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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COURSE GUIDE VICTORIA Welcome to another year of learning and development opportunities for professionals engaged in the Planning Industry.
2 3 PLANET 2020 COURSE GUIDE CONTENTS 2020 PLANET COURSE GUIDE PLANET 2020 CONTENTS BY CATEGORY PLANNING SYSTEM Page No., The A - Z of Planning 6 TAILORING YOUR PROFESSIONAL NEW TO PLANET IN 2020 DEVELOPMENT This year we are pleased to introduce more than APPLICATION ASSESSMENTS The PIA PLANET program is administered by the 20 new courses to the program, covering topics ResCode Practice 7 Planning Institute Australia (PIA). PIA PLANET such as: Crime Prevention through Environmental Planning for Sustainable Animal Industries REGIONAL 8 provides popular core learning programs and Design; Social and Affordable Housing Development; Healthy Active By Design; Drafting Preparing & Assessing a Bushfire Management Statement 9 keeps you up to date with legislative, regulatory and policy changes in planning. Programs are the Design and Development Overlay Masterclass; Environmental Impact Assessment 10 added through the year and updates will be Presentation Skills; Indigenous Intercultural Traffic and Parking Assessments 11 available at Approaches to Planning; Advocacy for Local Government around State Transport Projects; Assessing Neighbourhood Character 12 www.planning.org.au/vic Project Management; The New EPA Framework; Applying the Native Vegetation Guidelines 13 TAILORING YOUR LEARNING NEEDS Using Evidence Based Research; Planning Scheme Statewide Stormwater Provisions in the Planning Scheme NEW 14 Planners play an integral role in shaping the future Reviews; State-wide Stormwater Provisions; The Subdivision Process 15 of our cities, towns and surrounds. Successful Expert Witness and Evidence; and more. development outcomes require planners to have Landscape & Visual Impact Assessment 16 IMPORTANT INFORMATION BOOKINGS/ new competencies to enable the advancement PLANNING LAW of their skills in practice. PIA PLANET provides a STUDENTS/ CANCELLATIONS comprehensive range of programs which cover PLANET bookings and payment should be made Tips and traps for running planning cases in VCAT REGIONAL 17 six key skill areas in which planners need to be online via the PIA website. Course numbers Presenting at a Panel NEW 18 competent, and which match PIA’s Registered are limited so please book early to avoid Understanding Development Contributions 18 Planner pathway. These are: disappointment. 1. Professionalism and integrity. Full-time PIA student members (with evidence) Introduction to VCAT - The Hearing 19 2. Understanding, interpreting and using spatial who wish to attend a course will be charged Understanding the Value of and Presenting Expert Evidence NEW 20 thinking. 50% of the scheduled fee. Please contact PIA to arrange. STRATEGIC PLANNING 3. Using a creative and integrative approach, drawing on a range of disciplines. If you cannot attend a course for which you are SOCIAL AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING SERIES 21 4. Communicating and engaging with registered, you must withdraw online no later than • Module 1: Practical Insights for Local Government land use and social planners NEW 21 stakeholders. 7 days prior to the course. If you cannot attend and you are within 7 days of the course date, you • Module 2: Social and Affordable Housing for Elected Representatives NEW 22 5. Understanding and working with planning frameworks. can transfer your registration to another course • Module 3: Working with Community Housing Providers NEW 23 or another person, provided we have at least 6. Developing and applying technical knowledge. DRAFTING THE PLANNING SCHEME SERIES 24 24 hours’ notice of your decision to transfer. We Our presenters are subject matter experts who • Module 1: How the planning scheme works 25 cannot issue refunds or credits. are skilled in facilitating training and providing If you do not attend on the day a full fee will be • Module 2: Drafting the MPS and PPF 25 a positive learning experience to improve your charged. knowledge. • Module 3: Drafting schedules – zones, overlays and provisions 26 PIA requests payment of any outstanding invoices • Module 4: Drafting the Design and Development Overlay - Masterclass NEW 26 PLANET PROMOTES “BEST PRACTICE” IN before you register for PLANET courses in 2020. URBAN PLANNING We can also offer generous discounts for bulk Managing Development Near Landfills and Other Buffers 27 One of the best ways to improve your skills is bookings. Effective Advocacy for Local government around State Transport Projects NEW 28 to become informed of best practice models Contact Executive Officer Carmel McCormack STRATEGIC PLANNING SERIES 28 used by others. Our programs are developed carmel.mccormack@planning.org.au or phone to ensure improved practitioner skills through 9654 3777 to discuss your requirements. • Module 1: Effective Strategic Planning 30 tailoring practical workshop sessions. The learning Note: The price of courses includes GST. • Module 2: Project Management for Planners NEW 30 model also provides training opportunities to address a range of personal skills gaps for career • Module 3: Evidence based research NEW 31 Check the website (planning.org.au/vic) for development. updates to venues and start times. • Module 4: How to do a planning scheme review NEW 31
4 5 PLANET 2020 COURSE GUIDE CONTENTS COMPETENCY PRACTICE AREAS Planning & Delivering Community Infrastructure in an Urban Renewal Setting 32 Urban and Regional Planners apply a set of planning skills, draw upon a knowledge base, Managing Potentially Contaminated Land and the new PRS NEW 33 and use a variety of tools to facilitate and influence the way that the built environment is arranged spatially, connected and used. Lifelong dedication to skill development in these The New Environment Protection Framework and Land Use Planning NEW 34 practice areas helps creates great planning outcomes. PIA focusses its educational content- DESIGN delivery to ensure development across these areas. Design Thinking Drawing 36 Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED) NEW 37 Demonstrate responsibility and resourcefulness, initiative, judgment, substantial involvement and personal Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED) – Site Review NEW 38 PROFESSIONALISM accountability consistent with the expectations of the Healthy Active by Design in Practice NEW 39 AND INTEGRITY planning profession and the community when engaged in Applying the Better Apartment Design Standards 40 planning roles and activities. Smart City Strategy Delivery and Successful Implementation 41 Urban Design in Practice 42 UNDERSTANDING, Apply planning theory and skills in support of strategic ECONOMICS INTERPRETING AND objectives to achieve social, economic and environmental Economics for Planners 43 USING SPATIAL outcomes that serve the public agenda. THINKING SUSTAINABILITY Applying Sustainability Provisions in the Planning Scheme 44 Biodiversity and Urban Planning 44 USING A CREATIVE AND Develop innovative, multidisciplinary, evidence-based INTEGRATIVE APPROACH, and integrative outcomes to facilitate and influence social Bushfire Knowledge for Environmental Planners NEW 45 DRAWING ON A RANGE and economic development, community wellbeing and Sustainable Transport for our Cities 46 OF DISCIPLINES AND environmental responsibility. Green Infrastructure and Urban Planning 47 METHODS HERITAGE Aboriginal Cultural Heritage (CBD & Regional) NEW 48 Planning Together Ways: An Indigenous intercultural approach 49 COMMUNICATING Communicate effectively with stakeholders to inform, AND ENGAGING WITH consult and engage them in planning processes. Heritage Planning 50 STAKEHOLDERS Infill Development in Heritage Areas 51 WELL-BEING, COMMUNICATION & ENGAGEMENT Fearless Facilitation 52 UNDERSTANDING Understand and work within legislative and other relevant How Planners Deal with Conflict 53 AND WORKING frameworks appropriate to their context and professional Presentation Skills for Planners NEW 54 WITH PLANNING application. FRAMEWORKS The Emotionally Fit Planner NEW 54 Deliberation by Design NEW 55 Communication with Communities: The ‘How To’ Course 57 DEVELOPING AND Integrate and apply knowledge from a range of planning- APPLYING TECHNICAL related skills and disciplines to develop well-informed KNOWLEDGE approaches to planning roles, opportunities and issues.
