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Planning for settlement and housing growth while managing risk is one of the fundamentals of planning for a growing population in Victoria. This course will provide an overview of the considerations that need to be made to plan for settlement (regional and rural focus) and housing (metropolitan focus), and the baseline data and research that should be done to underpin a robust settlement and / or housing strategy. It will develop practitioner skills in interpreting, consolidating and applying this data including resolving conflicting objectives for different areas in the municipality (for example, flooding risk in activity centres). The course is informed by Victorian government advice including PPN90 and 91, Planning Panel recommendations, VCAT decisions and recent Housing and Settlement Strategy approvals, and focused on supporting practitioners in developing defendable planning scheme controls to direct preferred settlement housing growth outcomes.

Designed For 

Strategic planners

Learning Outcomes 

• Understand Councils obligations for settlement and housing growth planning. 
• Learn a step by step process to undertaking settlement planning and housing strategies informed by Victorian Government advice on planning for housing. 
• Explore ways to resolve conflicts between risks, values and accommodating growth and develop clear policy to guide decisions makers (including application of zones and overlays, and when to utilise local policy). 

Presenter

Cazz Redding MPIA (Fellow),  Director, Schemology
Cazz Redding runs Schemology (formerly known as Redink Planning), a town-planning consultancy based in north-east Victoria focussing on project management, strategic planning, drafting of planning scheme controls and training planners.
Cazz is an innovator and always on the lookout for better ways of doing things, to achieve efficiency in systems and processes, and deliver high quality outcomes for communities. She’s a systems thinker and has the rare ability to excel in both the strategic planning space and the detailed delivery mechanisms.
In the last two decades Cazz has educated hundreds of planners at RMIT and through the PLANET program and has an open, honest and generous delivery style that keeps participants engaged and creates a safe environment to ask questions and explore ideas. 

Terms & Conditions

Registrations cancelled more than 14 days prior to the event date will not incur any fees and a full refund will be granted.

If you cannot attend and you are within 14 days of the event date, you can transfer your ticket to another person.

In all other situations we cannot issue a refund or credit.

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