, expert demographic modelling and social planning expertise to provide an evidence base for contribution planning. This gives authorities confidence in our recommendations for what infrastructure is needed and the reasonable apportionment of costs for future demand.

Specialised research

As independent experts we are often approached to undertake discrete research tasks or prepare specialist advice on topics for the private and public sector. This tailored research often supports the development of strategy, policy or decision making on themes such as, best practice approaches, case studies, market trends, land uses, planning process or economic factors. The research can be presented graphically or can be more in the format of an academic discussion paper or memo, dependent on the clients preference.

Affordable housing policy

HillPDA has been at the forefront of developing affordable housing policy since its inception. Today, we work with community housing providers, State and local authorities to develop evidence based policy that meets feasibility requirements for affordable housing delivery. Our approach of working with authorities to identify the best locations and mechanisms for delivery of affordable housing helps ensure that the needs of low to moderate income households and key workers are met. We provide services for all phases of affordable housing policy development. This includes demographic and spatial analysis to determine housing needs, stakeholder engagement, feasibility analysis, cost/benefit analysis, formal policy development and affordable housing scheme preparation.
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            [description] => Healthy and sustainable communities are driven by good planning and design. HillPDA compile and analyse qualitative and quantitative data to provide a variety of social planning services including demographic analysis, social infrastructure needs assessments, open space and recreation strategic planning and liveability planning.

Our approach to social planning has been developed through our diverse experience across the sector evolving from a foundation of industry standards and latest research. Through collation and analysis of demographic and engagement outcomes for social infrastructure delivery, HillPDA provide detailed recommendations that ensure sustainable outcomes.

Demographic analysis

Our cities and towns must respond to the needs of their people. Understanding these needs requires an objective view of who is living and working in the community. HillPDA provide detailed analysis of demographics to identify and understand how economic, social and development trends can impact decision making and strategic planning. This service is the cornerstone of our social planning service with a diverse range of private and public clients benefiting from our multidisciplinary offering in this space.

Social infrastructure needs

Healthy and sustainable communities are built on quality social infrastructure that provides positive outcomes for the people and equitable access for all. Through demographic analysis and engagement, HillPDA develop a thorough understanding of needs and values. These are used to inform comprehensive social infrastructure need assessments providing a guide for developers, councils and communities. The strategy highlights gaps and opportunities for infrastructure in their area with a focus on providing and improving vibrant, strong and socially sustainable facilities and spaces for the communities.

Open and recreation space plans

Open space and recreation are key elements of social infrastructure and require detailed planning to ensure they are meeting the social needs of the community and are economically sustainable. HillPDA can provide a robust plan for the future of open space and recreation in any community focusing on the function of each space. Our strategies use a multidisciplinary approach ensuring that all social and economic elements are considered. The resulting strategy provides actionable recommendations to enable practical application of the plan in the medium and long term.

Liveability strategies

Liveability strategies provide a framework to evaluate and capitalise on local identity, environmental and cultural values that are unique to places. HillPDA uses a methodology adapted from the RMIT Centre for Urban Research to assess the quality of life outcomes of land use policy. An assessment is made using national liveability indicators based on industry standard metrics for walkability, transport accessibility, open space provision, education, employment, housing affordability and access to food and alcohol. This quantitative assessment informs how rezoning, transport and infrastructure can be used to improve the liveability of the local community.
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            [description] => HillPDA partners with business, government and communities to plan for the future of our cities. Our in-house think-tanks allow multi-disciplinary insights to be explored and translated into visions and strategies that are grounded in economic realities. Our strategies are innovative and tailored to local conditions. They often include realistic and implementable action plans that identify short, medium and long term priorities and responsibility. We design strategies to be implemented; not to sit on a shelf.

Urban revitalisation and place-based plans work best when they respond to the factors that influence local growth, prosperity and productivity. We can tailor planning controls to make development feasible while incorporating public benefit contributions that can stimulate investment to improve the public realm and local amenity.

Employment land

Securing a sustainable supply of employment land is a priority for responding to population growth and providing essential services and jobs. Leveraging our unique ability to draw on planning and economics expertise, we are able to build and test land use and development scenarios that align with market trends and strategic intent. Engagement with businesses and stakeholders is integrated into our planning approach to draw on local insights, nurture community ownership over plans and shape realistic and achievable strategies. Our strategies establish clear priorities, timeframes and responsibilities.

Centre revitalisation

We specialise in urban renewal and revitalisation strategies that respond to the factors that influence local growth, prosperity and productivity. We understand that a holistic, place-based approach is required for centre revitalisation and that it takes more than street tree planting to attract consumers back to a centre. We provide strategies that identify planning, design, economic and governance initiatives to lead to improved centre performance, community wellbeing and job retention.

Local housing

HillPDA has been working with government and the residential industry for more than 30 years. We are recognised for our understanding of how planning legislation, developer decisions and market trends can impact on the delivery of appropriate, affordable and diverse housing to meet community needs. We have worked with local government to develop long term strategies to manage housing growth in a way that balances housing need with environmental considerations and is supported by infrastructure delivery and liveability considerations.

Place-based plans

Place-based plans provide a tool to accommodate growth and protect valued environments at a local level. People are passionate about the communities they live and work in and a one-size-fits all approach to planning often does not work. Place-based plans enable opportunities to be identified that encourage investment, facilitate infrastructure delivery and prioritise community and stakeholder initiatives. Planning controls and actions can then be tailored to respond to stakeholder aspirations and deliver on the community vision.
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