6 7 PLANET 2020 COURSE GUIDE PLANNING SYSTEM APPLICATION ASSESSMENTS PLANNING SYSTEM APPLICATION ASSESSMENTS THE A - Z OF PLANNING Note: Participants are advised that this RESCODE PRACTICE COURSE PRESENTER: is a generic guide to planning processes. John Glossop MPIA (Fellow) | Director of This course covers the difference between Other PLANET courses are available on the The ‘ResCode’ residential development Glossop Town Planning Pty Ltd. the statutory and strategic context of detailed processes. standards are a key aspect of the Victorian John is a former sessional Planning Panels the Victorian planning system, the layers COMPETENCY PRACTICE AREA: planning system and central to the Member and was a member of the of policy and the day-to-day process Developing and applying technical assessment of residential development ResCode Advisory Committee. He appears requirements of the planning office including knowledge. applications of up to four storeys. This 1.5 at VCAT as an expert witness. John has statutory processes, decision making, day intensive course provides planners facilitated stakeholder engagement in the enforcement and VCAT procedures. COURSE PRESENTER: with an understanding of Clauses 54 and development and implementation of the Practical workshops will cover scenarios for Peter O'Leary | Polplan Pty Ltd. 55. The collaborative workshop provides Better Apartments Design Standards for the application of zones and overlays and Peter was a long-serving member of the participants with an opportunity to assess DELWP. permit requirements, with a focus on most VCAT Planning and Environment List. He has an actual development proposal against frequently asked questions. a strong background in local government each ResCode objective and standard and planning and management. Day 1 DESIGNED FOR: learn when and how discretion should be New people entering the planning system used to vary the ResCode standards. Tuesday, 7 April 2020 in Victoria, allied professions, such as Date 9.30am - 5.00pm The course uses plan reading and spatial officers of referral authorities, new planners, Wednesday, 4 March 2020 Day 2 measurement skills, as well as other tools planning assistants and administrative Thursday, 2 April 2020 Wednesday, 8 April 2020 such as ShadowDraw and an analysis of officers in local government and Councillors Tuesday, 14 July 2020 9.30am - 1.30pm VCAT case law and Practice Notes which will would benefit most from this overview of Time assist planners in assessing development practical skills to cope with the day-to-day 9:30am - 5:00pm or applications. requirements of using Victoria's planning Venue PIA Victoria Office DESIGNED FOR: Day 1 system. Level 3 / 124 Exhibition St, Melbourne Planners who analyse planning applications Tuesday, 22 September 2020 LEARNING OUTCOMES: based on ResCode (clauses 54 and 55). 9:30am - 5:00pm Price • Recognise the principles of the planning It is recommended that participants have Day 2 PIA Members: $330 process a level of competence in plan reading and Wednesday, 23 September 2020 Non-members: $460 7 CP • Understand the role of the council, decision POIN D spatial awareness. 9.30am - 1.30pm making and delegations TS LEARNING OUTCOMES: • Recognise the components of planning Venue • Understand the residential development schemes and their application PIA Victoria Office provisions • Interpret relevant planning legislation and Level 3 / 124 Exhibition St, Melbourne • Apply residential development guidelines the role of referral authorities Price "Peter was brilliant. I have to planning assessments • Understand the differences between the PIA Members: $510 completed this course quite a • Identify the parameters to decision- application of zones and overlays Non-members: $690 10 number of years ago and Peter's .5 C POIN PD making • Identify the permit process including breadth and depth of knowledge advertising, conditions, referrals and the COMPETENCY PRACTICE AREA: TS was superior along with his ability relevance of planning scheme amendments Understanding and working with planning to impart knowledge and have a • Understand enforcement and the VCAT frameworks. laugh along the way! Excellent process facilitator." • Comprehend the use of schedules and definitions • Distinguish between the strategic and statutory elements of the planning scheme.
