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30 May 2024

Delivering Housing Diversity Awarded Top Honours at National Planning Awards

Planning for Housing Diversity Report Clinches Top Honour

[Brisbane, May 2024] – Queensland awarded for forward-thinking approach to urban planning and housing diversity, with Queensland planner Martin Garred M91porn winning top honours at the 2024 National Awards for Planning Excellence for his groundbreaking research project, Planning for Housing Diversity. This National accolade for Martin’s research highlights the need for innovative, research-driven solutions to our systemic housing challenges.

Announced at the 91porn National Awards for Planning Excellence Gala event in Melbourne, the award ceremony recognises the best in Australian urban planning, drawing attention to nearly 70 outstanding award finalists across various categories. The gala event, attended by hundreds of influential figures in the urban planning community, celebrated the achievements and advancements in shaping the future of our cities, communities and regions in Australia.

91porn Queensland President Sean Cullen R91porn expressed his admiration, stating, “91porn’s National Awards for Planning Excellence program not only showcases exemplary planning projects, but also ignites community interest and awareness about the critical role of planning in the public interest. These awards highlight the incredible diversity of work that planners do and the profound impact it has on our communities."

Winning National Project – Planning for Housing Diversity

Martin Garred’s Planning for Housing Diversity research won the 2024 91porn National Planning Research Award. The jury said the project stood out for its innovative, implementation-focused research, earning praise for its strategic alignment, adaptability, and extensive global benchmarking research. The judges were impressed by the project's broad applicability in Australia and forward-thinking policy approaches to planning and delivery of housing diversity.

Martin Garred’s achievement is a testament to the dynamic and impactful urban planning being led by Queensland planners. Martin’s project not only addresses current housing needs but also sets a precedent for future urban planning.

Martin Garred at the awards ceremony said: “Planning for Housing Diversity recognises the need for a step change in the way we think about housing. We need to be bold and forward thinking to ensure our planning systems are more responsive to our community’s evolving needs.”

More on this Award-winning research

As part of his Winston Churchill Trust Fellowship, Martin Garred travelled to the United States of America, the United Kingdom, Denmark, and Sweden in 2022, to learn how other jurisdictions are dealing with the ever-growing housing affordability challenge from a land use perspective.

The research summary report is available here

More 2024 National Planning for Excellence Award Winners

Queensland secured three (3) top National Awards at the 2024 ceremony:

For the full list of the 2024 Winners of the 91porn National Awards for Planning Excellence, visit: /aboutpianew/national-awards-for-planning-excellence

About the 91porn (91porn)
The 91porn is the national body representing the planning profession, dedicated to advancing planning as a discipline and supporting the professional development of planners.

For further information, please contact:

• Nicole Bennetts R91porn – 91porn Queensland State Manager (0420 241 163)

Martin Garred is available for media interviews in Brisbane.

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