2010
NSW AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN PLANNING 2010
The annual awards for excellence in planning promote the benefits of planning to the community at large; recognise outstanding achievements of planners; and acknowledge the role of public and private organisations in creating environments of distinction.
State winners are automatically entered in the Institute’s Annual National Awards for Excellence, which will be held in March 2011. Winners of the National Awards are drawn from the winners in each state of Australia.
The NSW winners were announced on 3 November, at Doltone House's Darling Island Wharf, Pyrmont Bay, Sydney.
The 2010 winners are:
President’s Award
PRECINX Landcom Sustainability Tool —Landcom with Kinesis and Simpson + Wilson
and
Clarence Valley Council — Clarence Valley Affordable Housing Strategy.
Environmental Planning or Conservation
Award: PRECINX Landcom Sustainability Tool — Landcom with Kinesis and Simpson + Wilson;
Commendation: Coastal Zone Management Plan for Byron Shire — Byron Shire Council & Parsons Brinckerhoff; Commendation: Green Street Program — Housing NSW, Department of Human Services.
Heritage Planning
Award: Sydney Harbour YHA & the Big Dig Archaeology Education Centre — Sydney Harbour YHA.
Media – public/professional
Award: Warringah Council – Talk of the Town 2010 Community Summit: Warringah’s Housing Future.
Planning Scholarship, Research or Teaching
Award: Sarkissian Associates Planners P/L — A Trio of New Books on Community Engagement;
Award: Robert Freestone — Urban Nation: Australia’s Planning Heritage book.
Planning for Healthy Urban Environments
Commendation: Penrith City Council — Penrith Regional Health Strategy 2010.
Rural and Regional Planning Achievement
Commendation: Bond University – Cross-Border Regional Planning: Coastal Queensland and New South Wales;
Commendation: GHD — Western Councils’ Sub Regional Landuse Strategy.
Social and Community Based Planning
Award: Clarence Valley Council — Clarence Valley Affordable Housing Strategy;
Commendation: Randwick City Council — An Integrated Planning Framework - A Suite of Community Based Plans; Commendation: Kogarah City Council — Community Strategic Plan – Bright Future, Better Lifestyle: Kogarah 2020.
Urban Design — Plans and Ideas
Award: Council of the City of Newcastle — Merewether Beach Public Domain Plan
Urban Planning Achievement
Award: Mosman Council - Mosman LEP 2010 (The bespoke consultation of a Standard LEP);
Commendation: Hornsby Shire Council — Hornsby Shire Council Housing Strategy;
Commendation: Tweed Shire Council — Pottsville Locality Based Development Code.
Young Planner of the Year Gillian Goldsmith
Click here for the 2009 Awards e-book
With special thanks to:
Silver sponsor
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