Welcome to another year of learningand development opportunities for professionals engaged in the Planning Industry.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

COURSE GUIDEVICTORIA

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PLANET 2020 CONTENTS BY CATEGORY

TAILORING YOUR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

The PIA PLANET program is administered by the Planning Institute Australia (PIA). PIA PLANET provides popular core learning programs and keeps you up to date with legislative, regulatory and policy changes in planning. Programs are added through the year and updates will be available at

www.planning.org.au/vic

TAILORING YOUR LEARNING NEEDS

Planners play an integral role in shaping the future of our cities, towns and surrounds. Successful development outcomes require planners to have new competencies to enable the advancement of their skills in practice. PIA PLANET provides a comprehensive range of programs which cover six key skill areas in which planners need to be competent, and which match PIA’s Registered Planner pathway. These are:

1. Professionalism and integrity.

2. Understanding, interpreting and using spatialthinking.

3. Using a creative and integrative approach,drawing on a range of disciplines.

4. Communicating and engaging withstakeholders.

5. Understanding and working with planningframeworks.

6. Developing and applying technical knowledge.

Our presenters are subject matter experts who are skilled in facilitating training and providing a positive learning experience to improve your knowledge.

PLANET PROMOTES “BEST PRACTICE” IN URBAN PLANNING

One of the best ways to improve your skills is to become informed of best practice models used by others. Our programs are developed to ensure improved practitioner skills through tailoring practical workshop sessions. The learning model also provides training opportunities to address a range of personal skills gaps for career

development.

NEW TO PLANET IN 2020

This year we are pleased to introduce more than 20 new courses to the program, covering topics such as: Crime Prevention through Environmental Design; Social and Affordable Housing Development; Healthy Active By Design; Drafting the Design and Development Overlay Masterclass; Presentation Skills; Indigenous Intercultural Approaches to Planning; Advocacy for Local Government around State Transport Projects; Project Management; The New EPA Framework; Using Evidence Based Research; Planning Scheme Reviews; State-wide Stormwater Provisions;

Expert Witness and Evidence; and more.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION BOOKINGS/STUDENTS/ CANCELLATIONS

PLANET bookings and payment should be made online via the PIA website. Course numbers are limited so please book early to avoid disappointment.

Full-time PIA student members (with evidence) who wish to attend a course will be charged 50% of the scheduled fee. Please contact PIA to arrange.

If you cannot attend a course for which you are registered, you must withdraw online no later than 7 days prior to the course. If you cannot attend and you are within 7 days of the course date, you can transfer your registration to another course or another person, provided we have at least 24 hours’ notice of your decision to transfer. We cannot issue refunds or credits.

If you do not attend on the day a full fee will be charged.

PIA requests payment of any outstanding invoices before you register for PLANET courses in 2020.

We can also offer generous discounts for bulk bookings.

Contact Executive Officer Carmel McCormack

carmel.mccormack@planning.org.au or phone 9654 3777 to discuss your requirements.

Note: The price of courses includes GST.

Check the website (planning.org.au/vic) for updates to venues and start times.

2020 PLANET COURSE GUIDE PLANNING SYSTEM Page No.,

The A - Z of Planning 6

APPLICATION ASSESSMENTS

ResCode Practice 7

Planning for Sustainable Animal Industries REGIONAL 8

Preparing & Assessing a Bushfire Management Statement 9

Environmental Impact Assessment 10

Traffic and Parking Assessments 11

Assessing Neighbourhood Character 12Applying the Native Vegetation Guidelines 13

Statewide Stormwater Provisions in the Planning Scheme NEW 14

The Subdivision Process 15

Landscape & Visual Impact Assessment 16

PLANNING LAW

Tips and traps for running planning cases in VCAT REGIONAL 17

Presenting at a Panel NEW 18

Understanding Development Contributions 18

Introduction to VCAT - The Hearing 19

Understanding the Value of and Presenting Expert Evidence NEW 20

STRATEGIC PLANNING

SOCIAL AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING SERIES 21

• Module 1: Practical Insights for Local Government land use and social planners NEW 21

• Module 2: Social and Affordable Housing for Elected Representatives NEW 22

• Module 3: Working with Community Housing Providers NEW 23

DRAFTING THE PLANNING SCHEME SERIES 24

• Module 1: How the planning scheme works 25

• Module 2: Drafting the MPS and PPF 25

• Module 3: Drafting schedules – zones, overlays and provisions 26

• Module 4: Drafting the Design and Development Overlay - Masterclass NEW 26

Managing Development Near Landfills and Other Buffers 27

Effective Advocacy for Local government around State Transport Projects NEW 28

STRATEGIC PLANNING SERIES 28

• Module 1: Effective Strategic Planning 30

• Module 2: Project Management for Planners NEW 30

• Module 3: Evidence based research NEW 31

• Module 4: How to do a planning scheme review NEW 31

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COMPETENCY PRACTICE AREAS

Urban and Regional Planners apply a set of planning skills, draw upon a knowledge base, and use a variety of tools to facilitate and influence the way that the built environment is arranged spatially, connected and used. Lifelong dedication to skill development in these practice areas helps creates great planning outcomes. PIA focusses its educational content-delivery to ensure development across these areas.

Integrate and apply knowledge from a range of planning-related skills and disciplines to develop well-informed approaches to planning roles, opportunities and issues.

DEVELOPING AND APPLYING TECHNICAL

KNOWLEDGE

Demonstrate responsibility and resourcefulness, initiative, judgment, substantial involvement and personal accountability consistent with the expectations of the planning profession and the community when engaged in planning roles and activities.

Apply planning theory and skills in support of strategic objectives to achieve social, economic and environmental outcomes that serve the public agenda.

UNDERSTANDING, INTERPRETING AND

USING SPATIAL THINKING

Communicate effectively with stakeholders to inform, consult and engage them in planning processes.

COMMUNICATING AND ENGAGING WITH

STAKEHOLDERS

Understand and work within legislative and other relevant frameworks appropriate to their context and professional application.

UNDERSTANDING AND WORKING

WITH PLANNING FRAMEWORKS

Develop innovative, multidisciplinary, evidence-based and integrative outcomes to facilitate and influence social and economic development, community wellbeing and environmental responsibility.

USING A CREATIVE AND INTEGRATIVE APPROACH,

DRAWING ON A RANGE OF DISCIPLINES AND

METHODS

PROFESSIONALISM

AND INTEGRITY

Planning & Delivering Community Infrastructure in an Urban Renewal Setting 32

Managing Potentially Contaminated Land and the new PRS NEW 33The New Environment Protection Framework and Land Use Planning NEW 34

DESIGN

Design Thinking Drawing 36

Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED) NEW 37

Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED) – Site Review NEW 38

Healthy Active by Design in Practice NEW 39

Applying the Better Apartment Design Standards 40

Smart City Strategy Delivery and Successful Implementation 41

Urban Design in Practice 42

ECONOMICS

Economics for Planners 43

SUSTAINABILITY

Applying Sustainability Provisions in the Planning Scheme 44

Biodiversity and Urban Planning 44

Bushfire Knowledge for Environmental Planners NEW 45

Sustainable Transport for our Cities 46

Green Infrastructure and Urban Planning 47

HERITAGE

Aboriginal Cultural Heritage (CBD & Regional) NEW 48

Planning Together Ways: An Indigenous intercultural approach 49

Heritage Planning 50

Infill Development in Heritage Areas 51

WELL-BEING, COMMUNICATION & ENGAGEMENT

Fearless Facilitation 52

How Planners Deal with Conflict 53

Presentation Skills for Planners NEW 54

The Emotionally Fit Planner NEW 54

Deliberation by Design NEW 55

Communication with Communities: The ‘How To’ Course 57

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RESCODE PRACTICE

The ‘ResCode’ residential development standards are a key aspect of the Victorian planning system and central to the assessment of residential development applications of up to four storeys. This 1.5 day intensive course provides planners with an understanding of Clauses 54 and 55. The collaborative workshop providesparticipants with an opportunity to assessan actual development proposal againsteach ResCode objective and standard andlearn when and how discretion should beused to vary the ResCode standards.The course uses plan reading and spatialmeasurement skills, as well as other toolssuch as ShadowDraw and an analysis ofVCAT case law and Practice Notes which willassist planners in assessing developmentapplications.

DESIGNED FOR:Planners who analyse planning applications based on ResCode (clauses 54 and 55). It is recommended that participants have a level of competence in plan reading and spatial awareness.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:• Understand the residential developmentprovisions• Apply residential development guidelinesto planning assessments• Identify the parameters to decision-making

COMPETENCY PRACTICE AREA:Understanding and working with planning frameworks.

COURSE PRESENTER:John Glossop MPIA (Fellow) | Director of Glossop Town Planning Pty Ltd.John is a former sessional Planning Panels Member and was a member of the ResCode Advisory Committee. He appears at VCAT as an expert witness. John has facilitated stakeholder engagement in the development and implementation of the Better Apartments Design Standards for DELWP.

Day 1Tuesday, 7 April 20209.30am - 5.00pmDay 2Wednesday, 8 April 20209.30am - 1.30pm

or

Day 1Tuesday, 22 September 20209:30am - 5:00pmDay 2Wednesday, 23 September 20209.30am - 1.30pm

VenuePIA Victoria OfficeLevel 3 / 124 Exhibition St, MelbournePricePIA Members: $510 Non-members: $690 10.5 CPDPOINTS

THE A - Z OF PLANNING

This course covers the difference between the statutory and strategic context of the Victorian planning system, the layers of policy and the day-to-day process requirements of the planning office including statutory processes, decision making, enforcement and VCAT procedures. Practical workshops will cover scenarios for the application of zones and overlays and permit requirements, with a focus on most frequently asked questions.

DESIGNED FOR:New people entering the planning system in Victoria, allied professions, such as officers of referral authorities, new planners, planning assistants and administrative officers in local government and Councillors would benefit most from this overview of practical skills to cope with the day-to-day requirements of using Victoria's planning system.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:• Recognise the principles of the planningprocess• Understand the role of the council, decisionmaking and delegations• Recognise the components of planningschemes and their application• Interpret relevant planning legislation andthe role of referral authorities• Understand the differences between theapplication of zones and overlays• Identify the permit process includingadvertising, conditions, referrals and therelevance of planning scheme amendments• Understand enforcement and the VCATprocess• Comprehend the use of schedules anddefinitions• Distinguish between the strategic andstatutory elements of the planning scheme.

Note: Participants are advised that this is a generic guide to planning processes. Other PLANET courses are available on the detailed processes.

COMPETENCY PRACTICE AREA:Developing and applying technical knowledge.

COURSE PRESENTER:Peter O'Leary | Polplan Pty Ltd.Peter was a long-serving member of the VCAT Planning and Environment List. He has a strong background in local government planning and management.

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DateWednesday, 4 March 2020Thursday, 2 April 2020Tuesday, 14 July 2020Time9:30am - 5:00pmVenuePIA Victoria OfficeLevel 3 / 124 Exhibition St, MelbournePricePIA Members: $330 Non-members: $460 7 CPD POINTS

"Peter was brilliant. I have completed this course quite a

number of years ago and Peter's breadth and depth of knowledge

was superior along with his ability to impart knowledge and have a laugh along the way! Excellent

facilitator."

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PLANNING FOR SUSTAINABLE ANIMAL INDUSTRIES

Planning applications for animal industries can be highly technical and difficult to assess. For councils who do not often receive applications for these industries, assessing them can cause a significant strain on resources, and complicate the process for investors. This course will address the following questions: • What advice can planners provide, orindustry best practice can they refer towhen there is a permit application or pre-application enquiry for a pig farm, poultryfarm, cattle feedlot, goat dairy or cowdairy?• How can local government respond toanimal land use complaints from the UrbanGrowth Zone to the Farming Zone?Agriculture Victoria has developed thiscourse to help local government plannersunderstand animal industries and theplanning regulations that support them.

DESIGNED FOR:Rural town planners, planning consultants (specialising in livestock production).

LEARNING OUTCOMES:• Awareness of the 2018 gazetted animalindustry land use definitions, new industryguidelines, planning practices notes andthe Code of Practice for Intensive AnimalIndustries.• Improved understanding of productionsystems and the economic value of animalindustries• Improved ability to assess applications anddevelop conditions for animal industries• Direct contacts within Agriculture Victoriato assist with animal industry developments,expansions and land use conflicts.

COMPETENCY PRACTICE AREA:Developing and applying technical knowledge.

COURSE PRESENTERS:Members of the Panel of Animal Industries Experts – Agriculture Victoria.Mick O’Keefe leads the Panel of Animal Industries Experts within Agriculture Victoria. Mick is an Environmental Engineer that has provided planning and conceptual design services to extensive and intensive animal industries since 2005 including dairy, beef, poultry and lamb enterprises. He has also co-authored environmental and planning guidelines for the dairy and pork industries; and developed and delivered environmental training packages regarding the design and management of manure systems for livestock industries.Steve Hicks has spent the last 18 years in local government with roles including Manager Statutory Services and Governance at Strathbogie Shire Council and Planning Coordinator at Mansfield Shire Council. His background is in engineering design, and he later completed studies in planning and environment. His previous roles included assessing planning permits and managing compliance across a range of rural land uses, working collaboratively with state agencies and authorities.

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Tuesday, 21 April 2020 (Benalla)DELWP Office - 89 Sydney Rd, Benalla

Thursday, 23 April 2020 (Traralgon)DELWP Office - 71 Hotham St, Traralgon

Tuesday, 5 May 2020 (Bendigo)DELWP Office - Cnr Midland Hwy and

Taylor St, EpsomThursday, 7 May 2020 (Colac)

Colac Bowling Club - Cnr Moore St & Armstrong St, Colac

Time10:00am – 4:00pmPricePIA Members: $225 Non-members: $315

5 CPD POINTS

REGIONAL

PREPARING & ASSESSING A BUSHFIRE MANAGEMENT STATEMENT

The planning system has an important role in the creation of more bushfire resilient communities with 2017 seeing some significant changes introduced by VC132 and VC140. Learn how Clause 13.02 influences your strategic and statutory planning. Settlement planning and rezoning of land must consider and achieve a low level of bushfire risk. In established areas of higher risk, an application prepared under the Bushfire Management Overlay must include a Bushfire Planning Report. This demonstrates the way in which the application meets the relevant objectives, standards and decision guidelines of the Bushfire Management Overlay.This course will provide you with the knowledge of when and how bushfire risk needs to be considered in any planning proposal. It will provide an overview of Clauses 13.02, 44.06 and 53.02 and an introduction to fire behaviour. It will also focus on strategic and statutory case studies to enhance your understanding.

DESIGNED FOR:Local government planners, referral authorities and planning consultants who identify the need to better understand the role of the planning scheme in managing bushfire risk.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:• Better understand how the planningscheme contributes to community resilienceto bushfire• Understand the information required toassess bushfire risk for a planning proposaland what planning proposals need toconsider bushfire risk• Identify the key elements to prepare aBushfire Management Statement, includingthe site assessment used to determinedefendable space

• Gain the ability to consider the quality ofa Bushfire Planning Report and identify anydeficiencies in an application.

COMPETENCY PRACTICE AREA:Developing and applying technical knowledge.COURSE PRESENTER:Deanne Smith MPIA is the Director of Euca Planning and specialises in the consideration of bushfire risk within the planning, building and urban design realms. With over 15 years’ experience with the Country Fire Authority (CFA) in both fire safety regulation and fire operations, Deanne has gone on to work in local government and private consultancy. She has extensive experience in the development of policy at local, state and national levels.Gabby McMillan MPIA is an environmental and planning lawyer with over 18 years of experience. Prior to establishing Terralogic, Gabby worked as a lawyer, specialising in planning and environmental law and provided advice to clients in relation to the assessment process and acted as an advocate at VCAT and Planning Panels Victoria. Before becoming a lawyer, Gabby worked as a planner for 14 years. She worked at the CFA providing statutory and strategic level bushfire planning advice. She has administered assessment and approvals processes for State significant projects, including road, rail, power, renewable energy and mining projects.