8 9 PLANET 2020 COURSE GUIDE APPLICATION ASSESSMENTS PLANNING FOR SUSTAINABLE COURSE PRESENTERS: PREPARING & ASSESSING • Gain the ability to consider the quality of ANIMAL INDUSTRIES Members of the Panel of Animal Industries A BUSHFIRE MANAGEMENT a Bushfire Planning Report and identify any AL ION Experts – Agriculture Victoria. deficiencies in an application. REG STATEMENT Mick O’Keefe leads the Panel of Animal COMPETENCY PRACTICE AREA: Planning applications for animal industries Industries Experts within Agriculture The planning system has an important Developing and applying technical can be highly technical and difficult to Victoria. Mick is an Environmental Engineer role in the creation of more bushfire knowledge. assess. For councils who do not often that has provided planning and conceptual resilient communities with 2017 seeing COURSE PRESENTER: receive applications for these industries, design services to extensive and intensive some significant changes introduced by Deanne Smith MPIA is the Director of Euca assessing them can cause a significant animal industries since 2005 including VC132 and VC140. Learn how Clause 13.02 Planning and specialises in the consideration strain on resources, and complicate the dairy, beef, poultry and lamb enterprises. influences your strategic and statutory of bushfire risk within the planning, building process for investors. This course will He has also co-authored environmental planning. and urban design realms. With over 15 address the following questions: and planning guidelines for the dairy Settlement planning and rezoning of land years’ experience with the Country Fire • What advice can planners provide, or and pork industries; and developed and must consider and achieve a low level Authority (CFA) in both fire safety regulation industry best practice can they refer to delivered environmental training packages of bushfire risk. In established areas and fire operations, Deanne has gone on when there is a permit application or pre- regarding the design and management of of higher risk, an application prepared to work in local government and private application enquiry for a pig farm, poultry manure systems for livestock industries. under the Bushfire Management Overlay consultancy. She has extensive experience farm, cattle feedlot, goat dairy or cow Steve Hicks has spent the last 18 must include a Bushfire Planning Report. in the development of policy at local, state dairy? years in local government with roles This demonstrates the way in which the and national levels. • How can local government respond to including Manager Statutory Services application meets the relevant objectives, Gabby McMillan MPIA is an environmental animal land use complaints from the Urban and Governance at Strathbogie Shire standards and decision guidelines of the and planning lawyer with over 18 years of Growth Zone to the Farming Zone? Council and Planning Coordinator at Bushfire Management Overlay. experience. Prior to establishing Terralogic, Mansfield Shire Council. His background This course will provide you with the Gabby worked as a lawyer, specialising Agriculture Victoria has developed this is in engineering design, and he later knowledge of when and how bushfire risk in planning and environmental law and course to help local government planners completed studies in planning and needs to be considered in any planning provided advice to clients in relation to understand animal industries and the environment. His previous roles included proposal. It will provide an overview of the assessment process and acted as an planning regulations that support them. assessing planning permits and managing Clauses 13.02, 44.06 and 53.02 and an advocate at VCAT and Planning Panels DESIGNED FOR: compliance across a range of rural land introduction to fire behaviour. It will also Victoria. Before becoming a lawyer, Gabby Rural town planners, planning consultants uses, working collaboratively with state focus on strategic and statutory case worked as a planner for 14 years. She (specialising in livestock production). agencies and authorities. studies to enhance your understanding. worked at the CFA providing statutory and LEARNING OUTCOMES: strategic level bushfire planning advice. DESIGNED FOR: • Awareness of the 2018 gazetted animal She has administered assessment and Local government planners, referral industry land use definitions, new industry approvals processes for State significant authorities and planning consultants who guidelines, planning practices notes and projects, including road, rail, power, Tuesday, 21 April 2020 (Benalla) identify the need to better understand the the Code of Practice for Intensive Animal renewable energy and mining projects. DELWP Office - 89 Sydney Rd, Benalla role of the planning scheme in managing Industries. Thursday, 23 April 2020 (Traralgon) bushfire risk. • Improved understanding of production Date DELWP Office - 71 Hotham St, Traralgon LEARNING OUTCOMES: systems and the economic value of animal Thursday, 23 April 2020 Tuesday, 5 May 2020 (Bendigo) • Better understand how the planning industries Time DELWP Office - Cnr Midland Hwy and scheme contributes to community resilience • Improved ability to assess applications and Taylor St, Epsom to bushfire 9:30am - 5:00pm develop conditions for animal industries Thursday, 7 May 2020 (Colac) • Understand the information required to Venue • Direct contacts within Agriculture Victoria Colac Bowling Club - Cnr Moore St & PIA Victoria Office to assist with animal industry developments, assess bushfire risk for a planning proposal Armstrong St, Colac expansions and land use conflicts. and what planning proposals need to Level 3 / 124 Exhibition St, Melbourne consider bushfire risk Price COMPETENCY PRACTICE AREA: Time • Identify the key elements to prepare a PIA members $330 Developing and applying technical 10:00am – 4:00pm Bushfire Management Statement, including Non-members $460 7 CP knowledge. Price 5 CP the site assessment used to determine POIN D PIA Members: $225 TS Non-members: $315 POIN D defendable space TS
10 11 PLANET 2020 COURSE GUIDE APPLICATION ASSESSMENTS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT COURSE PRESENTER: TRAFFIC AND PARKING COURSE PRESENTERS: ASSESSMENT (EIA) NEW Gabby McMillan MPIA is an environmental ASSESSMENTS John Glossop, MPIA (Fellow), Director of and planning consultant with over 18 Glossop Town Planning Pty Ltd. This course provides an overview of the years of experience. Prior to establishing This interactive course 'decodes' the John is a former sessional Planning Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Terralogic, Gabby worked as a planning jargon of traffic and parking, explains Panels Member and was a member of the process and explains how the assessment and environmental lawyer and provided the concepts and provides you with real ResCode Advisory Committee. He appears interacts with other statutory decisions. advice to clients in relation to assessment skills. On completion of the course you at VCAT as an expert witness. John has The course includes an introduction to process and acted as an advocate at VCAT will feel confident in discussing concepts facilitated stakeholder engagement in the EIA principles, State and Commonwealth and Planning Panels Victoria. Gabby has with consultants, traffic engineers and the development and implementation of the legislation, referral requirements, scoping, also worked as a statutory and strategic community. Better Apartments Design Standards for assessment and advisory