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History

The Planning Institute, originally created on 11 August 1951 as the Regional and Town Planning Institute, subsequently become the Royal Australian Planning Institute, commenced as the Planning Institute of Australia (PIA) on 1 July 2002. The PIA official commemoration was conducted on World Town Planning Day, 8 November 2002.

PIA is a not-for-profit federation of State and Territory Divisions with the Board of Directors comprising one representative from each state Division, an elected President, anda Secretary. PIA is represented through these Divisions around Australia, Overseas and through Special Interest Groups and office bearers.

National Young Planners Group

In March 1996, The Board of Directors of PIA endorsed a Young Planner’s Policy in response to the need to better represent the needs, issues and aspirations of young planners within the institute and enable representation on the Board of Directors. The aim of this policy and the National Young Planners Group is to promote, support and represent Young Planners at a national level. The role of Divisional young planner groups is to:

• Arrange social and information sessions and activities.
• Support you planners at Divisional levels.
• Promote the role of young planners within the planning profession.
• Foster links between PIA and Universities.
• Promote student and graduate membership of PIA.
• Promote interaction between young planners, especially between student and graduate planners.
• Promote the planning profession as a whole.