DateThursday, 23 April 2020Time9:30am - 5:00pm VenuePIA Victoria OfficeLevel 3 / 124 Exhibition St, MelbournePricePIA members $330Non-members $460 7 CPD POINTS

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ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT (EIA) NEW

This course provides an overview of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) process and explains how the assessment interacts with other statutory decisions. The course includes an introduction to EIA principles, State and Commonwealth legislation, referral requirements, scoping, assessment and advisory committees, bilateral agreements and the links between EIA and planning decisions. Case studies and practical examples will be used to illustrate the EIA principles and application of the legislative framework.

DESIGNED FOR:Statutory and strategic planners, environmental consultants, engineers. Planners who work on medium-larger scale projects in locations where there is more likelihood of environmental effects, or people who have no knowledge of EIA and want to build their knowledge, such as: town planners, urban designers, planning lawyers, strategic planners etc.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:• Gain an understanding of EIA principlesand Legislative frameworks (State and Commonwealth)• When a referral is likely to be requiredunder the Environment Effects Act 1978 (EEAct) and/or Environment Protection andBiodiversity Conservation 1999 (EPBC Act)• Steps in the EIA process (referral, scoping,exhibition, advisory committee, assessmentand statutory decisions)• Basic overview of strategic environmentalassessment (SEA) (e.g. such as theMelbourne Strategic Assessment or MSA)• How EIA informs other decision-makersabout the likely environmental effects of aproject and links to the planning system

COMPETENCY PRACTICE AREA:Understanding and working with planning frameworks.

COURSE PRESENTER:Gabby McMillan MPIA is an environmental and planning consultant with over 18 years of experience. Prior to establishing Terralogic, Gabby worked as a planning and environmental lawyer and provided advice to clients in relation to assessment process and acted as an advocate at VCAT and Planning Panels Victoria. Gabby has also worked as a statutory and strategic planner for 14 years. She worked at the CFA providing statutory and strategic level bushfire planning advice. She has administered assessment and approvals processes for State significant projects, including road, rail, power, renewable energy and mining projects.

DateTuesday, 5 May 2020Time9:30am - 5:00pmVenuePIA Victoria OfficeLevel 3 / 124 Exhibition St, MelbournePricePIA members $330Non-members $460 7 CPD POINTS

TRAFFIC AND PARKING ASSESSMENTS

This interactive course 'decodes' the jargon of traffic and parking, explains the concepts and provides you with real skills. On completion of the course you will feel confident in discussing concepts with consultants, traffic engineers and the community.The course covers the essentials needed to analyse applications that involve traffic or parking considerations including the calculation of parking demand, how to read parking ratios, measuring the compliance of car parking dimensions and parking credits. The course also includes the role of traffic engineers and the application of parking surveys and analysis.

DESIGNED FOR:Essential for planners currently working in statutory planning and assessing car parking and traffic. It is also relevant to VicRoads staff, engineers, architects and building designers.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:• Understand the parking provisions atclause 52.06 of the planning scheme, andwhen a permit is needed to waive or reducecar parking• Identify how a SIDRA model and otherpredictive models work and their role indevelopment assessment• Use turning templates to understandwhether access for cars and trucks 'works'or not• Car stackers: what do you need to knowabout them; how do they work; how muchspace do they need• Understand Clause 55 parking provisionsof and the traffic and road design provisionsof Clause 56• Interpret the relevance of the AustralianStandards.

COMPETENCY PRACTICE AREA:

Developing and applying technical knowledge.

DateThursday, 28 May 2020Time9:30am - 5:00pmVenuePIA Victoria OfficeLevel 3 / 124 Exhibition St, MelbournePricePIA members $410Non-members $560 7 CPD POINTS

COURSE PRESENTERS:John Glossop, MPIA (Fellow), Director of Glossop Town Planning Pty Ltd. John is a former sessional Planning Panels Member and was a member of the ResCode Advisory Committee. He appears at VCAT as an expert witness. John has facilitated stakeholder engagement in the development and implementation of the Better Apartments Design Standards for the DELWP.Chris Coath – Director at GTA ConsultantsChris is a specialist transport planner and traffic engineer with over 16 years of experience encompassing an extensive range of car parking strategies, land use planning and design, integrated transport plans, traffic and transport planning, masterplan development, traffic engineering impact assessments, transport research and expert presentations at Tribunal and Planning Panel hearings.

"Great course. The facilitator was very knowledgeable and explained

things well. There is a lot to learn in this space."

"The facilitators use and extensive knowledge of real cases was what

made this training so useful."

"As a statutory planner I found the course very helpful and

the working examples were an excellent way to ensure that the information was going in and sticking around. I would

recommend this course to others."

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DateTuesday, 2 June 2020, orTuesday, 29 September 2020Time9:30am - 5:00pm VenueMelbourne Metropole Central44 Brunswick St, FitzroyPricePIA members $410Non-members $560 7 CPD POINTS

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APPLYING THE NATIVE VEGETATION GUIDELINES

This course will cover the application of the Guidelines for removal, destruction or lopping of native vegetation in Victoria. The course will detail how native vegetation is defined and valued; explain the three-step approach of avoid, minimise and offset and how this should be applied; explain how the assessment pathway for an application is determined; describe the application requirements and how to meet these; describe the decision guidelines and how they are applied; explain how offset requirements are determined and how an offset site can be established.

DESIGNED FOR:Council staff, consultants involved with preparing or assessing planning permits and other applications to remove, destroy or lop native vegetation.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:Understand the requirements of the Guidelines ans know hot to apply and comply with them.

COMPETENCY PRACTICE AREA:Understanding and working with planning frameworks.

COURSE PRESENTERS:Penny Croucamp has worked for Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning since 2010. She has been a member of the native vegetation regulation team since 2013 and was involved in developing the updated (December 2017) native vegetation provisions.

DateThursday, 13 August 2020Time9:30am - 5:00pmVenuePIA Victoria OfficeLevel 3 / 124 Exhibition St, MelbournePricePIA members $330Non-members $460 7 CPD POINTS

ASSESSING NEIGHBOURHOOD CHARACTER

Neighbourhood character is arguably the most contentious aspect of residential development planning. This course clarifies the concept of "neighbourhood character" and provides a simple framework by which planners can begin to understand this issue. The course focuses on defining what neighbourhood character means, using photographs to show different neighbourhood character typologies, using photographic examples to discuss whether these developments ‘respect’ neighbourhood character, and exploring critical VCAT decisions on the topic.Participants also take a short walk, where the principles of neighbourhood character are further illustrated and discussed. The session concludes with a class discussion, aided by images of new developments and streetscapes. The class discussion is joined by a local architect. It is an interactive and thought-provoking session.

DESIGNED FOR:Planners responsible for assessing applications and needing to clarify/understand the concept of "neighbourhood character", architects and building designers, developers, solicitors and anyone engaged in the design or assessment of residential development. Planners gain value from attending the PLANET ResCode course in conjunction with this session.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:• Appreciate what neighbourhood charactermeans in a planning context• Develop an understanding of the basicneighbourhood character typologies• Discuss the role of neighbourhoodcharacter studies and local policies in theassessment process

• Learn about how to 'respect'neighbourhood character and how to'respond' to a specific context.

COMPETENCY PRACTICE AREA:Understanding, interpreting and using spatial thinking.

COURSE PRESENTERS:John Glossop, MPIA (Fellow), Director of Glossop Town Planning Pty Ltd. John is a former sessional Planning Panels Member and was a member of the ResCode Advisory Committee. He appears at VCAT as an expert witness. John has facilitated stakeholder engagement in the development and implementation of the Better Apartments Design Standards for the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning.Craig Czarny, Director at Hansen PartnershipCraig is a leading urban design and landscape architect practitioner with over 28 years’ experience across design practice and research with an outstanding array of local and international project experience. Craig is an active contributor to research, having served as a sessional lecturer at the University of Melbourne and a regular juror for both local and international urban design and landscape architecture project awards.

Mark Chisholm has worked with DELWP’s Native Vegetation Regulation team since 2013 and is part of the team supporting the implementation of the native vegetation removal regulations.

"Very enjoyable course which has been very helpful"

"Good course, well run"

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DateTuesday, 25 August 2020Time9:30am - 5:00pmVenuePIA Victoria OfficeLevel 3 / 124 Exhibition St, MelbournePricePIA members $330Non-members $460

7 CPD POINTS

THE SUBDIVISION PROCESS

This course is an introduction to the management and assessment of a subdivision application. It covers the planner's role in the process, and the knowledge needed to understand a title plan, a plan of subdivision and the various legislative frameworks. These include the Victoria Planning Provisions, zones and overlays, particular and general provisions, covenants and public open space contributions. The course includes practical hands-on exercises.

DESIGNED FOR:Planners, subdivision officers and planning assistants who need to understand the basic subdivision process in local government.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:• Apply the principles to assess a subdivisioncertification and subdivision planningapplication• Interpret development and subdivisionplans and Certificates of Title, includingcovenants and section 173 agreements• Interpret relevant legislation• Critically assess the subdivision in regard tolot and common property boundaries andagainst planning scheme requirements

DateThursday, 10 September 2020Time9:30am - 5:00pmVenuePIA Victoria OfficeLevel 3 / 124 Exhibition St, MelbournePricePIA members $410Non-members $560 7 CPD POINTS

COMPETENCY PRACTICE AREA:Understanding and working with planning frameworks.

COURSE PRESENTER:John Glossop, MPIA (Fellow) | Director of Glossop Town Planning Pty Ltd. John is a former sessional Planning Panels Member and was a member of the ResCode Advisory Committee. He appears at VCAT as an expert witness. John has facilitated stakeholder engagement in the development and implementation of the Better Apartments Design Standards for the DELWP.Michael Loy | Director and land surveyor, Lawlor and Loy Pty Ltd.

STATEWIDE STORMWATER PROVISIONS IN THE PLANNING SCHEME

The Victorian Government expanded State-wide stormwater planning controls in October 2018 to help protect our waterways, prevent flooding and divert more rainfall to our gardens and trees rather than letting it disappear down the drain. This is known as ‘integrated water catchment management planning’, and for some it is known as Amendment VC154. Almost every new planning application will now need to treat stormwater on site. This course is designed to help planners understand the integrated links between water and cities, understand the role and scope of the new State controls, and to help planners understand how to receive and assess applications in a way that best achieves our new stormwater objectives.

DESIGNED FORThis course is suitable for senior and junior staff as each has a different role to play in implementing Victoria’s progressive new stormwater controls. The course particularly welcomes practitioners that want to become better urban and environmental planners by deepening their stormwater knowledge.

LEARNING OUTCOMES• Understand the Victorian context forStatewide stormwater planning controls• Gain a general understanding of IWCMand stormwater assets, what they look like,how they work, and spatial requirements• Be able to interpret planning applicationdocumentation, including engineeringreports, to the level required to be able toassess if planning requirements are met.This relates to the full suite of stormwatercontrols including cl.19.03-3S, cl. 53.18 andothers

NEW • Understand critical concepts such as‘raingardens’, ‘bioretention systems’ and‘treat to best practice’

COMPETENCY PRACTICE AREA:

Developing and applying technical knowledge.

COURSE PRESENTERS:Sara Lloyd - Director, Environmental Science - E2DesignlabSara is a highly experienced practitioner in integrated water management, having led the development of keystone projects in the Victorian industry over the last 20 years. Sara draws on reliable science and her industry experience to tackle the complex and often competing technical, economic, environmental and social issues when delivering projects. Kate Matthews MPIA - Tract ConsultantsKate is an Associate planner at Tract Consultants, having previously worked in statutory and strategic planning roles in local and state government. She has spent much of her career at the “pointy end” of stormwater policy implementation through the planning system, as well as having developed a strong working knowledge of stormwater management policy, modelling and asset design through her previous roles at Melbourne Water and Cardno. Mandy Bolton - Senior Policy Advisor, DELWPMandy Bolton is a Senior Policy Advisor within the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) working on urban water programs to support the Government's objectives for resilient and liveable cities and towns under Water for Victoria. DELWP aims to improve stormwater management and strengthen the links between water management and urban planning; alongside population growth and urban development, to protect the long-term health of urban waterways and bays.

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DateThursday 22 October 2020Time9:30am - 5:00pmVenuePIA Victoria OfficeLevel 3 / 124 Exhibition St, MelbournePricePIA members $330Non-members $460 7 CPD POINTS

Thursday, 19 March 2020 (Bendigo)DELWP Office

7 Taylor Street, Epsom, Bendigo

Thursday, 4 June 2020 (Leongatha)Venue TBC

Tuesday, 18 August 2020 (Wangaratta)Wangaratta Performing Arts Centre

33-37 Ford Street, Wangaratta

Thursday, 22 October 2020 (Geelong)Eastern Hub Geelong

285A McKillop St, Geelong

Time10:00am - 1:00pm PricePIA members $150Non-members $200

TIPS AND TRAPS FOR RUNNING PLANNING CASES IN VCAT

The course will provide an overview of the VCAT process and address the practice day hearing, grounds, amended plans procedure, compulsory conferences, and common kinds of planning proceedings, in addition to merits reviews such as planning enforcement. Practical tips will be given in relation to the use of expert witnesses including how to properly brief an expert witness, expert witness duties, and examination and cross examination of witnesses. An overview of the written submission phase of presenting at VCAT will be discussed. The sessions are intended to be practical and skills based and will utilise small group sessions as well as traditional lecture-style presentations.

DESIGNED FOR:Local Government Planners at all levels

LEARNING OUTCOMES:• Improved knowledge of VCAT procedures• Development of skills in addressingevidence, including cross examination• Development of skills in the preparation ofwritten submissions• Increased confidence in presenting beforeVCAT.

PLANNING LAW

2.5 CPDPOINTS

REGIONAL

COMPETENCY PRACTICE AREA:Understanding and working with planning frameworks.

COURSE PRESENTERS:Joseph Monaghan, Nick Sissons, Rachel Foo and Tess Kerridge from Holding Redlich

LANDSCAPE & VISUAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT

This course will provide an overview of the contemporary approach to landscape and visual impact assessment and an understanding of why this is important. In order to achieve this, the course will review the philosophy, history and context of landscape and aesthetic appraisal. Additionally, we will explore the differences between Australian (state) and international guidance. Different types of landscape and visual reports will be compared to enable practitioners to scope and review the assessments. Through case studies, a workshop and field trip we will apply the assessment guidelines in a real-world setting. An important element of this course is to develop a critical stance in relation to landscape and visual impact assessment and its future development and application in planning. A key aim of this course is to provide participants with an understanding of the importance of landscape and visual considerations in the planning context and how planning practitioners can better utilise these assessments in their practice.

DESIGNED FOR:Local government and consultant planners responsible for scoping, preparing and assessing applications and needing to clarify/understand landscape and visual impact assessment; urban designers, developers, solicitors and anyone engaged in design and impact assessment.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:• Describe the nature of landscape andvisual impact assessment: philosophy,history and planning context• Summarise the differences betweenAustralian and international guidance forlandscape and visual impact assessment• Compare different types of landscape andvisual impact assessment reports.• Scope and review landscape and visual

impact assessments• Evaluate the impact of VCAT decisions onlandscape and visual impact assessment• Contrast case studies on the application oflandscape and visual impact assessmentsin industry• Apply the landscape and visual impactassessment guidelines in a real-worldsetting• Critique the current Australian guidance forlandscape and visual impact assessment• Evaluate when and how to applylandscape and visual considerations in theplanning context

COMPETENCY PRACTICE AREA:Understanding and working with planning frameworks.