committees, planner for 14 years. She worked at the The course covers the essentials needed the DELWP. bilateral agreements and the links between CFA providing statutory and strategic to analyse applications that involve traffic Chris Coath – Director at GTA Consultants EIA and planning decisions. Case studies level bushfire planning advice. She has or parking considerations including the Chris is a specialist transport planner and practical examples will be used to administered assessment and approvals calculation of parking demand, how to read and traffic engineer with over 16 years of illustrate the EIA principles and application processes for State significant projects, parking ratios, measuring the compliance of experience encompassing an extensive of the legislative framework. including road, rail, power, renewable energy car parking dimensions and parking credits. range of car parking strategies, land and mining projects. The course also includes the role of traffic DESIGNED FOR: use planning and design, integrated Statutory and strategic planners, engineers and the application of parking transport plans, traffic and transport environmental consultants, engineers. Date surveys and analysis. planning, masterplan development, Planners who work on medium-larger Tuesday, 5 May 2020 DESIGNED FOR: traffic engineering impact assessments, scale projects in locations where there is Time Essential for planners currently working transport research and expert more likelihood of environmental effects, or in statutory planning and assessing car presentations at Tribunal and Planning 9:30am - 5:00pm people who have no knowledge of EIA and parking and traffic. It is also relevant to Panel hearings. Venue want to build their knowledge, such as: town VicRoads staff, engineers, architects and PIA Victoria Office planners, urban designers, planning lawyers, building designers. Date strategic planners etc. Level 3 / 124 Exhibition St, Melbourne Thursday, 28 May 2020 Price LEARNING OUTCOMES: LEARNING OUTCOMES: • Understand the parking provisions at Time PIA members $330 • Gain an understanding of EIA principles clause 52.06 of the planning scheme, and 9:30am - 5:00pm Non-members $460 7C P POIN D and Legislative frameworks (State and when a permit is needed to waive or reduce Venue Commonwealth) TS car parking PIA Victoria Office • When a referral is likely to be required • Identify how a SIDRA model and other Level 3 / 124 Exhibition St, Melbourne under the Environment Effects Act 1978 (EE predictive models work and their role in Price Act) and/or Environment Protection and development assessment PIA members $410 Biodiversity Conservation 1999 (EPBC Act) "Great course. The facilitator was • Use turning templates to understand Non-members $560 7 CP • Steps in the EIA process (referral, scoping, very knowledgeable and explained whether access for cars and trucks 'works' POIN D exhibition, advisory committee, assessment things well. There is a lot to learn or not TS and statutory decisions) in this space." • Car stackers: what do you need to know • Basic overview of strategic environmental about them; how do they work; how much assessment (SEA) (e.g. such as the space do they need Melbourne Strategic Assessment or MSA) • Understand Clause 55 parking provisions "As a statutory planner I found "The facilitators use and extensive the course very helpful and • How EIA informs other decision-makers of and the traffic and road design provisions knowledge of real cases was what the working examples were an about the likely environmental effects of a of Clause 56 made this training so useful." excellent way to ensure that project and links to the planning system • Interpret the relevance of the Australian Standards. the information was going in COMPETENCY PRACTICE AREA: and sticking around. I would Understanding and working with planning COMPETENCY PRACTICE AREA: recommend this course to others." frameworks. Developing and applying technical knowledge.
12 13 PLANET 2020 COURSE GUIDE APPLICATION ASSESSMENTS ASSESSING • Learn about how to 'respect' APPLYING THE NATIVE Mark Chisholm has worked with DELWP’s NEIGHBOURHOOD neighbourhood character and how to VEGETATION GUIDELINES Native Vegetation Regulation team since 'respond' to a specific context. 2013 and is part of the team supporting CHARACTER the implementation of the native vegetation COMPETENCY PRACTICE AREA: This course will cover the application of Understanding, interpreting and using the Guidelines for removal, destruction or removal regulations. Neighbourhood character is arguably the most contentious aspect of residential spatial thinking. lopping of native vegetation in Victoria. The development planning. This course clarifies course will detail how native vegetation Date COURSE PRESENTERS: the concept of "neighbourhood character" is defined and valued; explain the three- Thursday, 13 August 2020 John Glossop, MPIA (Fellow), Director of and provides a simple framework by which step approach of avoid, minimise and Glossop Town Planning Pty Ltd. Time planners can begin to understand this issue. offset and how this should be applied; John is a former sessional Planning 9:30am - 5:00pm The course focuses on defining what explain how the assessment pathway for Panels Member and was a member of the an application is determined; describe the Venue neighbourhood character means, ResCode Advisory Committee. He appears application requirements and how to meet PIA Victoria Office using photographs to show different at VCAT as an expert witness. John has neighbourhood character typologies, these; describe the decision guidelines and Level 3 / 124 Exhibition St, Melbourne facilitated stakeholder engagement in the how they are applied; explain how offset using photographic examples to discuss Price development and implementation of the requirements are determined and how an whether these developments ‘respect’ PIA members $330 Better Apartments Design Standards for neighbourhood character, and exploring offset site can be established. Non-members $460 7 CP the Department of Environment, Land, POIN D critical VCAT decisions on the topic. Water and Planning. DESIGNED FOR: TS Participants also take a short walk, where Council staff, consultants involved with Craig Czarny, Director at Hansen the principles of neighbourhood character preparing or assessing planning permits and Partnership are further illustrated and discussed. The other applications to remove, destroy or lop Craig is a leading urban design and session concludes with a class discussion, native vegetation. landscape architect practitioner with "Very enjoyable course which has aided by images of new developments and LEARNING OUTCOMES: over 28 years’ experience across design been very helpful" streetscapes. The class discussion is joined Understand the requirements of the practice and research with an outstanding by a local architect. It is an interactive and Guidelines ans know hot to apply and array of local and international project thought-provoking session. comply with them. "Good course, well run" experience. Craig is an active contributor DESIGNED FOR: to research, having served as a sessional COMPETENCY PRACTICE AREA: Planners responsible for assessing lecturer at the University of Melbourne Understanding and working with planning applications and needing to clarify/ and a regular juror for both local and frameworks. understand the concept of "neighbourhood international urban design and landscape character", architects and building COURSE PRESENTERS: architecture project awards. designers, developers, solicitors and anyone Penny Croucamp has worked for engaged in the design or assessment of Department of Environment, Land, Water Date and Planning since 2010. She has been a residential development. Planners gain Tuesday, 2 June 2020, or member of the native vegetation regulation value from attending the PLANET ResCode course in conjunction with this session. Tuesday, 29 September 2020 team since 2013 and was involved in Time developing the updated (December 2017) LEARNING OUTCOMES: native vegetation provisions. 9:30am - 5:00pm • Appreciate what neighbourhood character means in a planning context Venue • Develop an understanding of the basic Melbourne Metropole Central neighbourhood character typologies 44 Brunswick St, Fitzroy • Discuss the role of neighbourhood Price character studies and local policies in the PIA members $410 assessment process Non-members $560 7 CP POIN D TS
