The 2017 New South Wales Awards for Planning awarded people, research and projects from across New South Wales for outstanding achievements in planning. The awards were presented by the Planning Institute of Australia at a ceremony in Sydney on 8 November 2017 – World Town Planning Day.
Gary White, Planner of the Year.
Planner of the Year
Awarded to: Gary White
Commendation: Sharon Pope
Alice Stromstedt, Young Planner of the Year.
Young Planner of the Year
Awarded to: Alice Stromstedt
President’s Award
Awarded to: Alison McCabe
The Connection: Rhodes Community – Urbis, Crone Architects and City of Canada Bay.
From Plan To Place
Awarded to: Urbis, Crone Architects and City of Canada Bay for The Connection: Rhodes Community
Parramatta Road Corridor Urban Transformation Strategy – UrbanGrowth NSW.
The Hard Won Victory
Awarded to: UrbanGrowth for Parramatta Road Corridor Urban Transformation Strategy
Is the Last Plane Out of Sydney Almost Gone? Aviation and Regional Development by Timothy Smith.
Outstanding Student Project
Awarded to: Timothy Smith for Is the Last Plane Out of Sydney Almost Gone? Aviation and Regional Development
Commendation: Kate Ryan for Perpetual Rights Vs Renewable Tenure: A New Life for Sydney Cemeteries
Best Planning Ideas – Large Project
Awarded to: UrbanGrowth NSW for Parramatta Road Corridor Urban Transformation Strategy
Commendation: Waverley Council, Blitzios Consulting and Institute for Sustainable Future UTS for Waverley’s People Movement and Places
Commendation: Transport for NSW Precincts and Urban Design Team for Transport for NSW Urban Design Guidelines
Commendation: Urbis, PBD Architects, GTA, Mott MacDonald, Ecological Australia, RBL, and Straight Talk forTelopea Urban Renewal Master Planning Project
Kensington and Kingsford Planning Review – Randwick City Council and Conybeare Morrison.
Best Planning Ideas – Small Project
Awarded to: Randwick City Council and Conybeare Morrison for Kensington and Kingsford Planning Review
Commendation: Jon Mills, Joel Davis, Karyn Virgin and Waqas Hashmi for Camden Town Centre Vision
Wind Energy Framework – Department of Planning and Environment.
Improving Planning Processes & Practices
Awarded to: Department of Planning and Environment for Wind Energy Framework
Commendation: Graham Gardner, Pathum Gunasekara, Stephen Leathley, David Broyd and Ian Sinclair for Muswellbrook LEP 2009 Review
Public Engagement & Community Planning
Awarded to: Cred Consulting and City of Parramatta for Embedding young people in Council’s Planning and Engagement Processes
Commendation: Sydney Metro Delivery Office for Moral Rights, Art Work and Architecture Deaccessions
Oatley Station Upgrade – Transport for NSW, Tonkin Zulaikha Greer, Design Inc and Spackman Mossop Michaels.
Great Place
Awarded to: Transport for NSW, Tonkin Zulaikha Greer, Design Inc and Spackman Mossop Michaels for Oatley Station Upgrade
Commendation: Lucilla Marshall, Rebecca Doblo, Kelly O’Brien, Julie Priest and Paul Koch for Oxide Park Renewal Project
Cutting Edge Reseach and Teaching
Awarded to: Professor Nicole Gurran and Professor Glen Bramley for Urban Planning and the Housing Market: International Perspectives for Policy and Practice
Commendation: James Coleman for The House that Jack Built – Green Bans Hero
Online Lodgement of Development Applications – Randwick City Council.
Innovation in Development Assessment
Awarded to: Randwick City Council for Online Lodgement of Development Applications
Commendation:Mariam Fares, Alexandra Hafner, John Maunder, Kevin Nonweiler, Michael McCabe and Luis Melim for Bayside Council Workload Management Tool (WMT)