COURSE PRESENTER:Laura Farrell is a Landscape Architect with GHD Pty Ltd with international experience in Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment (LVIA) with a focus on large infrastructure projects such as transmission lines, windfarms, motorways, mining and commercial developments. Laura has a Masters’ degree in Spatial Information Management and Honours degree in Landscape Architecture. Her Masters research analysed spatial data for the creation of a Zone of Theoretical Visibility in LVIA.

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UNDERSTANDING DEVELOPMENT CONTRIBUTIONS

A sound understanding of how development and infrastructure contributions can be levied is a core component of planning law and an integral part of the planning system in Victoria. This session examines how public infrastructure, works, services and facilities can be required under the Planning and Environment Act 1987 to be provided or funded as part of a development. The session will cover the origins of the development and infrastructure contributions systems in Victoria and how they operate today. The session will also address how infrastructure can be required by planning permit conditions, section 173 agreements, and provision of works or land in-kind.

DESIGNED FOR:Every statutory and strategic planner requires a sound understanding of the development contributions system and how public infrastructure, works, services and facilities can be required to be provided or funded as part of a development.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:• Understand how public infrastructure,works, services and facilities can be requiredunder the Planning and Environment Act1987 to be provided or funded as part of adevelopment• Understand the nature of thedevelopment contributions andinfrastructure contributions systems inVictoria

COMPETENCY PRACTICE AREA:Understanding and working with planning frameworks.

DateThursday, 19 March 2020Time9:30am - 5:00pm VenuePlanning Panels Victoria1 Spring Street, MelbournePricePIA members $330Non-members $460 7 CPD POINTS

COURSE PRESENTER:This course is designed and presented by Will Bartley MPIA, Senior Associate at Clayton Utz. Will is a Law Institute of Victoria Environmental, Planning and Local Government Law Accredited Specialist who is experienced at representing and advising government agencies and authorities and a range of private clients on this area of planning law. He has appeared in relevant proceedings in VCAT and has advised clients and prepared numerous agreements concerned with the implementation of DCPs.

DateThursday, 16 April 2020Time9:30am - 1:30pmVenuePIA Victoria OfficeLevel 3 / 124 Exhibition St, MelbournePricePIA members $225Non-members $315

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INTRODUCTION TO VCAT - THE HEARING

This course 'breaks the ice' for planners about entering a VCAT hearing and making a presentation. The course covers the role of VCAT's Planning and Environment List in hearing planning submissions. This session includes a brief introduction to VCAT, guided attendance at a hearing and a session on preparing and presenting your submission. It includes discussion with VCAT members about various procedural issues. It is recommended that participants try to attend a VCAT hearing before this session.

DESIGNED FOR:Any person who needs to attend a VCAT

DateFriday, 17 April 2020Time9:30am - 5:00pm VenueVCAT | 25-55 King St, MelbournePricePIA members $330Non-members $460

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hearing including new planners or planners who are presenting their first appeal.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:• Appreciate VCAT's role in decision making• Understand the role and function of theparties• Know what to include in your presentationto VCAT and how to prepare your case• Analysis of the hearing process

COMPETENCY PRACTICE AREA:Understanding and working with planning frameworks.

COURSE PRESENTERS:This course is supported by the VCAT Planning and Environment List and presented by senior VCAT member Laurie Hewet along with other senior VCAT members.

PRESENTING AT A PANEL

This course will give participants the practical skills and confidence to present to a planning panel or advisory committee. With interesting presentations and engaging role play you will learn how the panel system works and how you can best present your case. The course will cover presentation for advocates including Council staff, referral authority staff and expert witnesses.As well as providing an introduction for people unfamiliar with panels it will address how to deal with a range of procedural issues that might arise.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:• Understand how the panel system works• Learn how to make clear and effectivepresentations.

DESIGNED FOR:This course is aimed at planners, planning lawyers, and referral authority staff who may need to present to a Panel.

COMPETENCY PRACTICE AREA:Understanding and working with planning frameworks.

COURSE PRESENTERS:The course is run by Senior Panel Members at Planning Panels Victoria – the very people you might need to present to!

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"Great session relevant to my role in local government and a

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Time9:30am - 5:00pm

VenuePIA Victoria Office Level 3 / 124 Exhibition St, Melbourne

PricePIA members $330Non-members $460 7 CPD POINTS

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SOCIAL AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING SERIES

This series comprises three one-day modules designed to meet the capacity uplift needs of current local government and industry practitioners and elected councillors with regard to provision of affordable housing.

COURSE PRESENTERS: Rachel HornsbyRachel Hornsby is the Director of Hornsby & Co. a consultancy that specialises in brokering social and affordable housing. Rachel has worked within the community housing sector in Victoria and NSW and prior to that had more than 15 years' working in local government in Australia and New Zealand. Rachel combines her knowledge of the workings of local government, her understanding of the challenges faced by community housing organisations, and recognition of the commercial realities of the development sector, to deliver pragmatic advice and support to planners, development managers, and elected representatives. Rachel has a Master of Property from RMIT and a Graduate Diploma in Developing Social Housing projects from Erasmus University, Netherlands. Amy Hubbard Amy is a Director and Co-founder of Capire, a specialist community engagement consultancy based in Melbourne. With over 20 years of experience in engagement, Amy has expertise in the design of placed-based engagement and integrating engagement outcomes with the delivery of planning and technical solutions. Amy has worked extensively with State and Local Government on major infrastructure, urban renewal and public policy projects. She also designs and implements

processes to embed leading practice engagement in government agencies and state significant projects.Community Housing Industry Association Victoria (CHIA Vic)CHIA Vic is the peak body that represents the not-for-profit community housing sector in Victoria. CHIA Vic works to support the growth of community housing as the most effective and efficient means of ensuring more disadvantaged Victorians can enjoy the dignity of safe, secure and appropriate housing. CHIA Vic’s member community housing organisations (CHOs) include all the organisations registered as housing associations or housing providers under the Victorian regulatory framework. These registered CHOs make up an integral part of Victoria’s social housing system, managing more than 20,000 units of rental property, over 9,700 of which are owned by CHOs.

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MODULE 1: PRACTICAL INSIGHTS FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT LAND USE AND SOCIAL PLANNERS

This one-day course will present the policy context for social and affordable housing in Victoria and provide practical guidance about how to develop local affordable housing strategies and action plans referring to current practice and case studies. The course will explain working with the Victorian planning system to deliver of social and affordable housing; working with other stakeholders and partners to deliver outcomes.

The course will also cover principles and techniques for effective community engagement for social and affordable housing projects, including public housing proposals.

UNDERSTANDING THE VALUE OF AND PRESENTING EXPERT EVIDENCE

This course will explain the role and duties of an expert witness and the purpose of expert evidence. It provides guidance on giving and receiving instructions, matters to consider and include when preparing an expert evidence statement, cross examination and tips for dealing with difficult questions under examination.

DESIGNED FOR:Town planners, urban designers, planning lawyers, strategic planners and allied professionals.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:• Understanding the role, purpose andduties of an expert and expert evidence• Understanding the proceduralrequirements associated with presentingexpert evidence to the Victorian Civiland Administrative Appeals Tribunal andPlanning Panels Victoria• How to give and receive instructions inrelation to expert evidence• How to prepare an expert evidencestatement and present evidence• How to lead and present evidence in chiefand how to respond to cross examinationincluding undertaking role plays

COMPETENCY PRACTICE AREA:Understanding and working with planning frameworks.

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COURSE PRESENTER:David Vorchheimer MPIA (Fellow) – Partner, HWL Ebsworth LawyersDavid is a town planner and lawyer specialising in Planning, Environment, Heritage, Building, Subdivision and Local Government law matters.David regularly appears at the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal, Planning Panels and Advisory Committees on behalf of developers, objectors and State and local government clients.David advises on and coordinates land acquisition and compensation, major projects, subdivision, environmental and heritage approvals.

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DateTuesday, 24 March 2020Time9:30am - 5:00pmVenuePIA Victoria OfficeLevel 3 / 124 Exhibition St, MelbournePricePIA Members: $330Non-members: $460 7 CPD POINTS

MODULE 2: SOCIAL AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES

This half-day course will cover the role of councillors in community engagement and building awareness and trust about social and affordable housing policies. An additional half-day tour of some affordable housing projects is also offered. Presenters will provide case studies and practical tips and provide responses to questions and issues regularly posed by community members, stakeholders and elected representatives.

The course will present the policy context for social and affordable housing in Victoria and explain the role of Commonwealth, State and Local Government. The course will provide background to the crisis in homelessness, and the growing need for transitional and permanent housing to meet the needs of low-income households. It will provide an overview of social and affordable housing in Victoria and discuss what local councils are doing to address this need, with examples of successful community engagement.

DESIGNED FOR:

Councillors

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

• Gain knowledge of the Australian andVictorian policy and planning context forsocial and affordable housing

• Learn the Commonwealth and StateGovernments are doing to address theneed for social and affordable housing andthe role for Local Government

• Discuss case studies and learn whatCouncils are doing across Australia toaddress the need for social and affordablehousing

• Understand homelessness and transitionalhousing

• Understand State planning policy and theVictorian planning system in the context ofaddressing social and affordable housing

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EXCURSIONSVisit two representative housing sites in metropolitan Melbourne.

COMPETENCY PRACTICE AREA:

Developing and applying technical knowledge.

COURSE PRESENTERS:Amy Hubbard, Rachel Hornsby, Steve Dunn MPIA (Fellow)

DateWednesday, 27 May 2020Time9:30am - 5:00pmVenuePIA Victoria OfficeLevel 3 / 124 Exhibition St, MelbournePricePIA Members: $330Non-members: $460 7 CPD POINTS

MODULE 3: WORKING WITH COMMUNITY HOUSING PROVIDERS

This one-day course will introduce practitioners working in local government, state government and private consultancies to the community housing sector and its role in providing social and affordable housing. The course will provide an overview of the sector, its business model, rent setting, regulation and allocations as well as the conditions that community housing organisations need to participate in Affordable Housing Agreements. Learn more about how to partner with government, private stakeholders and

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the sector to deliver housing projects.DESIGNED FOR:

Practitioners from local government, state government and the private sector wanting to work in partnership with community housing providers.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

• An understanding of the policy andregulatory framework within which the community housing sector operates, its mission and purpose and the role it plays in delivering outcomes and managing social housing

• An understanding of the governanceand management structures used by community housing providers to grow and manage their portfolios

• An understanding of the communityhousing business model, its cost andrevenue levers and what will make a projectfinancially viable

• An understanding of the nature ofcommunity housing providers and how topartner successfully with the sector

EXCURSIONS:

Visit two representative housing sites.

COMPETENCY PRACTICE AREA:

Developing and applying technical knowledge.

COURSE PRESENTERS:

Community Housing Industry Association (CHIA) Victoria representatives.

DateThursday, 25 June 2020Time9:30am - 5:00pmVenuePIA Victoria OfficeLevel 3 / 124 Exhibition St, MelbournePricePIA Members: $330Non-members: $460 7 CPD POINTS

DESIGNED FOR:

The course is designed for town planners, community planners and others working in local government and private consultancies involved in policy development, planning negotiations and facilitation of social and affordable housing.

LEARNING OUTCOMES• Gain knowledge of social and affordablehousing policy context in Victoria and therole of Commonwealth, State and Localgovernment• Understand housing stress and the needfor social and affordable housing in your municipality and region• Learn how to design a local social andaffordable housing strategy and actionplan, working with community and electedrepresentatives• Understand the foundations of Section 173agreements and how to negotiate realisticoutcomes• Introduce a toolkit for local councils todeliver social and affordable housing

COMPETENCY PRACTICE AREA:

Developing and applying technical knowledge.

COURSE PRESENTERS:Rachel Hornsby with Madeline Di Pietrantonio (DHHS) and Richard Watling (DELWP)

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COURSE PRESENTERS: Lester Townsend Senior Panel Member, Planning Panels Victoria. Lester was appointed as Senior Panel Member in 2005, following several years as a sessional member. He has undergraduate qualifications in town and regional planning and post graduate qualifications in sociology. Lester has significant expertise in strategic and statutory planning, project implementation and plain English communication and drafting. He has previously worked in the Local Government and private sectors. Lester is a Fellow of the Victorian Planning and Environmental Law Association.Cazz Redding MPIA (Fellow) Cazz runs Redink Planning based in beautiful North East Victoria and specialises in strategic land use planning and policy development in Victoria and has 20 years planning experience. She primarily works within the government sector including Local Councils across metropolitan and regional Victoria, and Stage Government departments and agencies. She specialises in policy development, technical drafting and planning scheme reviews. Cazz is a sessional member at Planning Panels Victoria and is a Fellow of the Planning Institute of Australia.

DRAFTING PLANNING SCHEMES SERIES

The Drafting Planning Schemes Series is designed to give planners, lawyers and other drafters a deep understanding of how to effectively draft controls for planning schemes. It is set in the context of the Planning and Environment Act, published advice from DELWP, VCAT decisions and Planning Panel recommendations.The series has a focus on developing and drafting relevant and usable policy, and appropriate stakeholder engagement through the policy development process.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:By the end of the series a participant who has completed all modules will be equipped with the skills to confidently, clearly, concisely and efficiently draft planning policy for Victorian planning schemes.

APPROACH:The approach used by the team is to provide theory backed by real life case studies and hands on projects to be completed as part of the module. As the series progresses, modules become less theoretical and more practical. Each module is based upon a flexible learning model and will include:• Theory and case study delivery by coursepresenters• Small group work to analyse and discusscase studies provided• Small group work to develop project plansfor strategic planning, and local policy for inclusion in schemes• Materials to take back to the workplace

DELIVERY:Days are run as individual, self-contained modules, but are designed as a progressive series where each module builds on the skills learnt in the previous module. Participants can choose one, two, three or four of the modules in the series.

MODULE 1: HOW THE PLANNING SCHEME WORKS

This module provides an overview of elements of the Victoria Planning Provisions and how to use them to construct a planning scheme. It explores the different elements of the Victoria Planning Provisions in some detail, and how they should be used, providing participants with strategies and techniques to help select the best tools to use in their local planning scheme. It includes advice and strategies about how to use parent provisions to determine what can be included in local policy including schedules to zones, overlays and provisions.

COMPETENCY PRACTICE AREA:Understanding and working with planning frameworks.

COURSE PRESENTER:Cazz Redding MPIA (Fellow)

DateTuesday, 31 March 2020Time9:30am - 5:00pmVenuePIA Victoria OfficeLevel 3 / 124 Exhibition St, MelbournePricePIA Members: $330Non-members: $460

20% discount when booking all 4 ModulesPIA Members: $1056Non-members: $1472

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MODULE 2: DRAFTING THE MPS AND PPF

This module is a practical module to build skills in the drafting of the MPS and the PPF (recognising that there is a transitional period between 2019 and 2020 where some councils will still be working with a LPPF). The module will include the role of the MPS and PPF and emphasise that these clauses only come into effect if a permit is triggered through another control in the scheme. Attention will be paid to streamlining the MPS and PPF to avoid repetition with other parts of the scheme, therefore making the scheme easier to interpret for applicants, statutory planners and VCAT.

COMPETENCY PRACTICE AREA:Understanding and working with planning frameworks.

