New South Wales’s best and brightest planners have been celebrated at the 2018 PIA NSW Awards for Planning Excellence, with winners and commendations across thirteen categories.
The winners are:
Planning Champion
Winner: Geoff Roberts, Greater Sydney Commission
Best Planning Ideas — Small Project
Winner: Place Design Group, AILA, Smart Cities Council Australia/New Zealand for Future Street.
Best Planning Ideas — Large Project
Winner: Geolink & Planners North & Bayshore Developments Pty Ltd for The Habitat
Commendation: The Greater Sydney Commission for A Metropolis of Three Cities — Greater Sydney Region Plan
Commendation: City of Parramatta Council for Parramatta CBD Planning Proposal — Infrastructure Funding
Plan to Place
Winner: Department of Planning and Environment — Strategic Planning Team for their NSW Regional Planning Program
Commendation: Sekisui House Australia in collaboration with SJB Planning, Camden Council and DPE for The Hermitage
Hard-Won Victory
Winner: Canterbury-Bankstown Council, Tim Moore and Associates, Hill Thalis Architecture + Urban Projects, SGS Economics and Planning and GHD for the Canterbury Road Review
Commendation: GreenWay Steering Committee, Inner West Council, City of Canterbury Bankstown and greenway community champions for Creating the Greenway…Step by Dogged Step
Outstanding Student Project
Winner: Kathryn Weaver for the Walking With Women: A Female Review Of Safety In The Sydney Commercial District
Commendatio: Emma Thompson for Live (And Regulate) Like A Local: Planning for Short-Term Holiday Letting in NSW
Commendation: Jamie van Geldermalsen, Mile IIija Barbaric, Umair Afzaal Rao & Kun Fan (University of Sydney) for the Central City 2048: Strategic Plan For Greater Sydney’s Next Metropolitan Centre
Improving Planning Processes and Practices
Winner: Tweed Shire Council and Tweed Byron Local Aboriginal Land Council on behalf of the Aboriginal Advisory Committee for their Tweed Shire Council Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Management Plan
Commendation: Tim Green and Nicola Weimann from Transport for NSW for the Parramatta Light Rail Environmental Impact Statement Navigator
Public Engagement and Community Planning
Winner: Greater Sydney Commission for Shaping the future with the people of Greater Sydney
Commendation: Newcastle City Council for Newcastle 2030 Community Strategic Plan
Commendation: City of Canterbury Bankstown Council for the Community Voice Panel — Public Engagement for the Sydenham to Bankstown Urban Renewal Corridor
Great Place
Winner: Aspect I Oculus, Lendlease, Rogers Stirk Harbour+ Partners for Barangaroo South
Innovation in Development Assessment
Winner: City of Parramatta Council, Social Outcomes Team for Sharing the Opportunities of Growth for All — Socially Sustainable Parramatta Framework
Cutting Edge Research and Teaching
Winner: Cred Consulting for the Greater Sydney Commission for Greater Sydney’s Social Capital: Its Nature and Its Value
Commendation: SGS Economics and Planning for Sydney’s Urban Services Land: Establishing a Baseline Provision
Young Planner of the Year
Winner: Rukshan de Silva RPIA, Department of Planning and Environment
Commendation: Jocelyn McDowall MPIA, Urbis
Planner of the Year
Winner: Sue Weatherley MPIA
President’s Award
Winner: Aspect I Oculus, Lendlease, Rogers Stirk Harbour+ Partners for Barangaroo South
NSW Minister for Planning, Anthony Roberts, congratulated the NSW Department of Planning for taking out two major awards: Best Planning Ideas – Large Project Award for delivering Regional Plans across the whole of regional NSW for the first time, and the NSW Young Planner of the Year award, which went to one of the Department’s executive planners, Rukshan de Silva.
“It’s an honour that the Department’s world class work has been recognised at the prestigious PIA NSW awards,” Mr Roberts said.
“The team within the Department’s Planning and Design Division is led by Dan Simpkins and supported by NSW Chief Planner Gary White. It has delivered a phenomenal result, releasing nine Regional Plans from 2015-2017.”
