Welcome to the New South Wales Division of the Planning Institute of Australia

On these pages you will find information about who we are and how to contact us; our policy documents and submissions on a range of planning matters; forthcoming events and opportunities for involvement.

2010 NSW AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN PLANNING Nominations are now open. Download a nomination booklet or contact our Office for more details.

2009 NSW AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN PLANNING Congratulations to the 2009 Awards winners. Click here for the 2009 Awards Winners eBook

What’s On?

START YOUR ENGINES: NSW STATE CONFERENCE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT PLANNERS FORUM 2010, Mt Panorama, Bathurst 1-3 September  - REGISTRATIONS ARE NOW OPEN. Early bird rates apply until 20 July. Download a registration form here.

BRAVE NEW WORLD- THE LATEST NEWS ON RETAIL DEVELOPMENT IN NSW. Hosted by Gadens Lawyers. Sydney, Wednesday 18 August, 5.30pm. Seats are limited.  Download a registration form here.

THE LANDCOM GUIDELINES: leading urban development. PIA Northern Branch Seminar, Tamworth, Friday 27 August, 10am-4pm. Download the registration form here.

RURAL PLANNING SHORT COURSE... Edge Land Planning and PIA NSW are offering Rural development assessment workshops in 4 locations during 2010. Courses will run over two modules between June and October and are planned for Dubbo, Coffs Harbour, Wagga Wagga and Tamworth.  Download a registration form.

What's New?

SUBMISSION ON DRAFT SYDNEY GROWTH CENTRES STRATEGIC ASSESSMENT REPORT AND DRAFT SYDNEY GROWTH CENTRES PROGRAM REPORT, JUNE 2010

SUBMISSION ON NSW METROPOLITAN TRANSPORT PLAN MAY 2010

SUBMISSION: METROPOLITAN STRATEGY REVIEW SYDNEY TOWARDS 2036 DISCUSSION PAPER. May 2010

SUBMISSION TO REVIEW OF IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NATION BUILDING AND JOBS PLAN STIMULUS PROGRAM IN NSW May 2010

UWS_Urban Research Centre Prof Dev Short Courses visit the website http://www.uws.edu.au/urban_research_centre/urc/short_courses

UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND – Stand out from the crowd, study a Graduate Diploma or Master of Urban and Regional Planning from the comfort of your own home. Click here for details http://www.une.edu.au/for/future-students/sl/disciplines/geography/

HOW CAN YOU FIND THE RIGHT CONSULTING PLANNER?

The PIA website www.planning.org.au contains a database of member firms of NSW Consulting Planners. This database contains details on the personnel, qualifications, areas of expertise and experience of NSW Consulting Planners members.