COURSE PRESENTER:Cazz Redding MPIA (Fellow)

DateWednesday, 1 April 2020Time9:30am - 5:00pmVenuePIA Victoria OfficeLevel 3 / 124 Exhibition St, MelbournePricePIA Members: $330Non-members: $460

20% discount when booking all 4 ModulesPIA Members: $1056Non-members: $1472

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DateWednesday, 13 May 2020Time9:30am - 5:00pmVenuePIA Victoria OfficeLevel 3 / 124 Exhibition St, MelbournePricePIA Members: $330Non-members: $460

20% discount when booking all 4 ModulesPIA Members: $1056Non-members: $1472

MODULE 4: MASTERCLASSDRAFTING THE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OVERLAY You’ve learned the theory – now it’s time to get down to the nitty gritty of drafting a Design and Development Overlay. This overlay has been selected for the masterclass as it is regularly used and contains many different drafting elements. The day will be structured around a real example of a policy that needs to be translated into a DDO schedule. Short periods of teaching will be followed by the opportunity to work in small groups to draft each element as it is taught. The course will draw on published advice from DELWP, decisions by VCAT and recommendations by Planning Panels Victoria. At the end of the day you will have a completed DDO schedule to use as a basis for future drafting you may do.

COMPETENCY PRACTICE AREA:Understanding and working with planning frameworks.

COURSE PRESENTERS:Cazz Redding MPIA (Fellow) and Lester Townsend

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DateTuesday, 12 May 2020Time9:30am - 5:00pmVenuePIA Victoria OfficeLevel 3 / 124 Exhibition St, MelbournePricePIA Members: $330Non-members: $460

20% discount when booking all 4 ModulesPIA Members: $1056Non-members: $1472

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MODULE 3: DRAFTING SCHEDULES - ZONES, OVERLAYS AND PROVISIONSThis module is a practical module to build skills in the drafting of zones and schedules to zones, overlays and particular provisions. The module will include drafting zone controls from scratch, including constructing a table of uses, understanding the scope of what overlay controls can achieve in line with the purpose of the parent clause, and identifying and addressing potential overlaps and conflicts in controls within the scheme as a whole.

COMPETENCY PRACTICE AREA:Understanding and working with planning frameworks.

COURSE PRESENTER:Cazz Redding MPIA (Fellow)

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The planning system has an important role in managing the interface between industries and sensitive uses. With urban expansion into new growth areas and infill development in established urban areas, there is increasing pressure on Councils and proponents to consider and address the risks and adverse amenity impacts of development within buffer distances and residential encroachment on industry.Landfills, whether they are open or closed, present a range of challenges for both ‘sensitive uses’ and ‘all buildings and structures’ in terms of development within the buffer distances and the assessment of odour and land fill gas risks. Other industrial and commercial uses are subject to the threshold distances set out in Clause 53.10 which are to be updated in early 2020 along with other relevant planning provisions. The proposed changes will strengthen policy for managing buffers and clarify how industries and other uses respond to potential off-site impacts. This course covers the essentials needed to understand the buffer distances for landfills, the role of landfill gas risk assessments, an understanding of the different planning scheme and EPA buffer distances (including the proposed changes) that apply to industry and the consideration of reverse amenity buffers.

DESIGNED FOR:Statutory and strategic planners in local government, planning consultants, environmental consultants.

LEARNING OUTCOMES• Understand the regulatory frameworkrelating to landfills and the role of landfillgas risk assessments for development nearlandfills• Understand the operation of Clause 53.10threshold distances, including the proposedchanges and how they relate to EPA’sSeparation Distance guidelines

• Understand the role of buffers to minimiseadverse amenity impacts of industry onsensitive land uses, and the concept ofreverse buffers to protect existing industryfrom encroachment by sensitive uses• Develop confidence in managing the issuesrelated to landfill gas and the considerationof buffer distances in scheme amendmentsand planning applications

COMPETENCY PRACTICE AREA:

Developing and applying technical knowledge.

COURSE PRESENTERS:Jean Meaklim has a 30-year career in government, industry, public health and environmental assessment. During 12 years in the Victorian Health Department and 13 years at EPA, she developed extensive experience assessing and managing pollution and other environmental issues, including impacts on land development and planning.Denise Turner, MPIA has over 25 years’ experience in Victorian town planning across state and local government. She has extensive experience in all facets of land use planning as well as a range of environmental planning issues, having worked at EPA as their Senior Planning Adviser for 7 years. Denise’s experience spans metropolitan, growth areas and regional areas.

DateThursday, 14 May 2020Time9:30am - 5:00pmVenuePIA Victoria OfficeLevel 3 / 124 Exhibition St, MelbournePricePIA Members: $330Non-members: $460 7 CPD POINTS

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EFFECTIVE ADVOCACY FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AROUND STATE TRANSPORT PROJECTS

The Victorian Government is delivering an unprecedented level of new transport infrastructure which is bringing change to communities across the state. Project delivery agencies rely on local government to bring a local perspective in the planning, design and delivery of State significant transport projects and the impacts they may have on places and precincts. This course will consider approaches that enable local government to effectively work with state transport projects and the agencies delivering them. This will include considering the different approaches to advocacy, ways to maximise local benefits from new infrastructure through effective advocacy, and better understanding how agencies receive and consider local government advice. The course will include guests from a range of organisations, including from the Major Transport Infrastructure Authority and local councils, who will share their experiences of advocacy associated with new transport projects.

DESIGNED FOR:This course is designed for Strategic planners and Urban designers.LEARNING OUTCOMES:• Approaches to advocacy and how todevelop strategic and compelling advice forState agencies to consider.• The design, engineering and constructiondependencies that underpin transport projects and how that impacts on responding to local government advocacy. • The design, place-making and communityemphasis that local government can bringto new transport projects.• Case studies and good practice examplesof effective local government advocacyfrom past and current transport projects.

COMPETENCY PRACTICE AREA:Using a creative and integrative approach, drawing on a range of disciplines.

COURSE PRESENTER:Kevin Hazell is a strategic and transport planner who has worked in Australia and overseas on many transport projects and initiatives. He has delivered state-wide consultation and engagement on behalf of the Victorian Government and has extensive experience working with councils to shape state government led initiatives and projects. He holds an Executive Master of Public Policy, is a former officer of the Victorian department of transport and he continues to advise a range of public sector clients on transport planning and strategic land use planning.

DateTuesday, 23 June 2020Time9:30am - 5:00pmVenuePIA Victoria OfficeLevel 3 / 124 Exhibition St, MelbournePricePIA Members: $330Non-members: $460 7 CPD POINTS

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The Strategic Planning Series will take participants from the ‘big picture’ of why we do strategic planning, through the process of managing projects, undertaking evidence-based research and finally how to effectively review the success or otherwise of strategic planning proposals.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:By the end of the series a participant who has completed all modules will be equipped with the skills to confidently manage the strategic planning process from writing the brief through to reviewing the success of strategic planning initiatives.

APPROACH:The approach used by the team is to provide theory backed by real life case studies and hands on projects to be completed as part of the module. Each module is based upon a flexible learning model and will include:• Theory and case study delivery by coursepresenters• Small group work to analyse and discusscase studies provided• Skills to take back to the workplace.

DELIVERY:Days are run as individual, self-contained modules, but are designed as a progressive series where each module builds on the skills learnt in the previous module. Participants can choose one, two, three or four of the modules in the series.

COURSE PRESENTERS: Lester Townsend Senior Panel Member, Planning Panels Victoria. Lester was appointed as Senior Panel Member in 2005, following several years as a sessional member. He has undergraduate qualifications in town and regional planning and post graduate qualifications in sociology. Lester has significant expertise in strategic and statutory planning, project implementation and plain English communication and drafting. He has previously worked in the Local Government and private sectors. Lester is a Fellow of the Victorian Planning and Environmental Law Association.Cazz Redding MPIA (Fellow) Cazz runs Redink Planning based in beautiful North East Victoria and specialises in strategic land use planning and policy development in Victoria and has 20 years planning experience. She primarily works within the

government sector including Local Councils across metropolitan and regional Victoria, and Stage Government departments and agencies. She specialises in policy development, technical drafting and planning scheme reviews. Cazz is a sessional member at Planning Panels Victoria and is a Fellow of the Planning Institute of Australia.David Klingberg Director and Principal Smart Planning and DesignDavid is a Planner and Urban Designer with over 25 years’ experience in the planning and design industry. David has worked on a large number of significant strategic planning projects for state and local government as well as the private sector. He has project managed large teams to deliver high quality planning and design outcomes that inform the longer-term planning of regions. His work has included: State and local government planning policy development, urban regeneration and revitalisation studies and initiatives, master planning, urban design advice, development assessment and planning development and facilitation.Peter Ellliot MPIA, Principal - Employment and Land Supply, DELWP Peter is an experienced researcher in Land Use and Population Research at the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning. Peter specialises in the application of GIS technology to land use, economic and population issues to facilitate evidenced-based policy development. But getting and using data is only part of what he does. He also communicates ideas and tells stories using a variety of media, such as presentations, animations and written articles to help others connect their work with his. Peter has a Bachelor of Arts with honours in Planning and Urban Studies from Victoria University and a Master of Planning and Design in Economic Geography from the University of Melbourne where he was supervised by Professor Kevin O’Connor. He is also a member of the Planning Institute of Australia.

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DateWednesday, 8 July 2020Time9:30am - 5:00pmVenuePIA Victoria OfficeLevel 3 / 124 Exhibition St, MelbournePricePIA Members: $330Non-members: $460

20% discount when booking all 4 ModulesPIA Members: $1056Non-members: $1472 7 CPD POINTS

MODULE 2: PROJECT MANAGEMENT FOR PLANNERS

This module is designed for planners who are responsible for delivering strategic plans such as Housing Strategies, Urban Design Frameworks, Economic Development Strategies, Structure Plans and Heritage Studies. The course will look at all aspects of project management including development of the brief, project governance, community consultation, stakeholder engagement, budget management and managing the client/provider relationship. There will be a particular focus on ensuring that plans can be implemented (though the planning scheme, capital works budget and other channels).

COMPETENCY PRACTICE AREA:

Communicating and engaging with stakeholders.

COURSE PRESENTERS:Cazz Redding MPIA (Fellow) and Lester Townsend

DateThursday, 9 July 2020Time9:30am - 5:00pmVenuePIA Victoria OfficeLevel 3 / 124 Exhibition St, MelbournePricePIA Members: $330Non-members: $460

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This module provides a straightforward outline of the steps and skills needed for effective strategic planning. It identifies the keys to success and the common failings of strategic plans. The course builds on the experience and knowledge of participants, with opportunities to discuss common strategic planning issues. Consideration is given to taking forward the outputs of a strategic plan and preparing these outputs for translation into a planning scheme.

COMPETENCY PRACTICE AREA:

Understanding, interpreting and using spatial thinking.

COURSE PRESENTERS:David Klingberg and Lester Townsend

DateThursday, 20 August 2020Time9:30am - 5:00pmVenuePIA Victoria OfficeLevel 3 / 124 Exhibition St, MelbournePricePIA Members: $330Non-members: $460

20% discount when booking all 4 ModulesPIA Members: $1056Non-members: $1472

MODULE 4:HOW TO DO A PLANNING SCHEME REVIEWThis module will provide an overview of how to make the most of the planning scheme review process that needs to be completed every four years, as required under Section 12B of the Planning and Environment Act 1987. Drawing on published advice from DELWP as well as experience from many Council reviews across the state, you will learn the steps that you should follow to undertake a meaningful and thorough review, and how to identify and strategically justify changes that need to be made to your planning scheme as a result. You will leave this course with lots of tools to help you with your next review.

COMPETENCY PRACTICE AREA:Understanding and working with planning frameworks.

COURSE PRESENTER:Cazz Redding MPIA (Fellow)

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DateWednesday, 19 August 2020Time9:30am - 5:00pmVenuePIA Victoria OfficeLevel 3 / 124 Exhibition St, MelbournePricePIA Members: $330Non-members: $460

20% discount when booking all 4 ModulesPIA Members: $1056Non-members: $1472 7 CPD POINTS

MODULE 3: EVIDENCE BASED RESEARCHThis module is designed to help understand the process of undertaking robust and relevant research to provide the evidence base for recommendations for planning interventions such as changing a height control or determining the most appropriate zone for a parcel of land. You will learn techniques to map and measure, where to find relevant information and how to analyse data to develop meaningful and achievable recommendations.

COMPETENCY PRACTICE AREA:Professionalism and integrity.

COURSE PRESENTERS:Lester Townsend and Peter Elliot MPIA

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PLANNING AND DELIVERING COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE IN AN URBAN RENEWAL SETTING

21st century communities require 21st century infrastructure. Integrated community facilities are a vital component of creating healthy communities, supporting social inclusion and enhancing the wellbeing of local residents. Communities with access to high quality social infrastructure have better access to services and more opportunities to participate in community life. The processes for supporting community infrastructure planning in Greenfield areas are well established. However, the challenges for community infrastructure in urban regeneration sites, rural and regional areas undergoing renewal are very different. Not only is land for new community infrastructure more expensive, less available or remote from an emerging community, but the existing infrastructure is often ageing, and purpose built to service another era. When planning in a regional area there are challenges to ensure that you do not create separated communities with many people potentially going to their facility of choice. These challenges can divide communities and need to be well managed. The Victorian Planning Authority takes a whole of government approach to planning for vibrant new mixed-use communities and community infrastructure is central to this. The VPA has a range of case studies in our both key urban renewal and regional precincts that have illustrated how we needed to take a new approach, and we are building a new toolkit to help guide the process. For the future health of our communities it is important that we provide collaborative, integrated, forward facing and evidence-based planning, that meets the needs of both current and future generations.

DESIGNED FOR: Local and state government planners, referral authority staff, and planning consultants working in established areas identified for or capable of accommodating substantial change.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:• Help Local government and privatesector planners build a new communityinfrastructure toolkit• How integrating service planning withasset management leads to a betterunderstanding of the capacity of existinginfrastructure.• Understanding the existing and likely futuresocial needs of the community.• How Collaboration on priorities and aspatial response leads to better outcomes• Inform Developer Contributions planning.

COMPETENCY PRACTICE AREA:

Understanding, interpreting and using spatial thinking.

COURSE PRESENTER: Tim Mileham MPIA. Tim’s role at the VPA includes planning for the provision of community infrastructure in urban renewal areas across Melbourne and Victoria, and assisting councils, and government agencies to be innovative in their thinking in the provision of infrastructure to meet the needs of all in the community.Tim has worked locally and internationally, in the commercial, not-for-profit, and government sectors, on complex and high-profile infrastructure projects, working with communities, councils, and government departments. Consulting on planning, design, life-cycle asset management and property management.

DateTuesday, 28 July 2020Time9:30am - 1:30pmVenuePIA Victoria OfficeLevel 3 / 124 Exhibition St, MelbournePricePIA Members: $225Non-members: $315 3.5 CPDPOINTS

MANAGING POTENTIALLY CONTAMINATED LAND AND THE NEW PRS

The PRS (Preliminary Risk Screening) is the new kid on the block that will simplify the assessment of potentially contaminated land to provide a more consistent and proportionate screening assessment approach. The PRS assessment option will come into effect from 1 July 2020 along with other changes introduced by the Environment Protection Act 2017 and associated Regulations. Land contamination is a major issue for planners as former industrial, mining or commercial land is redeveloped for residential or other sensitive uses. Such sites may have been contaminated by former waste disposal, industrial and similar activities, and this is often discovered during changes to land use. These sites may present an unacceptable risk to human health or the environment, without some remediation or management. In most cases, the consideration of these issues and the management of potential risks are triggered by the planning process when a rezoning or change of use is sought.

This course is designed to introduce the new PRS assessment approach and update participants’ knowledge of current contaminated land issues in planning. It explains how statutory and strategic planners can identify potentially contaminated land, navigate the PRS approach and implement the outcomes of a scoped environmental audit.