14 15 PLANET 2020 COURSE GUIDE APPLICATION ASSESSMENTS • Understand critical concepts such as COMPETENCY PRACTICE AREA: NEW ‘raingardens’, ‘bioretention systems’ and Date Understanding and working with planning STATEWIDE STORMWATER ‘treat to best practice’ Tuesday, 25 August 2020 frameworks. PROVISIONS IN THE PLANNING COMPETENCY PRACTICE AREA: Time COURSE PRESENTER: SCHEME 9:30am - 5:00pm John Glossop, MPIA (Fellow) | Director of Developing and applying technical Venue Glossop Town Planning Pty Ltd. knowledge. The Victorian Government expanded PIA Victoria Office John is a former sessional Planning COURSE PRESENTERS: State-wide stormwater planning controls Level 3 / 124 Exhibition St, Melbourne Panels Member and was a member of the Sara Lloyd - Director, Environmental in October 2018 to help protect our ResCode Advisory Committee. He appears Science - E2Designlab Price waterways, prevent flooding and divert at VCAT as an expert witness. John has Sara is a highly experienced practitioner PIA members $330 more rainfall to our gardens and trees 7 CP facilitated stakeholder engagement in the in integrated water management, having Non-members $460 P D rather than letting it disappear down the OINT development and implementation of the drain. This is known as ‘integrated water led the development of keystone projects S Better Apartments Design Standards for catchment management planning’, and for in the Victorian industry over the last 20 the DELWP. years. Sara draws on reliable science some it is known as Amendment VC154. Michael Loy | Director and land surveyor, and her industry experience to tackle the Almost every new planning application will Lawlor and Loy Pty Ltd. complex and often competing technical, now need to treat stormwater on site. economic, environmental and social issues THE SUBDIVISION PROCESS This course is designed to help planners when delivering projects. Date understand the integrated links between This course is an introduction to the Thursday, 10 September 2020 Kate Matthews MPIA - Tract Consultants water and cities, understand the role and management and assessment of a Kate is an Associate planner at Tract Time scope of the new State controls, and to subdivision application. It covers the help planners understand how to receive Consultants, having previously worked in 9:30am - 5:00pm statutory and strategic planning roles in planner's role in the process, and the Venue and assess applications in a way that best knowledge needed to understand a title achieves our new stormwater objectives. local and state government. She has spent PIA Victoria Office much of her career at the “pointy end” of plan, a plan of subdivision and the various DESIGNED FOR legislative frameworks. These include the Level 3 / 124 Exhibition St, Melbourne stormwater policy implementation through This course is suitable for senior and junior the planning system, as well as having Victoria Planning Provisions, zones and Price staff as each has a different role to play developed a strong working knowledge of overlays, particular and general provisions, PIA members $410 in implementing Victoria’s progressive stormwater management policy, modelling covenants and public open space Non-members $560 7 CP new stormwater controls. The course and asset design through her previous contributions. The course includes practical POIN D TS particularly welcomes practitioners roles at Melbourne Water and Cardno. hands-on exercises. that want to become better urban and Mandy Bolton - Senior Policy Advisor, DESIGNED FOR: environmental planners by deepening their DELWP Planners, subdivision officers and planning stormwater knowledge. assistants who need to understand Mandy Bolton is a Senior Policy Advisor LEARNING OUTCOMES within the Department of Environment, the basic subdivision process in local • Understand the Victorian context for Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) working government. Statewide stormwater planning controls on urban water programs to support the LEARNING OUTCOMES: • Gain a general understanding of IWCM Government's objectives for resilient and • Apply the principles to assess a subdivision and stormwater assets, what they look like, liveable cities and towns under Water certification and subdivision planning how they work, and spatial requirements for Victoria. DELWP aims to improve application • Be able to interpret planning application stormwater management and strengthen • Interpret development and subdivision documentation, including engineering the links between water management and plans and Certificates of Title, including reports, to the level required to be able to urban planning; alongside population growth covenants and section 173 agreements assess if planning requirements are met. and urban development, to protect the • Interpret relevant legislation This relates to the full suite of stormwater long-term health of urban waterways and • Critically assess the subdivision in regard to controls including cl.19.03-3S, cl. 53.18 and bays. lot and common property boundaries and others against planning scheme requirements
16 17 PLANET 2019 COURSE GUIDE PLANNING LAW PLANNING LAW LANDSCAPE & VISUAL impact assessments IMPACT ASSESSMENT • Evaluate the impact of VCAT decisions on landscape and visual impact assessment TIPS AND TRAPS FOR RUNNING COMPETENCY PRACTICE AREA: This course will provide an overview of the • Contrast case studies on the application of PLANNING CASES IN VCAT Understanding and working with planning contemporary approach to landscape landscape and visual impact assessments AL frameworks. ION and visual impact assessment and an in industry REG COURSE PRESENTERS: understanding of why this is important. • Apply the landscape and visual impact Joseph Monaghan, Nick Sissons, Rachel In order to achieve this, the course will assessment guidelines in a real-world The course will provide an overview of the Foo and Tess Kerridge from Holding Redlich review the philosophy, history and context setting VCAT process and address the practice day of landscape and aesthetic appraisal. • Critique the current Australian guidance for hearing, grounds, amended plans procedure, Thursday, 19 March 2020 (Bendigo) Additionally, we will explore the differences landscape and visual impact assessment compulsory conferences, and common kinds between Australian (state) and international DELWP Office • Evaluate when and how to apply of planning proceedings, in addition to merits guidance. Different types of landscape landscape and visual considerations in the 7 Taylor Street, Epsom, Bendigo reviews such as planning enforcement. and visual reports will be compared to planning context Thursday, 4 June 2020 (Leongatha) Practical tips will be given in relation to the enable practitioners to scope and review Venue TBC COMPETENCY PRACTICE AREA: use of expert witnesses including how to the assessments. Through case studies, Tuesday, 18 August 2020 (Wangaratta) Understanding and working with planning properly brief an expert witness, expert a workshop and field trip we will apply frameworks. witness duties, and examination and cross Wangaratta Performing Arts Centre the assessment guidelines in a real-world COURSE PRESENTER: examination of witnesses. 