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The Registered Planner Certified Assessment Model: How to Make It Work in NSW Right Now
MPGA: The Limited Planning Series Nobody Asked For – Article 2 The first article in this series argued that the Council DA Planner is redundant for permissible use assessments and should be replaced with a Registered Planner certified assessment model. The response was significant. The argument clearly touched a nerve. But provocation without a…
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Delete the Council DA Planner: Why the Council DA Planner Needs to Be Cut from the Approvals Process
Australia is in a housing crisis. Every level of government acknowledges it. Targets have been set, strategies published, and Regional Plans gazetted. The State has done the strategic work. The LEP reflects it. So why is a single Council DA Planner still sitting between a compliant development application and an approval? The strategic studies…