DESIGNED FOR:Statutory and strategic planners in local government, planning and environmental consultants and lawyers involved in planning scheme amendments and permit applications who need to develop a greater competency and understanding in applying a range of planning tools to manage potentially contaminated land.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:• Explains the new Preliminary RiskScreening (PRS) assessment and scopedaudit approach• Know how to apply the frameworkoutlined in the Practice Note 30: Potentiallycontaminated land• Understand the regulatory frameworkthat triggers consideration of potentiallycontaminated land in planning, includingrelevant changes to the environmentlegislation• Learn how to identify what is potentiallycontaminated land, when a PRS or scopedenvironmental audit is required and howto implement the outcomes of a scopedenvironmental audit into planning decisions• Understand Ministerial Direction No. 1and when to apply an Environmental AuditOverlay• Know how to apply the framework in theplanning scheme amendment and planningpermit processes• Learn how to apply appropriate permitconditions• Develop more confidence in managingthe more complex aspects of potentiallycontaminated land in scheme amendmentsand planning permits

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DateThursday, 6 August 2020Time9:30am - 5:00pmVenuePIA Victoria OfficeLevel 3 / 124 Exhibition St, MelbournePricePIA Members: $330Non-members: $460 7 CPD POINTS

COMPETENCY PRACTICE AREA:

Developing and applying technical knowledge.

COURSE PRESENTERS:Jean Meaklim has a 30-year career in government, industry, public health and environmental assessment. During 12 years in the Victorian Health Department and 13 years at EPA, she developed extensive experience assessing and managing pollution and other environmental issues, including impacts on land development and planning.Denise Turner, MPIA has over 25 years’ experience in Victorian town planning across state and local government. She has extensive experience in all facets of land use planning as well as a range of environmental planning issues, having worked at EPA as their Senior Planning Adviser for 7 years. Denise’s experience spans metropolitan, growth areas and regional areas.

THE NEW ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION FRAMEWORK AND LAND USE PLANNING

On 18 October 2018, the Minister for Planning issued Ministerial Direction 19 and a new Ministerial Requirement for information to ensure that planning authorities seek early advice from EPA Victoria when undertaking strategic planning activities that may result in impacts on the environment, amenity and human health due to pollution and waste. The new Environment Protection Act 2017 as amended by the Environment Protection Amendment Act 2018 and related sub-legislative instruments come into effect on 1 July 2020 and introduces a new approach to environmental management for Victoria, focussing on preventing pollution impacts rather than managing those impacts after they have occurred.Land use planning plays an important role in preventing risks of harm to the environment, amenity and human health from pollution and waste. Many impacts associated with encroachment and land use incompatibility have resulted from land use planning decisions that haven’t adequately considered these risks. EPA's primary role in planning is to provide advice to planning and responsible authorities on the development of planning policies and assessment of permit applications where potential impacts may arise. This advice is aimed at achieving better land use planning decisions that lead to improved environmental, amenity and human health outcomes.

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DateTuesday, 11 August 2020Time9:30am - 5:00pmVenuePIA Victoria OfficeLevel 3 / 124 Exhibition St, MelbournePricePIA Members: $330Non-members: $460 7 CPD POINTS

This course is designed to assist planners and related professionals with the knowledge they will need to better understand and implement the new environment protection (EP) framework and its integration with the Victorian planning system. It will cover key elements of the new EP framework and what they mean for planning practice as well as introduce new EPA planning guidance for key industries / activities to assist planners with undertaking planning assessments.

DESIGNED FOR:Strategic and statutory planners, and anyone else wanting to develop an enhanced understanding of the new environment protection framework and its integration with land use planning in Victoria.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:• Overview of the new EP framework– including EP Act 2017 (GeneralEnvironmental Duty), EnvironmentProtection Regulations, EnvironmentReference Standards• Understanding of who (and at what stagein the planning process) has responsibilitiesunder the General Environmental Duty,including planning authorities• Understanding of the integration of the EPframework into land use planning includingthrough changes to the planning framework• Evolution of the contaminated landframework – preliminary risk screen, newscoped audit approach, Victoria Unearthedresource• Understanding EPA’s role in providingadvice and support in land use planning,as a referral authority, advisor to planningauthorities and as a regulator• Identifying and managing environmental,

human health and amenity risks due to pollution and waste – what to look for – what information you need• Knowledge from worked examples & casestudies of recent issues• Knowledge of new EPA planning guidancerelating to composting facilities, concrete batching plants, food and beverage manufacturing, and service stations• How and where to find the furtherinformation you need.

COMPETENCY PRACTICE AREA:Understanding and working with planning frameworks.

COURSE PRESENTERS:Representatives from EPA Victoria’s Planning team and Policy and Regulation Unit.

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DESIGN THINKING DRAWING

This two-day training course focuses on the skills needed to be a more effective professional in visual thinking, design thinking and urban design through freehand drawing. The training is highly structured and includes presentations, individual and group design and drawing exercises, demonstrations, pin-ups and review. Activities include drawing and thinking exercises, preparation of analysis and strategic diagrams, and designing and drawing plans, elevations and sections of an urban precinct.The program covers the following topics: • Drawing techniques• Design thinking processes• How to draw diagrams and using diagramsto convey ideas• Site and context analytical and strategicdiagrams for an urban precinct• Master planning a small urban precinct• Presentation of design ideas with plans• Elaborating the spatial quality of theprecinct with sections and perspectives• Presenting your work and constructivelyreviewing the work of others.DESIGNED FOR:This two-day training program is designedfor planners and others involved in urbanscale work.

LEARNING OUTCOMES: At the end of this course attendees will:• Understand how drawing can informthinking• Understand a design process andachieving better urban design outcomes• Have more confidence in freehand drawingto better communicate with colleagues andothers

COMPETENCY PRACTICE AREA:

Using a creative and integrative approach, drawing on a range of disciplines.

DateDay 1: Tuesday, 17 March 2020 Day 2: Wednesday, 18 March 2020TimeDay 1 & 2: 9:30am - 5:00pm VenuePIA Victoria OfficeLevel 3 / 124 Exhibition St, MelbournePricePIA Members: $550Non-members: $800 14 CPDPOINTS

COURSE PRESENTER: Peter Richards MPIA is an architect and urban designer and a founding director of Deicke Richards, a South-East Queensland based design practice. Peter has been an Adjunct Professor at the QUT for 15 years teaching in the Master of Architecture program. He is well known as a designer, thinker and drawer and is a leader in Australia in enquiry-by-design collaborative design processes. He has recently published his book DesignThinkingDrawing which is both a celebration of, and advocacy for the use of freehand drawing in the design process. He has conducted twelve workshops in all parts of Australia and the United Kingdom for professionals, students and developers.

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CRIME PREVENTION THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN (CPTED)

The course explores the concept of Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) and has direct relevance to planners and allied professionals. CPTED is defined as a multi-disciplinary approach for reducing crime through urban and environmental design and the management and use of built environments. CPTED strategies aim to reduce victimization, deter offender decisions that precede criminal acts, and build a sense of community among inhabitants so they can gain territorial control of areas and reduce opportunities for crime and fear of crime. (International CPTED Association 2019).CPTED has continued to evolve to meet our changing world and the current andemerging threats faced, including terrorism.The workshop is highly interactive using the facilitators vast practical knowledge, contemporary photographs, videos and participant involvement to enhance knowledge of crime prevention theory and practice and to analyse examples from the built environment from a community safety and crime prevention perspective.

DESIGNED FOR:The course is designed for a broad spectrum of professionals involved in the planning, approval, design, construction and management process for the built environment.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:At the conclusion of the course participants should have the knowledge and skills to:• Define Crime Prevention• Understand the basic principles of CrimePrevention.• Understand the concept of SituationalCrime Prevention and supporting strategies• Communicate the relationship of CPTED

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to other approaches to security and crime prevention• Understand and communicate theprinciples and objectives of CPTED• Understand the importance of consideringCPTED, crime prevention and communitysafety in the planning process• Articulate the importance of ‘context’when considering CPTED strategies• Understand and communicate how CPTEDstrategies may be applied in a local context• Utilise key CPTED terminology• Understand key issues relating to lightingand CCTV from a crime preventionperspective• Understand the process of conducting aCPTED review

COMPETENCY PRACTICE AREA:

Using a creative and integrative approach, drawing on a range of disciplines.

COURSE PRESENTER:John Goldsworthy served for over 40 years in the Queensland Police Service (QPS), including over 10 years in the Crime Prevention Unit as one of the pioneers of CPTED in Australia. He now facilitates CPTED workshops for government and private organisations in the Asia-Pacific region.

DateThursday, 19 March 2020Time9:30am - 5:00pmVenuePIA Victoria OfficeLevel 3 / 124 Exhibition St, MelbournePricePIA Members: $330Non-members: $460 7 CPD POINTS

"Very rewarding both professionally and personally! Massive thanks to Peter for his efforts in both designing and running the program. Left the

group feeling inspired!"

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CRIME PREVENTION THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN (CPTED) - SITE REVIEW

The workshop is highly interactive and builds on learnings from the 1 Day theory based CPTED Course and provides the opportunity to put theory into practice through participation in a ‘syndicate-based’ site review exercise in a local area.The course also introduces additional topics of CPTED and Homelessness and CPTED and Counter Terrorism.The course has direct relevance to planners and allied professionals with the goal of making our community safer by design.CPTED is defined as a multi-disciplinary approach for reducing crime through urban and environmental design and the management and use of built environments. CPTED strategies aim to reduce victimization, deter offender decisions that precede criminal acts, and build a sense of community among inhabitants so they can gain territorial control of areas and reduce opportunities for crime and fear of crime. (International CPTED Association 2019).CPTED has continued to evolve to meet our changing world and the current and emerging threats faced, including terrorism.

DESIGNED FOR:The course is designed for a broad spectrum of professionals involved in the planning, approval, design, construction and management process for the built environment

LEARNING OUTCOMES:At the conclusion of the course participants should have the knowledge and skills to:• Build on and enhance previous learningsfrom the 1 Day theory based CPTED course• Understand the relevance of CPTED tothe issues of Homelessness and CounterTerrorism

• Understand and undertake the process ofconducting a CPTED based site review andreport on their findings.

EXCURSIONS:Apart from a short CPTED ‘Refresher’ and the introduction of two new topics, the day is spent in syndicates visiting and assessing a pre-identified nearby location from a CPTED perspective. There are usually three syndicates each visiting a different location following a briefing. The syndicates each prepare a 20-minute PowerPoint presentation of their observations and recommendations.

COMPETENCY PRACTICE AREA:

Using a creative and integrative approach, drawing on a range of disciplines.

COURSE PRESENTER:John Goldsworthy served for over 40years in the Queensland Police Service(QPS), including over 10 years in the CrimePrevention Unit as one of the pioneersof CPTED in Australia. He now facilitatesCPTED workshops for government andprivate organisations in the Asia-Pacificregion.

DateThursday, 26 March 2020Time9:30am - 5:00pmVenuePIA Victoria OfficeLevel 3 / 124 Exhibition St, MelbournePricePIA Members: $330Non-members: $460 7 CPD POINTS

HEALTHY ACTIVE BY DESIGN IN PRACTICE

Join the Heart Foundation and experts in strategic and statutory planning for a full day workshop on the development of places and spaces that encourage health and wellbeing, using Healthy Active by Design.Healthy Active by Design offers practical guidance for incorporating health and physical activity into the design of our built environment. This useful tool offers the best-available evidence, advice, checklists and examples to assist with the planning and design of healthy and active neighbourhoods. We know it’s easier to be active if your local area: • Is close to shops, schools and services soyou can walk or cycle, instead of driving.• Has supportive infrastructure such asfootpaths and bike paths and safe roadcrossings.• Offers quality spaces that improvewellbeing – and are worthwhile visiting –such as green shaded areas, plazas, openspace and recreational facilities.

DESIGNED FOR:This course is for anyone involved in Urban Planning, including Town Planners, Urban Designers, Strategic Planners, Traffic Engineers

LEARNING OUTCOMES:• An understanding of the role the builtenvironment has on health for bothindividuals and communities.

DateFriday, 24 April 2020Time9:30am - 5:00pmVenuePIA Victoria OfficeLevel 3 / 124 Exhibition St, MelbournePricePIA Members: $330Non-members: $460 7 CPD POINTS

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• An understanding of how to apply HealthyActive by Design principles to both statutoryand strategic planning work and outcomes.

COMPETENCY PRACTICE AREA:

Using a creative and integrative approach, drawing on a range of disciplines.

COURSE PRESENTER:Naomi Gilbert is the Senior Coordinator - Healthy Built Environments at the HeartFoundation. As an Urban Planner she worksat the intersection of the built environmentand health outcomes. Her professionalinterests include how we can build cities andtowns that are environmentally sustainableand allow people to lead healthy and activelives. Prior to joining the Heart Foundationin 2014, Naomi worked in a range of projectplanning and coordination roles across theVictorian State Government. She holdsa Master of Social Science Planning andEnvironment RMIT. Naomi has been involvedin running numerous workshops aroundthe HABD Design Features and regularlypresents HABD principles and topics atconferences.

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APPLYING THE BETTER APARTMENT DESIGN STANDARDS

This course provides planners with an understanding of the operation of the recently introduced Better Apartments Design Standards at Clause 55.07 and Clause 58 of all planning schemes. The collaborative workshop provides participants with an opportunity to assess development plans against each objective and standard and learn how discretion should be used to vary the standards.

DESIGNED FOR:Statutory and strategic planners in local government and private practice, architects, building designers.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:• Knowledge to interpret the BetterApartment Design Standards and therelevance of the decision guidelines• Skills to apply the Better ApartmentsDesign Standards requirements toarchitectural plans• Appreciation of what informs anassessment and decision for apartment developments• Skills to evaluate applications within thedecision-making framework of the Better Apartments Design Standards

COMPETENCY PRACTICE AREA:Understanding and working with planning frameworks.

DateWednesday, 26 August 2020Time9:30am - 5:00pmVenuePIA Victoria OfficeLevel 3 / 124 Exhibition St, MelbournePricePIA Members: $330Non-members: $460 7 CPD POINTS

SMART CITY STRATEGY DELIVERY AND SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION

For strategic planners, urban designers, economic development officers, city shapers, smart city makers and implementers and smart cities and regions leaders this workshop with content from World Leading Smart City Providers will usefully educate participants and ‘tease out’ draft solutions and start the conversation and education which will lead to their smart city success.The course is designed to help attendees develop town planning, urban design and infrastructure solutions through smart city thinking and application.

DESIGNED FOR:Strategic planners, urban designers, economic development officers, city shapers, smart city makers and implementers and smart cities and regions leaders.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:• Skills to identify and draft key smart cityprojects and solutions. • Knowledge of a full range of smart cityplanning and urban design examples, case studies and solutions.

COMPETENCY PRACTICE AREA:

Developing and applying technical knowledge.

COURSE PRESENTER:David KlingbergDirector and Principal, Smart Planning and DesignDavid is a Planner and Urban Designer with over 25 years’ experience in the planning and design industry. David has worked on a large number of significant strategic planning projects for state and local government as well as the private sector.

DateThursday, 24 September 2020Time9:30am - 5:00pmVenuePIA Victoria OfficeLevel 3 / 124 Exhibition St, MelbournePricePIA Members: $330Non-members: $460 7 CPD POINTS

COURSE PRESENTER:John Glossop, MPIA (Fellow), Director of Glossop Town Planning Pty Ltd.John is a former sessional Planning Panels Member and was a member of the ResCode Advisory Committee. He appears at VCAT as an expert witness. John has facilitated stakeholder engagement in the development and implementation of the Better Apartments Design Standards for the DELWP.