33-37 Ford Street, Wangaratta setting. An important element of this course Laura Farrell is a Landscape Architect An overview of the written submission phase Thursday, 22 October 2020 (Geelong) is to develop a critical stance in relation to with GHD Pty Ltd with international of presenting at VCAT will be discussed. Eastern Hub Geelong landscape and visual impact assessment and its future development and application experience in Landscape and Visual The sessions are intended to be practical 285A McKillop St, Geelong in planning. A key aim of this course is to Impact Assessment (LVIA) with a focus and skills based and will utilise small group provide participants with an understanding on large infrastructure projects such as sessions as well as traditional lecture-style Time of the importance of landscape and visual transmission lines, windfarms, motorways, presentations. mining and commercial developments. 10:00am - 1:00pm considerations in the planning context and Laura has a Masters’ degree in Spatial Price how planning practitioners can better utilise DESIGNED FOR: these assessments in their practice. Information Management and Honours PIA members $150 Local Government Planners at all levels degree in Landscape Architecture. Her Non-members $200 DESIGNED FOR: Masters research analysed spatial data LEARNING OUTCOMES: Local government and consultant planners for the creation of a Zone of Theoretical • Improved knowledge of VCAT procedures 2.5 C P responsible for scoping, preparing and Visibility in LVIA. • Development of skills in addressing POIN D assessing applications and needing to evidence, including cross examination TS clarify/understand landscape and visual Date • Development of skills in the preparation of impact assessment; urban designers, Thursday 22 October 2020 written submissions developers, solicitors and anyone engaged Time • Increased confidence in presenting before in design and impact assessment. VCAT. "Thank you very much. The course 9:30am - 5:00pm LEARNING OUTCOMES: was well delivered, interesting, on • Describe the nature of landscape and Venue topic, useful and enjoyable. It is visual impact assessment: philosophy, PIA Victoria Office appreciated that the courses were history and planning context Level 3 / 124 Exhibition St, Melbourne delivered in regional locations. • Summarise the differences between Price Thank you again." Australian and international guidance for PIA members $330 landscape and visual impact assessment Non-members $460 7 CP • Compare different types of landscape and POIN D visual impact assessment reports. TS • Scope and review landscape and visual
18 19 PLANET 2020 COURSE GUIDE PLANNING LAW COURSE PRESENTER: hearing including new planners or planners NEW This course is designed and presented who are presenting their first appeal. PRESENTING AT A PANEL UNDERSTANDING by Will Bartley MPIA, Senior Associate LEARNING OUTCOMES: at Clayton Utz. Will is a Law Institute of This course will give participants the DEVELOPMENT Victoria Environmental, Planning and Local • Appreciate VCAT's role in decision making practical skills and confidence to present CONTRIBUTIONS Government Law Accredited Specialist who • Understand the role and function of the parties to a planning panel or advisory committee. is experienced at representing and advising A sound understanding of how development • Know what to include in your presentation With interesting presentations and engaging government agencies and authorities and and infrastructure contributions can be to VCAT and how to prepare your case role play you will learn how the panel system a range of private clients on this area of levied is a core component of planning law • Analysis of the hearing process works and how you can best present your planning law. He has appeared in relevant and an integral part of the planning system COMPETENCY PRACTICE AREA: case. The course will cover presentation for proceedings in VCAT and has advised in Victoria. This session examines how Understanding and working with planning advocates including Council staff, referral clients and prepared numerous agreements public infrastructure, works, services and frameworks. authority staff and expert witnesses. concerned with the implementation of facilities can be required under the Planning As well as providing an introduction for DCPs. COURSE PRESENTERS: and Environment Act 1987 to be provided people unfamiliar with panels it will address This course is supported by the VCAT or funded as part of a development. how to deal with a range of procedural Date Planning and Environment List and The session will cover the origins of issues that might arise. Thursday, 16 April 2020 presented by senior VCAT member Laurie the development and infrastructure LEARNING OUTCOMES: contributions systems in Victoria and how Time Hewet along with other senior VCAT • Understand how the panel system works they operate today. The session will also 9:30am - 1:30pm members. • Learn how to make clear and effective address how infrastructure can be required Venue presentations. by planning permit conditions, section 173 PIA Victoria Office Date agreements, and provision of works or land Friday, 17 April 2020 DESIGNED FOR: Level 3 / 124 Exhibition St, Melbourne in-kind. Time This course is aimed at planners, planning Price lawyers, and referral authority staff who DESIGNED FOR: PIA members $225 9:30am - 5:00pm may need to present to a Panel. Every statutory and strategic planner 3.5 C Venue Non-members $315 PD requires a sound understanding of the POINT COMPETENCY PRACTICE AREA: S VCAT | 25-55 King St, Melbourne development contributions system and how Understanding and working with planning Price public infrastructure, works, services and frameworks. PIA members $330 7 CP POIN D facilities can be required to be provided or COURSE PRESENTERS: Non-members $460 funded as part of a development. TS The course is run by Senior Panel Members LEARNING OUTCOMES: at Planning Panels Victoria – the very people you might need to present to! • Understand how public infrastructure, INTRODUCTION TO VCAT - THE works, services and facilities can be required HEARING under the Planning and Environment Act "Great session relevant to my Date 1987 to be provided or funded as part of a This course 'breaks the ice' for planners role in local government and a Thursday, 19 March 2020 development about entering a VCAT hearing and making good insight into VCAT's role in Time • Understand the nature of the a presentation. The course covers the the review process. Also good to development contributions and role of VCAT's Planning and Environment know more about the compulsory 9:30am - 5:00pm infrastructure contributions systems in List in hearing planning submissions. This conference element." Venue Victoria session includes a brief introduction to Planning Panels Victoria VCAT, guided attendance at a hearing and COMPETENCY PRACTICE AREA: 1 Spring Street, Melbourne a session on preparing and presenting your Understanding and working with planning Price frameworks. submission. It includes discussion with VCAT PIA members $330 members about various procedural issues. Non-members $460 7 CP It is recommended that participants try to POIN D attend a VCAT hearing before this session. TS DESIGNED FOR: Any person who needs to attend a VCAT
