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How can we better co-ordinate the implementation of urban plans across Australia?
The consultation document proposes a four-point action plan. Is our proposal robust enough to better coordinate urban planning in nine Australian governments and nearly 600 local councils?
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document:
Principles for planning sustainable communities - consultation draft (Allen consulting Group - July 2009) (856.882 KB)
Comment 1 1 Sep 2009, 5:07 PM
It'd be nice if there was a way to take long term plans beyond politics so Governments can collaborate on their implementation. One problem we face is that the political cycle is much much shorter than a meaningful planning cycle.
The only way to really entrench plans this way is to give the community (the real community not lobby groups) real involvement and ownership. This means that plans will take longer to prepare but they might be more resilient.
Comment 2 29 Oct 2009, 10:23 AM
Action 1 - Figure 3.1 needs to include feedback processes - presenting a continuous improvment approach rather than a linear strategy to meet a fixed goal.
Devolving planning to local government within a strongly principled framework and improved planning resources makes sense.
Action 2 - the implementation needs to have a geographic or environmental context - I suggest catchments even within local government areas.
Action 3 - review and advice could refer to best practice here and overseas, a practical benchmarking rather than an subjective expert assessment or beurocratically cumbersome and elaborate process that could be difficult to implement
Action 4 - funding is critical - an excellent idea that needs clear definition of vision, process understanding, goals. The current difficulty in estimating the funds required reflects level of understanding and vision.
Action 4 -