"One of the best PIA training courses I have attended. It is great

to be able to walk away with a new skill set that is transferable to my current role at Council. Thank

you!"

He has project managed large teams to deliver high quality planning and design outcomes that inform the longer-term planning of regions. His work has included: State and local government planning policy development, urban regeneration and revitalisation studies and initiatives, master planning, urban design advice, development assessment and planning development and facilitation.

"The course was excellently delivered, thought provoking and very relevant. I have to commend

the facilitator and PIA for thinking outside the box to deliver such

a course in an area where there is a large gap between the

technological and planning and courses like this help to simulate

thought and discussion and breach this gap. It is imperative that

planners have an appreciation for how technology will continue to

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DateTuesday, 27 October 2020 Time9:30am - 5:00pmVenuePIA Victoria OfficeLevel 3 / 124 Exhibition St, MelbournePricePIA Members: $330Non-members: $460 7 CPD POINTS

Note: Bring comfortable walking shoes, hat, sunblock and/or umbrella and a water bottle.

COMPETENCY PRACTICE AREA:

Understanding, interpreting and using spatial thinking.

COURSE PRESENTER:Robyn Pollock, an architect and urban designer with a passionate commitment to the quality of the built environment and to design education. Robyn provides urban design advice to the Level Crossing Removal projects and lectures at the University of Melbourne.

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ECONOMICS FOR PLANNERS

This course provides participants with an appreciation of urban and regional economics and the ways in which economics underpins good planning and development for our cities, towns, regions and rural areas. It shows what goes into the preparation of market assessments, economic impact assessments and net community benefit assessments. The course is presented in non-technical language and contains numerous real-life project examples in retailing, activity centre planning, tourism, residential and industrial development, and growth area planning. Examples are drawn from local, national and international projects in the broad field of urban and regional economics, planning and development. The course demonstrates the importance of economics in the preparation of strategic land use and development plans, structure plans and growth area plans, and how to assess economics-related aspects of planning permit applications. In particular, the course shows how to assess land supply and demand for activity centres and growth areas, and land to accommodate commercial, employment and residential activities. The course acquaints participants with, for example, the assessment of retail floorspace potential, and how to identify and assess, for example, tourism development opportunities and new uses for heritage buildings. It also indicates the ways in which demographic and socio-economic indicators assist in informing these assessments. The importance of monitoring & review is emphasised.

DESIGNED FOR:All planners and other professionals involved in preparing, for example, municipal strategic plans, structure plans, growth area plans and activity centre plans, and those involved in development applications for major retail, commercial, industrial, infrastructure and residential projects.

DateThursday, 23 July 2020Time9:30am - 5:00pm VenuePIA Victoria OfficeLevel 3 / 124 Exhibition St, MelbournePricePIA Members: $330Non-members: $460 7 CPD POINTS

LEARNING OUTCOMES:• Understanding key fundamentalsassociated with economics in the planningand development of our urban andregional localities (e.g., supply & demand,socio-economic indicators, labour markets,property markets, consumer spending)• Familiarity with the techniques used byeconomists in assessing developmentapplications and structure planning(estimating land demand, supportableretail floorspace, employment potential inmetropolitan growth areas, etc.)• Understanding the need for economicresearch in planning and developmentprojects and recognising when to obtainspecialist assistance in economics, includingexpert witness for cases before VCAT andPlanning Panels• Learning the necessary skills to enablethe preparation of economics-relatedconsultancy briefs

COMPETENCY PRACTICE AREA:

Developing and applying technical knowledge.

COURSE PRESENTER:John Henshall MPIA (Life Fellow)Director, Ethos Urban

URBAN DESIGN IN PRACTICE

This course demystifies the language of urban design to improve planners' confidence in dealing both with urban design issues and designers. Urban design is about creating rather than regulating. To assist the creative process, various tools are available including urban design frameworks and urban context reports. There are also good design principles with a long history of application in delivering successful urban outcomes.The course covers what urban designers do, provides an urban design vocabulary, presents urban design as an inclusive and collaborative process and provides a ‘hands-on’ application. The afternoon session is a practical workshop in small groups, involving a nearby site visit and the application of site analysis/design response principles for an infill development. This group work is then analysed and discussed before a local architect provides a view on how the site can work.

DESIGNED FOR:Anyone looking for an enhanced understanding of urban design and those dealing with the design aspects of planning scheme applications and amendments.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:• Recognise appropriate and responsibleurban design outcomes and contribute todesign discussions based on a rational andreplicable design methodology• Understand the critical role of context andprecedent in urban design• Understand the fundamental languageand elements of urban design practice,formal design principles, and the notion ofthe guiding theme• Contribute to discussion on the groupingand organisation of building mass,streetscapes and urban space• Participate in urban design as an inclusiveand collaborative process• Passion for the role that we all play increating the future of our cities.

"Excellent lecturer."

"Robyn was fantastic."

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SUSTAINABILITY PROVISIONS IN URBAN PLANNING

Planning scheme controls with links to sustainability rating tools are playing an increasing role for cities in response to climate change, population growth and environmental pressures. This course is designed to help planners apply current environmental planning provisions while also addressing ways future urban planning policies, controls and rating tools can keep improving to better achieve environmental objectives.

DESIGNED FOR:State government environment policy and planning systems officers, local government planners, environmental planners, consultants. Designed for people working with existing ESD controls, or for those considering their future application.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:• Provides Victorian context for currentand potential site-specific environmentalcontrols• Provides statutory planners with outline ofsteps needed to meet relevant State andLocal Planning Policies for EnvironmentallySustainable Urban Design (ESD)• Provides strategic planners with practicalknowledge and guidance to pursueplanning scheme controls for sustainabilityand supporting systems to ensure theirsuccessful application.• Provides environmental planners withan understanding of statutory planningprocesses and procedures.• The session will provide an overview of theBESS and STORM tools (however will not dothis in detail).

COMPETENCY PRACTICE AREA:

Developing and applying technical knowledge.

DateTuesday, 3 March 2020Time9:30am - 5:00pm VenuePIA Victoria OfficeLevel 3 / 124 Exhibition St, MelbournePricePIA Members: $330Non-members: $460 7 CPD POINTS

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COURSE PRESENTERS:This course is presented by Loci Environment & Place Inc. in partnership with Low Impact Development and Council Alliance for Sustainable Built Environment (CASBE)

BIODIVERSITY AND URBAN PLANNING

This course broadly covers the relevant requirements within planning schemes and introduces important strategic processes for protecting our flora and fauna.It brings together diverse practitioners to explore how we can increasingly work together to develop consistent approaches to planning for biodiversity via the application of planning controls and other supporting initiatives such as engagement, mapping, monitoring and enforcement.

DESIGNED FOR:Strategic planners, statutory planners, conservation planners, environmental planners, biodiversity officers, landscape architects, arborists, project managers, asset managers. Especially relevant for peri-urban, rural and regional planners.

LEARNING OUTCOMES• Overview of the significance of

biodiversity for Victoria and beyond.• Understand the role, processes and

strategic planning considerations forremnant and indigenous vegetation ingreenfields and suburban development.

• Understand the range of Federal andState legislative requirements that needto be applied for biodiversity protection.

• Consider the opportunities for applyingsupporting local planning policies,overlays, Cl 52.17 provisions andmonitoring.

• Learn where you can access moredetailed training services if needed.

COMPETENCY PRACTICE AREA:

Developing and applying technical knowledge.

COURSE PRESENTERS:Dr Melanie Birtchnell, EcologistLiz Drury, Scaled Ecology Sheridan Blunt, Loci Environment & Place

DateTuesday, 19 May 2020Time9:30am - 5:00pm VenuePIA Victoria OfficeLevel 3 / 124 Exhibition St, MelbournePricePIA Members: $330Non-members: $460 7 CPD POINTS

BUSHFIRE KNOWLEDGE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNERS

This course will focus on how bushfire provisions and native vegetation provisions work together in the planning decision making process. Designed specifically for environmental planners preparing reports under c52.17 Native Vegetation, the course will consider how bushfire planning scheme provisions operate, the strategic directions contained in c13.02-1S Bushfire and approaches for moderating bushfire and vegetation considerations. The course will also provide advice for how environmental planners can work effectively with bushfire experts, including other consultants, local councils and fire authorities. It will also consider important VCAT decisions relevant to vegetation and bushfire.

DESIGNED FOR:This course is designed for environmental planners preparing assessments, reports and evidence under c52.17 Native Vegetation and other vegetation-related planning scheme provisions. It will also be of interest to town planners who engage vegetation-related experts and who moderate bushfire and environmental advice as part of planning proposals.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:• Understanding planning scheme bushfireassessments, including the bushfire hazardlandscape assessment and the bushfirehazard site assessment.• How to consider, avoid, minimise and off-set policies in the context of the bushfirehazard.• Updates from DEWLP and CFA on theinteraction of bushfire and native vegetation through planning scheme decision making.

COMPETENCY PRACTICE AREA:

Developing and applying technical knowledge.

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"A great engaging course with relevant information and

facilitators experts in the subject matter"

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DateThursday, 30 July 2020Time9:30am - 5:00pm VenuePIA Victoria OfficeLevel 3 / 124 Exhibition St, MelbournePricePIA Members: $330Non-members: $460

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DateTuesday, 15 September 2020Time9:30am - 5:00pm VenuePIA Victoria OfficeLevel 3 / 124 Exhibition St, MelbournePricePIA Members: $330Non-members: $460 7 CPD POINTS

SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT FOR OUR CITIES

Sustainable transport solutions for our expanding cities are needed now more than ever to help improve our daily mobility, access and wellbeing. Not only can these solutions help make daily living better for people, but they also help support local and regional economies and global environmental outcomes in a time of climate change.

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GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE AND URBAN PLANNING

Green infrastructure planning is about trees, open space, green roofs, waterways and more. And importantly it’s also the way that these natural elements fit together via our urban planning to maximise environment, health and liveability benefits. The course is designed to be an introduction for practitioners on ways green infrastructure and urban planning come together before extending into practical skills in writing policy, provisions, project briefs used in contracts to support better best practice in resilient city shaping with green infrastructure.

DESIGNED FOR:Strategic urban planners, environmental planners, urban designers, landscape architects, place makers, asset managers, conservation planners, engineers, project managers.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:• Introduction to green infrastructure andhow this can be supported across publicand private land through urban planning,

COURSE PRESENTER:Kevin Hazell was Manager Bushfire Planning between 2011 and 2015 at the Victorian Government’s department of planning. He was responsible for providing advice in relation to the land use planning recommendations of the 2009 bushfires royal commission. For the past 4 years Kevin has advised a range of public and private sector organisations on the operation of bushfire planning scheme provisions and how they are applied in decision making.

The course is supported by DELWP and the CFA. Information provided will reflect the latest understanding of planning scheme decision making relating to bushfire and vegetation from the perspective of these organisations.

DateThursday, 11 June 2020Time9:30am - 5:00pm VenuePIA Victoria OfficeLevel 3 / 124 Exhibition St, MelbournePricePIA Members: $330Non-members: $460 7 CPD POINTS

This session is designed to bring urban planning together with transport planning to work through the strategic, environmental and emerging issues that we can all help deliver on the ground. The content will range from exploring cycling infrastructure opportunities often missed in our planning and design work to new approaches to managing carparking that will support more liveable cities.

DESIGNED FOR:Strategic urban planners, transport planners, urban designers, placemakers, project managers road engineers, environmental planners.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:• Overview of strategic transport planningand the importance of linking these solutionswith urban design, road engineering,precinct planning, environmental planning,green infrastructure, climate changeand greenhouse emissions, economicdevelopment and community development.• Overview of the future of transporttechnology as our cities and streets getready to accommodate an expandingrange of ‘rideable’ and ‘shareable’ devicesincluding electric scooters, electric bikes, andelectric cars.• Explore a suite of cycling planninginitiatives by applying a strategic, integratedapproach that identifies different bicycleinfrastructure types, their impact on cyclingand safety and connection with publictransport.• Understand the changing approachto car parking that is being appliedoverseas and find out ways this can besupported in our own cities. This includesdiscussion and activities for off-streetparking requirements, on-street demand-responsive parking, precinct responses toparking, and community engagement andcommunication techniques for parking

COMPETENCY PRACTICE AREA:

Developing and applying technical knowledge.

COURSE PRESENTERS:Dr Elliot Fishman, Institute for Sensible Transport and Sheridan Blunt, Loci Environment & Place

environmental planning and local action• Be able to bring different urban specialiststogether from planners, engineers,landscape architects, water, soil and treespecialists, asset managers, conservationofficers, place makers and communitygroups to maximise green infrastructureimplementation.• Understand the rapidly emergingevidence base supporting greeninfrastructure including policy and designrecommendations for addressing urbanecology, urban forestry and open spaceimpacts in policy; water, soil and air qualityimprovements in master planning; andcommunity-led design in engagement.• Examine the role of ‘Better BestPractice’ in setting targets, frameworks,links and ongoing asset management toimplement strategic green infrastructureimplementation.

COMPETENCY PRACTICE AREA:

Developing and applying technical knowledge.

COURSE PRESENTERS:Sheridan Blunt, Loci Environment & PlaceGreen Infrastructure Research Group, University of MelbourneMeg Caffin, Urban Forest Consulting

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PLANNING TOGETHER WAYS: AN INDIGENOUS INTERCULTURAL APPROACH

Indigenous knowledge systems and processes have much to offer our understanding of place and a sustainable approach to the future. In this workshop we will consider the opportunities of a bi-cultural approach when it comes to strategic planning and design. Historically, government land use and infrastructure development projects have often conflicted with Aboriginal communities and been framed through a western paradigm of planning and relationship with the land and natural resources. In Australia Aboriginal input into planning has generally been contained within a ‘cultural heritage’ framework and manifested as heritage protection and interpretation for identified cultural sites and assets. The growing Indigenous voice in placemaking is being expressed by embedding natural forms and Aboriginal cultural identity into built environments. These voices are deliberately attempting to express and explore alternative world views, but also to progress reconciliation, social justice, healing and economic empowerment.Proactively embedding Aboriginal perspectives into projects enables teams to respond to and acknowledge First Peoples across the project design and implementation phases. An intercultural approach provides the project team with the opportunity to explore the role of Indigenous knowledge and to highlight the connection to Country, culture and community.This course is an invitation to embrace Indigenous Australian perspectives and approaches in ‘two way’ planning and placemaking.

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ABORIGINAL CULTURAL HERITAGE - AN OVERVIEW OF REQUIREMENTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES FOR PLANNERS WORKING IN LGAS

In 2016 the Aboriginal Heritage Act 2006 (the Act) was amended introducing new mechanisms and protections for Aboriginal cultural heritage and seeing a series of major changes relevant to local government authorities. Last year, a new set of regulations (the Aboriginal Heritage Regulations 2018) were released which amongst other things, introduced changes to cultural heritage sensitivity overlays. The course will provide planners with a comprehensive overview of legislative responsibilities and requirements under the Act and Regulations– the primary pieces of legislation providing protection for Aboriginal cultural heritage in Victoria; and equip planners with an increased understanding of when and how Aboriginal cultural heritage is linked to the planning system and when and how Aboriginal cultural heritage needs to be considered in relation to development and high impact activities.

DESIGNED FOR:Town planners, urban designers, planning lawyers, and strategic planners working for Local Government Authorities

LEARNING OUTCOMES:• Comprehensive understanding ofconsiderations of Aboriginal cultural heritage• Understanding of legislative requirementand responsibilities under the Act andregulations as they relate to planningprocesses

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• Understanding of when a Cultural HeritageManagement Plan (CHMP) is required –particularly as relating to significant grounddisturbance.