20 21 PLANET 2020 COURSE GUIDE PLANNING LAW STRATEGIC PLANNING STRATEGIC PLANNING NEW UNDERSTANDING THE VALUE COURSE PRESENTER: NEW processes to embed leading practice OF AND PRESENTING EXPERT David Vorchheimer MPIA (Fellow) – engagement in government agencies and EVIDENCE Partner, HWL Ebsworth Lawyers SOCIAL AND AFFORDABLE state significant projects. David is a town planner and lawyer HOUSING SERIES Community Housing Industry Association This course will explain the role and duties specialising in Planning, Environment, Victoria (CHIA Vic) of an expert witness and the purpose of Heritage, Building, Subdivision and Local This series comprises three one-day CHIA Vic is the peak body that represents expert evidence. It provides guidance on Government law matters. modules designed to meet the capacity the not-for-profit community housing giving and receiving instructions, matters David regularly appears at the Victorian uplift needs of current local government sector in Victoria. CHIA Vic works to to consider and include when preparing Civil and Administrative Tribunal, Planning and industry practitioners and elected support the growth of community housing an expert evidence statement, cross Panels and Advisory Committees on behalf councillors with regard to provision of as the most effective and efficient means examination and tips for dealing with of developers, objectors and State and local affordable housing. of ensuring more disadvantaged Victorians difficult questions under examination. government clients. COURSE PRESENTERS: can enjoy the dignity of safe, secure and David advises on and coordinates land Rachel Hornsby appropriate housing. DESIGNED FOR: Town planners, urban designers, planning acquisition and compensation, major Rachel Hornsby is the Director of Hornsby CHIA Vic’s member community housing lawyers, strategic planners and allied projects, subdivision, environmental and & Co. a consultancy that specialises in organisations (CHOs) include all the professionals. heritage approvals. brokering social and affordable housing. organisations registered as housing Rachel has worked within the community associations or housing providers under LEARNING OUTCOMES: Date the Victorian regulatory framework. These housing sector in Victoria and NSW and • Understanding the role, purpose and registered CHOs make up an integral Wednesday, 21 October 2020 prior to that had more than 15 years' duties of an expert and expert evidence part of Victoria’s social housing system, working in local government in Australia • Understanding the procedural managing more than 20,000 units of Time and New Zealand. Rachel combines requirements associated with presenting rental property, over 9,700 of which are 9:30am - 5:00pm her knowledge of the workings of local expert evidence to the Victorian Civil owned by CHOs. government, her understanding of the and Administrative Appeals Tribunal and challenges faced by community housing Planning Panels Victoria Venue organisations, and recognition of the • How to give and receive instructions in PIA Victoria Office commercial realities of the development NEW relation to expert evidence Level 3 / 124 Exhibition St, Melbourne sector, to deliver pragmatic advice MODULE 1: • How to prepare an expert evidence and support to planners, development PRACTICAL INSIGHTS FOR LOCAL statement and present evidence managers, and elected representatives. Price GOVERNMENT LAND USE AND SOCIAL • How to lead and present evidence in chief Rachel has a Master of Property from RMIT PIA members $330 PLANNERS and how to respond to cross examination and a Graduate Diploma in Developing Non-members $460 7 CP This one-day course will present the policy including undertaking role plays POIN D Social Housing projects from Erasmus context for social and affordable housing COMPETENCY PRACTICE AREA: TS University, Netherlands. in Victoria and provide practical guidance Understanding and working with planning Amy Hubbard about how to develop local affordable frameworks. Amy is a Director and Co-founder housing strategies and action plans of Capire, a specialist community referring to current practice and case engagement consultancy based in studies. The course will explain working with Melbourne. With over 20 years of the Victorian planning system to deliver of experience in engagement, Amy has social and affordable housing; working with expertise in the design of placed-based other stakeholders and partners to deliver engagement and integrating engagement outcomes. outcomes with the delivery of planning The course will also cover principles and and technical solutions. Amy has techniques for effective community worked extensively with State and Local engagement for social and affordable Government on major infrastructure, housing projects, including public housing urban renewal and public policy projects. proposals. She also designs and implements
22 23 PLANET 2020 COURSE GUIDE STRATEGIC PLANNING NEW DESIGNED FOR: • See examples of public and community the sector to deliver housing projects. The course is designed for town planners, MODULE 2: housing and learn effective ways to listen to DESIGNED FOR: community planners and others working in SOCIAL AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING the community and respond to local issues Practitioners from local government, state local government and private consultancies FOR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES EXCURSIONS government and the private sector wanting involved in policy development, planning This half-day course will cover the role Visit two representative housing sites in to work in partnership with community negotiations and facilitation of social and of councillors in community engagement metropolitan Melbourne. housing providers. affordable housing. and building awareness and trust about LEARNING OUTCOMES: COMPETENCY PRACTICE AREA: LEARNING OUTCOMES social and affordable housing policies. An additional half-day tour of some affordable Developing and applying technical • An understanding of the policy and • Gain knowledge of social and affordable regulatory framework within which the housing projects is also offered. Presenters knowledge. housing policy context in Victoria and the community housing sector operates, its role of Commonwealth, State and Local will provide case studies and practical COURSE PRESENTERS: mission and purpose and the role it plays government tips and provide responses to questions Amy Hubbard, Rachel Hornsby, Steve in delivering outcomes and managing social and issues regularly posed by community Dunn MPIA (Fellow) • Understand housing stress and the need housing members, stakeholders and elected for social and affordable housing in your representatives. • An understanding of the governance municipality and region Date The course will present the policy context and management structures used by • Learn how to design a local social and Wednesday, 27 May 2020 community housing providers to grow and affordable housing strategy and action for social and affordable housing in Victoria and explain the role of Commonwealth, Time manage their portfolios plan, working with community and elected State and Local Government. The