COMPETENCY PRACTICE AREA:

Developing and applying technical knowledge.

COURSE PRESENTERS:The course will be delivered by Aboriginal Victoria’s Heritage Services Unit staff.

Thursday, 2 April (Geelong)Eastern Hub Geelong

285A McKillop St, Geelong

Tuesday, 30 June (CBD)PIA Victoria Office

Level 3 / 124 Exhibition St, Melbourne

Tuesday, 6 August 2019 (Traralgon)DELWP Office

71 Hotham St, TraralgonThursday, 3 October 2019 (Shepparton)

Greater Shepparton Business Centre

70 New Dookie Road, Shepparton

Time10:00am - 1.00pm PricePIA Members: $150Non-members: $200

DESIGNED FOR:Town planners, urban designers, strategic planners, heritage planners, architects, landscape architects, community engagement specialists.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:• An understanding of the IndigenousAustralian view of ‘place’.• Principles of effective engagement withtraditional owners.• Identification of the skills and capacitiesrequired to work effectively in an inter-cultural context.• Identification of the opportunities andbenefits of an intercultural approach.

COMPETENCY PRACTICE AREA:

Developing and applying technical knowledge.

COURSE PRESENTERS:Carol Vale is a Dunghutti woman from NSW with extensive experience in public policy and a career in senior government roles spanning almost three decades. Carol founded Murawin Pty Ltd in 2013 and she is committed to enhancing leadership, management capabilities and cultural competencies. She has an in-depth appreciation of the challenges and opportunities for those in leadership roles in walking between two worlds. Born on Palawa country, Michelle Howard (MPIA) Fellow is an internationally accredited facilitator, social researcher and strategic planner. As Managing Director of Collaborations, Michelle has worked on urban renewal and public policy projects across Australia. Over the past 30 years, Michelle’s skills have been drawn on by government and non-government organisations, to manage processes of conflict and change.

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" There is information in the course that is vital to planners,

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DateTuesday, 17 November 2020Time9:30am - 1:30pm VenuePIA Victoria OfficeLevel 3 / 124 Exhibition St, MelbournePricePIA Members: $225Non-members: $315

INFILL DEVELOPMENT IN HERITAGE AREAS

Infill development in heritage areas can be contentious, with polarised views between the local community, designer, developer and planning authority. This program aims to give a brief background about diverging views on architectural design in heritage areas. More particularly, it aims to give a context for interpreting what might and might not constitute appropriate design outcomes through the parameters of: the significance of the heritage place; integrity of heritage neighbourhoods; and State and Local Planning policies. Specific infill development types are outlined and explored that a range of illustrated case studies.

DESIGNED FOR:Planners needing guidance on making decisions about new developments in heritage areas.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:• Appreciation of the history of divergingattitudes in architectural design.• Acknowledgement of the importance ofheritage significance in heritage areas.• Understanding the meaning ofcontemporary interpretation.• Comprehending design parameters aboutplanning polices, guidelines and streetscapecontext, and where discretion may beapplied in determining planning applicationsin heritage areas.• Recognising the different types of infilldevelopment through a range of illustratedcase studies.

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HERITAGE PLANNING

Local government planners are regularly faced with challenges in respect to heritage matters and community concerns. This course explores the fundamental components of the heritage planning system in Victoria as it relates to historic heritage places. The course includes the history of heritage legislation in Victoria and the current heritage structure. The roles of the Commonwealth, State and local government will be examined and particularly the responsibilities of the Heritage Council of Victoria, Heritage Victoria and local councils.Terminology and concepts that will be explored including the Burra Charter, heritage values, criteria and thresholds, citations and statements of significance, heritage studies and thematic histories.The Heritage Overlay and other planning tools are explored and the process of preparing and processing planning scheme amendments and the role of planning panels will be explained.

DESIGNED FOR:The course is particularly designed for local government planners and consultants involved in identifying and protecting historic heritage places.

DateThursday, 7 July 2020Time9:30am - 5.00pm VenuePIA Victoria OfficeLevel 3 / 124 Exhibition St, MelbournePricePIA Members: $330Non-members: $460 7 CPD POINTS

DateThursday, 18 June 2020Time9:30am - 5.00pm VenuePIA Victoria OfficeLevel 3 / 124 Exhibition St, MelbournePricePIA Members: $330Non-members: $460 7 CPD POINTS

LEARNING OUTCOMES:• Understand the heritage protectionsystem in Victoria as it relates to historicheritage conservation• Understand the process of identifying,assessing and documenting heritage places• Identify when to apply the differentheritage tools and the process of a heritageamendment under the Planning andEnvironment Act 1987• Be able to confidently discuss proposalswith the ‘heritage experts’• Interpret heritage studies and the processfor implementation• Be able to explain the heritage process toproperty owners and managers.

COMPETENCY PRACTICE AREA:

Developing and applying technical knowledge.

COURSE PRESENTERS:Ray Tonkin – is a heritage consultant and Sessional Panel Member at Planning Panels Victoria. He was for many years, until 2009, the Executive Director of Heritage Victoria. Ray has qualifications in architecture and planning.Geoff Austin – is a planner and currently Manager, Heritage Register and Permits at Heritage Victoria at DELWP. He has been with Heritage Victoria in various roles since 1989.

COMPETENCY PRACTICE AREA:

Developing and applying technical knowledge.

COURSE PRESENTER:Dr David Rowe is a heritage consultant in private practice and is the Director of Authentic Heritage Services. He is also a heritage advisor in local government and has considerable experience in the application of the Heritage Overlay.

" David Rowe was a great presenter and very balanced in

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HOW PLANNERS DEAL WITH CONFLICT

Planners routinely experience conflict as part of their role. Conflict may be with the public, residents’ groups, developers and even fellow workers. This course provides insights into the experience of conflict for planners through the discussion of a research project conducted through RMIT University. The course provides the opportunity to learn skills to engage with conflict in the context of planning including a reflective approach to handling the emotional dimensions of conflict.

DESIGNED FOR:Those new to the planning profession who regularly interact with the public, residents’ groups, and developers.

LEARNING OUTCOMES: At the end of this short course participants will have:• Understood current research into conflictand planners• Reflected on experiences with conflict inthe planning context• Demonstrated conflict and negotiationskills to engage with disputes• Understood how to deal with conflict as areflective practitioner.

COMPETENCY PRACTICE AREA:

Communicating and engaging with stakeholders.

COURSE PRESENTERS: Professor Robin Goodman RPIA (Fellow) from RMIT University, conducted research into planning and conflict.

DateThursday, 28 March 2019Time9:30am - 5.00pm VenuePIA Victoria OfficeLevel 3 / 124 Exhibition St, MelbournePricePIA Members: $330Non-members: $460 7 CPD POINTS

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DateTuesday, 28 April 2020Time9:30am - 5.00pm VenuePIA Victoria OfficeLevel 3 / 124 Exhibition St, MelbournePricePIA Members: $330Non-members: $460 7 CPD POINTS

COMPETENCY PRACTICE AREA:

Communicating and engaging with stakeholders.

COURSE PRESENTER: Michelle Howard MPIA (Fellow) Michelle Howard has over 30 years experience working in groups with diverse interests, issues and communication needs. This breadth of experience includes working with community constituencies, technical experts, peak organisations, elected representatives and policy makers to support informed decision making. She has developed a reputation for managing multiple stakeholders, complex strategic issues and situations of conflict and change. Her facilitation skills have been utilised by all levels of government, the not-for-profit sector and private companies. Michelle is accredited with the International Association of Facilitators and has training and experience in a wide range of facilitation methods.

Emma-May Litchfield and Danielle Hutchinson-Jones are the co-founders and directors of the consulting firm Resolution Resources, who provide conflict management services and solutions both nationally and internationally. Together they work as dispute resolution advisors, providers and educators. Danielle and Emma-May are academics at the Graduate School of Business and Law at RMIT University.

FEARLESS FACILITATION

We do not plan or design in a bubble! The interface with other disciplines, stakeholders and community members is often a time of challenge and stress. How can I effectively represent my technical knowledge and understanding and be respectful and inclusive of the view of others? Beyond our technical skills, we need to be able to communicate and work effectively with groups of people who have different or limited technical knowledge. Facilitation of groups is a learnt skill and essential in the contemporary planning context, where collaboration and engagement are central to the planning process. Facilitation skills are now core business in effective planning, as we seek to weave together different knowledge sets and points of view to arrive at workable and sustainable outcomes. This course provides the opportunity for planners and designers to learn to work effectively with groups. Together we will explore strategies for different situations and challenges in a highly interactive and practical way.

DESIGNED FOR:Planners and designers looking to learn how to work effectively with diverse groups of stakeholders.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:• A thorough understanding of how to planand prepare for an effective meeting orworkshop.• Techniques and strategies for working withdiverse interests and inputs.• An awareness of how to better managecommunity and stakeholder expectations.• Strategies to use in difficult situations,including working with conflict and dissent.• Confidence to present information andlead effective discussions.

" Great training, the speakers were great, their knowledge and relevance was great to be able to take back to the workplace. would strongly recommend to the rest of

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their self -awareness and significantly help improve both personal and professional relationships.His range of clients include Jones Lange LaSalle, Flight Centre, ANZ, Department of Defence, Ray White, Hocking Stuart, The Coaching Institute, OAMPS Insurance, Coles Group, Benetas, and NBN.

THE EMOTIONALLY FIT PLANNER

Planning can be a high-pressure career. From dealing with stressed clients, making difficult decisions, personal challenges and daily uncertainties. We sometimes wonder whether we are doing enough and at times whether we are enough to handle what comes. At the core of all our experiences and interactions are emotions. When we know how to emotionally manage and lead ourselves and others effectively, we not only lead but we inspire others to step up and grow. This course will equip you with hands on, grounded and practical skills to add or improve your emotional fitness. These skills will enable you to become a strong leader, capable of inspiring others and more capable of dealing with difficult decisions and setbacks.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:• Understand our core behavioural driversso we can lead fulfilling lives.• Be significantly better equipped to handleinevitable challenges.• Learn how to handle the uncertainties andambiguities life gives us.• Understand why some people trigger youand how to change your experience.DESIGNED FOR:Anyone who wants to improve how theymanage uncertainties in both their careerand personal relationships.

COMPETENCY PRACTICE AREA:Professionalism and integrity.COURSE PRESENTER:Joe Pane As a senior trainer at The Coaching Institute, Joe has been working as a professional trainer of emotional intelligence since 2006 and has trained in excess of 6000 coaches in the art of coaching and presentation skills. He is also degree qualified in psychology and sociology. He is the creator of The Emotional Fitness Formula, his most popular program to date. This program helps people deepen their self -awareness and significantly help improve both personal and professional relationships.His range of clients include Jones Lange LaSalle, Flight Centre, ANZ, Department of Defence, Ray White, Hocking Stuart, The Coaching Institute, OAMPS Insurance, Coles Group, Benetas, and NBN.

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DELIBERATION BY DESIGN

“To deliberate is not just to ‘talk about problems’”. To deliberate means to weigh carefully both the consequences of various options for action and the view of others. Suzanne and Chad bring to this course knowledge and experience in both planning and deliberation. The course will provide practical applications to ‘lift the lid off’ planning decision-making by delivering processes which facilitate open and honest dialogue about difficult choices, weighing trade-offs and consequences to facilitate informed decision-making. In this course, participants will consider when to use deliberative processes, and why planners (and others) should use them. Participants will also explore how deliberative processes can be used to consider spatial problems, and ways they can complement other forms of engagement. Finally, language terminology and key concepts used in deliberative processes will be explained, along with key things to consider when planning for deliberative processes.

DESIGNED FOR:Strategic planners, urban designers, place-makers, design professionals, local and State government project managers and policy officers.LEARNING OUTCOMES:• Reflect on concepts for deliberativeparticipation and engagement in planning• Consider opportunities to use deliberativeengagement processes to legitimise andimprove planning decision making• Understand how deliberative processescan complement governance andstakeholder management in land useplanning

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PRESENTATION SKILLS FOR PLANNERS

Learn how to present information with clarity. Develop the ability to present information without a heavy reliance on external props. Develop an engaging manner by implementing the structure of the 4Mat system. The 4MAT system will give participants the structure to communicate clearly with different learning styles. Learn how to categories your thoughts so you have clarity about where you are in your presentation and which direction to head.Body language constitutes over 50% of communication impact. Learn how to use body language to punctuate the most important parts of any message or communication.

DESIGNED FOR:Any planners or urban designers who need to present to groups.

LEARNING OUTCOMES: Develop confidence in the structures and frameworks. As these are practiced participants will gain confidence in how to structure the information in a way which all learning styles can engage with. The training focuses on these structures and frameworks so what is learnt in the room is replicable.

COMPETENCY PRACTICE AREA:

Professionalism and integrity.

COURSE PRESENTER:Joe PaneAs a senior trainer at The Coaching Institute, Joe has been working as a professional trainer of emotional intelligence since 2006 and has trained in excess of 6000 coaches in the art of coaching and presentation skills. He is also degree qualified in psychology and sociology. He is the creator of The Emotional Fitness Formula, his most popular program to date. This program helps people deepen

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COMMUNICATION AND ENGAGEMENT: THE ‘HOW TO’ COURSE

Building on the foundation principles of IAP2 – inform, consult, involve, collaborate, empower – this course aims to equip planners to engage effectively in the highly-charged political environment in which most of us work. Participants receive a 70-page e-manual, which forms the basis of the day’s workshop, and provides a lasting resource for use on your desktop.

DESIGNED FOR:Strategic planners who design, manage and deliver communication and engagement programs; other professionals who want to understand more about effective communication and engagement in the context of planning and design processes.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:By the end of the course, you should have learned how to:• Integrate an engagement program into atypical strategic planning process• Set clear engagement objectives for anengagement process• Choose the right consultation/engagementtools for a particular project andstakeholder group• Communicate effectively with differenttypes of audience, orally, in writing and usingvisual media• Prepare for and facilitate or chairmeetings, from small roundtables to largepublic workshops

Suzanne BarkerSuzanne has worked in the government and private sectors on a range of planning, design and engagement projects. She is an experienced urban designer, landscape architect, and planner with expertise in community and stakeholder engagement processes. She has worked on masterplans, streetscape improvement plans, landscape plans, precinct structure plans, urban renewal and economic development projects, as well as enquiry by designs and citizen juries. Suzanne is currently undertaking doctoral research in planning at Monash University’s Art Design and Architecture faculty and teaches democratic engagement practice to Masters’ of planning students. Suzanne is committed to designing and delivering projects which integrate multiple stakeholder viewpoints and offer pragmatic and achievable outcomes.

DateThursday, 29 October 2020Time9:30am - 5.00pm VenuePIA Victoria OfficeLevel 3 / 124 Exhibition St, MelbournePricePIA Members: $330Non-members: $460

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• Foster, facilitate and control discussionand debate• Deal with conflict, emotion and anger –and with those too shy to speak• Create an atmosphere of mutual trust andunderstanding

COMPETENCY PRACTICE AREA:

Communicating and engaging with stakeholders.

COURSE PRESENTERS:Mike Scott has designed and facilitated hundreds of successful community engagement programs, as well as presenting at conferences in Australia and overseas. He has a lifelong interest in communication and the interface between professionals, politicians and communities. Mike has worked in senior local government roles, and co-founded the consultancy Planisphere, now part of Ethos Urban. He delivers his course with practical examples of engagement techniques, and amusing anecdotes about the trials and tribulations of dealing with difficult people and situations.

• Know when it is appropriate to usedeliberative processes for planning projects• Explore language, terminology andconcepts used in deliberative processes• Understand what to consider whenorganising a deliberative process• Consider the influence of behaviouralprocesses in people’s deliberation• Reflect on how deliberative and spatialengagement techniques can enableparticipation by diverse communities• Explore complementary engagementmethods to identify the issues, and conflictsof various stakeholders• Effectively communicate land use planningconcepts, strategies and scenario testing inconjunction with deliberative processes.

COMPETENCY PRACTICE AREA:

Using a creative and integrative approach, drawing on a range of disciplines.

COURSE PRESENTERS:Chad FoulkesChad has been at the forefront of community engagement and deliberative practices for over a decade. He has three IAP2 awards and was highly commended for a fourth. He has also been shortlisted for a John Jago Award from the Victorian Local Governance Association. He commissioned and designed the first two citizens’ juries in Victoria, and he co-delivered the first participatory budget in Victoria as part of a consortium at Darebin. He guest-lectures in Deakin’s Masters’ level subject Public Participation and Engagement.

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Tuesday, 3 March 2020 Applying Sustainability Provisions in the Planning Scheme Sheridan Blunt 1 day $330 $460 7 PD 44

Wednesday, 4 March 2020 The A-Z of Planning (March) Peter O'Leary 1 day $330 $460 7 PD 6

Tue 17 & Wed 18 March 2020 Design Thinking Drawing Peter Richards 2 days $550 $800 14 PD 36

Thursday, 19 March 2020 Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) - NEW John Goldsworthy 1 day $330 $460 7 PD 37

Thursday, 19 March 2020 Tips and traps for running planning cases in VCAT (Bendigo) Joseph Monaghan, Nick Sissons and Rachel Foo 0.5 day $150 $200 2.5 PD 17

Thursday, 19 March 2020 Presenting at a Panel - NEW Lester Townsend 1 day $330 $460 7 PD 18

Tuesday, 24 March 2020 Social and Affordable Housing: Practical Insights for Local Government Land Use and Social Planners (Module 1/3) - NEW

Rachel Hornsby, Madeline Di Pietrantonio & Richard Watling

1 day $330 $460 7 PD 21

Thursday, 26 March 2020 Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) - Site Review - NEW John Goldsworthy 1 day $330 $460 7 PD 38

Tuesday, 31 March 2020 Drafting Planning Scheme Series: How the planning scheme works (Module 1/4) Cazz Redding MPIA (Fellow) 1 day $330 $460 7 PD 25

Wednesday, 1 April 2020 Drafting Planning Scheme Series: Drafting the MPS and PPF (Module 2/4) Cazz Redding MPIA (Fellow) 1 day $330 $460 7 PD 25

Thursday, 2 April 2020 Aboriginal Cultural Heritage- An overview of requirements and responsibilities for planners working in LGAs’ (Geelong)

Aboriginal Victoria's Heritage Services Unit 0.5 day $150 $200 2.5 PD 48

Thursday, 2 April 2020 The A-Z of Planning (April) Peter O'Leary 1 day $330 $460 7 PD 6

Tue 7 & Wed 8 April 2020 ResCode Practice (April) John Glossop MPIA (Fellow) 1.5 days $510 $690 10.5 PD 7

Thursday, 16 April 2020 Understanding Development Contributions Will Bartley MPIA 0.5 day $225 $315 3.5 PD 18

Friday, 17 April 2020 Introduction to VCAT - The Hearing Laurie Hewet 1 day $330 $460 7 PD 19

Tuesday, 21 April 2020 Planning for sustainable animal industries (Benalla) Mick O’Keefe & Steve Hicks 1 day $225 $315 5 PD 8

Thursday, 23 April 2020 Planning for sustainable animal industries (Traralgon) Mick O’Keefe & Steve Hicks 1 day $225 $315 5 PD 8

Thursday, 23 April 2020 Preparing & Assessing a Bushfire Management Statement Deanne Smith MPIA and Gabby McMillan MPIA 1 day $330 $460 7 PD 9

Friday, 24 April 2020 Healthy Active By Design in practice - NEW Naomi Gilbert 1 day $330 $460 7 PD 39

Tuesday, 28 April 2020 Fearless Facilitation Michelle Howard MPIA (Fellow) 1 day $330 $460 7 PD 52

Thursday, 30 April 2020 How Planners Deal with Conflict Emma May Litchfield & Danielle Hutchinson 1 day $330 $460 7 PD 53

Tuesday, 5 May 2020 Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Gabby McMillan MPIA 1 day $330 $460 7 PD 10

Tuesday, 5 May 2020 Planning for sustainable animal industries (Bendigo) Mick O’Keefe & Steve Hicks 1 day $225 $315 5 PD 8

Thursday, 7 May 2020 Planning for sustainable animal industries (Colac) Mick O’Keefe & Steve Hicks 1 day $225 $315 5 PD 8

Tuesday, 12 May 2020 Drafting Planning Scheme Series: Drafting schedules – zones, overlays and provisions (Module 3/4)

Cazz Redding MPIA (Fellow) 1 day $330 $460 7 PD 26

Wednesday, 13 May 2020 Drafting Planning Scheme Series: Drafting the Design and Development Overlay - Masterclass (Module 4/4) - NEW

Cazz Redding MPIA (Fellow) and Lester Townsend 1 day $330 $460 7 PD 26

Thursday, 14 May 2020 Managing Development Near Landfills and Other Buffers Denise Turner MPIA and Jean Meaklim 1 day $330 $460 7 PD 27

Tuesday, 19 May 2020 Biodiversity and Urban Planning Sheridan Blunt 1 day $330 $460 7 PD 44

Tuesday, 26 May 2020 Presentation Skills for Planners - NEW Joe Pane 1 day $330 $460 7 PD 54

Wednesday, 27 May 2020 Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing for Elected Representatives (Module 2/3) - NEW

Amy Hubbard, Rachel Hornsby & Steve Dunn MPIA (Fellow)

1 day $330 $460 7 PD 22

Thursday, 28 May 2020 Traffic and Parking Assessments John Glossop MPIA (Fellow) and Chris Coath 1 day $410 $560 7 PD 11

Tuesday, 2 June 2020 Assessing Neighbourhood Character John Glossop MPIA (Fellow) and Craig Czarny 1 day $410 $560 7 PD 12

Thursday, 4 June 2020 Tips and traps for running planning cases in VCAT (Leongatha) Joseph Monaghan, Nick Sissons and Rachel Foo 0.5 day $150 $200 2.5 PD 17

Thursday, 4 June 2020 The Emotionally Fit Planner - NEW Joe Pane 1 day $330 $460 7 PD 54

Thursday, 11 June 2020 Bushfire knowledge for environmental planners - NEW Kevin Hazell 0.5 day $225 $315 3.5 PD 45

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Thursday, 18 June 2020 Planning Together Ways: An Indigenous intercultural approach - NEW Michelle Howard MPIA (Fellow) and Carol Vale 1 day $330 $460 7 PD 49

Tuesday, 23 June 2020 Effective advocacy for local government around state transport projects - NEW Kevin Hazell 1 day $330 $460 7 PD 28

Thursday, 25 June 2020 Social and Affordable Housing: Working with Community Housing Providers (Module 3/3) - NEW

Community Housing Industry Association (CHIA) 1 day $330 $460 7 PD 23

Tuesday, 30 June 2020 Aboriginal Cultural Heritage- An overview of requirements and responsibilities for planners working in LGAs’ (CBD)

Aboriginal Victoria's Heritage Services Unit 0.5 day $150 $200 2.5 PD 48

Tuesday, 7 July 2020 Heritage Planning Ray Tonkin & Geoff Austin 1 day $330 $460 7 PD 50

Wednesday, 8 July 2020 Strategic Planning Series: Effective Strategic Planning (Module 1/4) David Klingberg and Lester Townsend. Cazz Redding MPIA (Fellow)

1 day $330 $460 7 PD 30

Thursday, 9 July 2020 Strategic Planning Series: Project Management for Planners (Module 2/4) - NEW Cazz Redding MPIA (Fellow) and Lester Townsend 1 day $330 $460 7 PD 30

Tuesday, 14 July 2020 The A-Z of Planning (July) Peter O'Leary 1 day $330 $460 7 PD 6

Thursday, 23 July 2020 Economics for Planners John Henshall MPIA (Life Fellow) 1 day $330 $460 7 PD 43

Tuesday, 28 July 2020 Planning & Delivering Community Infrastructure in an Urban Renewal Setting Tim Mileham MPIA 0.5 day $225 $315 3.5 PD 32

Thursday, 30 July 2020 Sustainable Transport for Our Cities Sheridan Blunt 1 day $330 $460 7 PD 46

Tuesday, 4 August 2020 Aboriginal Cultural Heritage- An overview of requirements and responsibilities for planners working in LGAs’ (Traralgon)

Aboriginal Victoria's Heritage Services Unit 0.5 day $150 $200 2.5 PD 48

Thursday, 6 August 2020 Managing Potentially Contaminated Land and the new PRS Denise Turner MPIA and Jean Meaklim 1 day $330 $460 7 PD 33

Tuesday, 11 August 2020 The New Environment Protection Framework and Land Use Planning - NEW Mark Chicione 1 day $330 $460 7 PD 34

Thursday, 13 August 2020 Applying the Native Vegetation Guidelines Penny Croucamp and Mark Chisholm 1 day $330 $460 7 PD 13

Tuesday, 18 August 2020 Tips and traps for running planning cases in VCAT (Wangaratta) Joseph Monaghan, Nick Sissons and Rachel Foo 0.5 day $150 $200 2.5 PD 17

Wednesday, 19 August 2020 Strategic Planning Series: Evidence based research (Module 3/4) - NEW Lester Townsend and Peter Elliott. Cazz Redding 1 day $330 $460 7 PD 31

Thursday, 20 August 2020 Strategic Planning Series: How to do a planning scheme review (Module 4/4) - NEW

Cazz Redding MPIA (Fellow) 1 day $330 $460 7 PD 31

Tuesday, 25 August 2020 Statewide Stormwater Provisions in the Planning Scheme - NEW Sara Lloyd, Kate Matthews and Mandy Bolton 1 day $330 $460 7 PD 14

Wednesday, 26 August 2020 Applying the Better Apartment Design Standards John Glossop MPIA 1 day $330 $460 7 PD 40

Thursday, 10 September 2020 The Subdivision Process John Glossop MPIA (Fellow) and Michael Loy 1 day $410 $560 7 PD 15

Tuesday, 15 September 2020 Green Infrastructure and Urban Planning Sheridan Blunt 1 day $330 $460 7 PD 47

Tue 22 & Wed 23 Sept 2020 ResCode Practice (September) John Glossop MPIA (Fellow) 1.5 days $510 $690 10.5 PD 7

Thursday, 24 Sept 2020 Smart City Strategy Delivery and Successful Implementation David Klingberg 1 day $330 $460 7 PD 41

Tuesday, 29 September 2020 Assessing Neighbourhood Character John Glossop MPIA (Fellow) and Craig Czarny 1 day $410 $560 7 PD 12

Thursday, 1 October 2020 Aboriginal Cultural Heritage- An overview of requirements and responsibilities for planners working in LGAs’ (Shepparton)

Aboriginal Victoria's Heritage Services Unit 0.5 day $150 $200 2.5 PD 48

Wednesday, 21 October 2020 Understanding the value of and presenting expert evidence - NEW Karmen Markis 1 day $330 $460 7 PD 20

Thursday, 22 October 2020 Landscape & Visual Impact Assessment Laura Farrell 1 day $330 $460 7 PD 16

Thursday, 22 October 2020 Tips and traps for running planning cases in VCAT (Geelong) Joseph Monaghan, Nick Sissons, Rachel Foo and Tess Kerridge

0.5 day $150 $200 2.5 PD 17

Tuesday, 27 October 2020 Urban Design in Practice Robyn Pollock 1 day $330 $460 7 PD 42

Thursday, 29 October 2020 Deliberation by Design - NEW Suzanne Barker & Chad Foulkes 1 day $330 $460 7 PD 55

Thursday, 5 November 2020 Communication and Engagement: The ‘How To’ Course Mike Scott 1 day $330 $460 7 PD 57

Tuesday, 17 November 2020 Infill Development in Heritage Areas David Rowe 0.5 day $225 $315 3.5 PD 51

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International Women's Day Breakfast PIA's

Local Government Planners' Dinner PIA's

Kemsley Oration

2020 PIA VIC State Planning Symposium PIA

VIC Celebration of Planning Dinner PIA

Victoria Christmas Party

Thursday, 5 March 2020

Friday, 19 June 2020

July 2020 - Date TBC Friday,

9 October 2020 Friday, 6

November 2020 Thursday,

10 December 2020

HOW DO I BECOME A REGISTERED PLANNER?Registered Planner is PIA’s highest membership grade. It recognises and promotes Australia’s top planning professionals and was launched in April 2016 after two years' consultation with our membership.

Registered Planner enables high-calibre planners to clearly and unequivocally demonstrate their competencies and their commitment to professional growth, development and ethical practice.

Registered Planner is open to PIA Full Members who can demonstrate five years professional experience and assessment of competency against six key practice areas that cover the skills and knowledge of good planning. You must also demonstrate your commitment to Continuing Professional Development (CPD) by completing a CPD Plan.

IT’S TIME TO PLAN YOUR PLANNING CAREER.Become a Registered Planner

www.planning.org.au

PIA’S CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

PIA PLANET programs are accredited by PIA as part of an approved Continuing ProfessionalDevelopment (CPD) program.

The objective of PIA’s continuing professional development program’s and PLANET is to refine or upgrade the skills of planners in six key practice areas:

• Professionalism and integrity;• Understanding, interpreting and using spatial thinking;• Using a creative and integrative approach, drawing on a range of disciplines and methods;• Communicating and engaging with stakeholders;• Understanding and working with planning frameworks; and• Developing and applying technical knowledge.

Lifelong dedication to skill development in these practice areas helps creates great planning outcomes. PIA focusses its educational content-delivery to ensure development across these areas.PIA’s education programs and services are made for members with members in mind and that’s why they pay less – 30% less than non-members of the Institute in most cases!

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ACCRUING AND TRACKING CPD POINTSCPD points have been allocated to all PLANET programs. Members of PIA can use these points to complete their professional development requirements for maintaining membership.

PIA’s has an online CPD tracker to help members record and audit their CPD points from attending any PIA-organised events, which would add to their CPD points total. Your CPD points from attending PLANET programs are automatically be added to your CPD record.

The tracker also allows members to record other activities, such as mentoring, committee involvement, presentations and article-writing which meet CPD requirements. Please refer to www.planning.org.au for information about PIA’s CPD policy for members.

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PLANNING INSTITUTE AUSTRALIA

Founded in 1951 as the Royal Australian Planning Institute, PIA is the national bodyrepresenting local, regional, state and national planning within the public and private sectors.Our mission is to foster and develop a strong planning profession and to champion the importance of good planning.

We do this by advocating for better planning, developing high quality planners, andsupporting the profession. We believe that good planning embraces good principles, usesrobust systems and engages all stakeholders.

PIA membership is an investment in you, your career and the industry. Membership isavailable in a range of grades based on levels of qualification, experience and industry sector.Membership is designed to support and assist you throughout your career.

You can join PIA as either a Member or Associate. Each class is made up of a number ofgrades to allow for professional growth, regardless of your current career experience. www.planning.org.au/membershipinformation

BULK MEMBERSHIP DISCOUNTIf you are an employer of Planners who supports professional association membership and have multiple staff who are members of PIA, discounts on the annual fee may be available.

PIA encourages employers and members to enquire about a the ‘bulk membership’ discount. Email membership@planning.org.au or call 02 6262 5933 to find out more.

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