course 9:30am - 5:00pm • An understanding of the community representatives will provide background to the crisis in Venue housing business model, its cost and • Understand the foundations of Section 173 homelessness, and the growing need for PIA Victoria Office revenue levers and what will make a project agreements and how to negotiate realistic transitional and permanent housing to meet Level 3 / 124 Exhibition St, Melbourne financially viable outcomes the needs of low-income households. It will Price • An understanding of the nature of • Introduce a toolkit for local councils to provide an overview of social and affordable PIA Members: $330 community housing providers and how to deliver social and affordable housing housing in Victoria and discuss what local Non-members: $460 7 CP partner successfully with the sector COMPETENCY PRACTICE AREA: councils are doing to address this need, POIN D EXCURSIONS: Developing and applying technical with examples of successful community TS engagement. Visit two representative housing sites. knowledge. DESIGNED FOR: COMPETENCY PRACTICE AREA: COURSE PRESENTERS: Rachel Hornsby with Madeline Di Councillors Developing and applying technical Pietrantonio (DHHS) and Richard Watling knowledge. LEARNING OUTCOMES: NEW (DELWP) COURSE PRESENTERS: • Gain knowledge of the Australian and MODULE 3: Community Housing Industry Association Victorian policy and planning context for WORKING WITH COMMUNITY HOUSING (CHIA) Victoria representatives. Date social and affordable housing PROVIDERS Tuesday, 24 March 2020 • Learn the Commonwealth and State This one-day course will introduce Date Time Governments are doing to address the practitioners working in local government, 9:30am - 5:00pm need for social and affordable housing and Thursday, 25 June 2020 state government and private consultancies the role for Local Government Time Venue to the community housing sector and PIA Victoria Office • Discuss case studies and learn what its role in providing social and affordable 9:30am - 5:00pm Councils are doing across Australia to housing. The course will provide an overview Venue Level 3 / 124 Exhibition St, Melbourne address the need for social and affordable of the sector, its business model, rent PIA Victoria Office Price housing setting, regulation and allocations as PIA Members: $330 Level 3 / 124 Exhibition St, Melbourne • Understand homelessness and transitional well as the conditions that community Price Non-members: $460 7 CP POIN D housing housing organisations need to participate PIA Members: $330 TS • Understand State planning policy and the in Affordable Housing Agreements. Non-members: $460 7CP POIN D Victorian planning system in the context of Learn more about how to partner with addressing social and affordable housing government, private stakeholders and TS
24 25 PLANET 2019 COURSE GUIDE STRATEGIC PLANNING DRAFTING PLANNING SCHEMES COURSE PRESENTERS: MODULE 1: MODULE 2: SERIES Lester Townsend Senior Panel Member, HOW THE PLANNING SCHEME WORKS DRAFTING THE MPS AND PPF Planning Panels Victoria. Lester was This module provides an overview of This module is a practical module to build The Drafting Planning Schemes Series is appointed as Senior Panel Member elements of the Victoria Planning Provisions skills in the drafting of the MPS and the designed to give planners, lawyers and in 2005, following several years as a and how to use them to construct a PPF (recognising that there is a transitional other drafters a deep understanding of sessional member. He has undergraduate planning scheme. It explores the different period between 2019 and 2020 where how to effectively draft controls for planning qualifications in town and regional planning elements of the Victoria Planning Provisions some councils will still be working with a schemes. It is set in the context of the and post graduate qualifications in in some detail, and how they should be LPPF). The module will include the role Planning and Environment Act, published sociology. Lester has significant expertise used, providing participants with strategies of the MPS and PPF and emphasise that advice from DELWP, VCAT decisions and in strategic and statutory planning, and techniques to help select the best these clauses only come into effect if a Planning Panel recommendations. project implementation and plain English tools to use in their local planning scheme. permit is triggered through another control The series has a focus on developing and communication and drafting. He has It includes advice and strategies about in the scheme. Attention will be paid to drafting relevant and usable policy, and previously worked in the Local Government how to use parent provisions to determine streamlining the MPS and PPF to avoid appropriate stakeholder engagement and private sectors. Lester is a Fellow of the what can be included in local policy including repetition with other parts of the scheme, through the policy development process. Victorian Planning and Environmental Law schedules to zones, overlays and provisions. therefore making the scheme easier to Association. interpret for applicants, statutory planners LEARNING OUTCOMES: COMPETENCY PRACTICE AREA: Cazz Redding MPIA (Fellow) Cazz runs and VCAT. By the end of the series a participant who Understanding and working with planning Redink Planning based in beautiful North has completed all modules will be equipped frameworks. COMPETENCY PRACTICE AREA: East Victoria and specialises in strategic with the skills to confidently, clearly, concisely COURSE PRESENTER: Understanding and working with planning land use planning and policy development and efficiently draft planning policy for Cazz Redding MPIA (Fellow) frameworks. in Victoria and has 20 years planning Victorian planning schemes. experience. She primarily works within the COURSE PRESENTER: APPROACH: government sector including Local Councils Cazz Redding MPIA (Fellow) The approach used by the team is to across metropolitan and regional Victoria, Date provide theory backed by real life case and Stage Government departments Tuesday, 31 March 2020 studies and hands on projects to be and agencies. She specialises in policy Date Time completed as part of the module. As the development, technical drafting and 9:30am - 5:00pm Wednesday, 1 April 2020 series progresses, modules become less planning scheme reviews. Cazz is a sessional member at Planning Panels Victoria and is a Venue Time theoretical and more practical. Fellow of the Planning Institute of Australia. PIA Victoria Office 9:30am - 5:00pm Each module is based upon a flexible learning model and will include: Level 3 / 124 Exhibition St, Melbourne Venue • Theory and case study delivery by course Price PIA Victoria Office presenters PIA Members: $330 Level 3 / 124 Exhibition St, Melbourne • Small group work to analyse and discuss Non-members: $460 Price case studies provided PIA Members: $330 • Small group work to develop project plans 20% discount when booking all 4 Modules Non-members: $460 for strategic planning, and local policy for PIA Members: $1056 inclusion in schemes Non-members: $1472 20% discount when booking all 4 Modules • Materials to take back to the workplace 7 CP PIA Members: $1056 DELIVERY: POIN D Non-members: $1472 Days are run as individual, self-contained TS 7 CP modules, but are designed as a progressive POIN D series where each module builds on the skills TS learnt in the previous module. Participants can choose one, two, three or four of the modules in the series.
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