Articles
SPA - Does it have the Healing Powers We've Been Promised
Presentation to UDIA at the SPA Summit - 23 July 2009
This presentation provides an overview of the key differences and new concepts in the Sustainable Planning Bill 2009, focusing on the options and opportunities for fast tracking development. The presentation highlights both potential opportunities and risks. The focus is on the components of the bill that potentially impact on time, costs and certainty of development outcomes from a practitioner's perspective. Find out more... (pdf document)
Dealing with Difficult People
Presentation to the PIA Young Planners - August 5 2009
A scenario based overview of the types of difficult people and situations young planners may deal with in their workplace. Each difficult characteristic is based around a Seinfeld character to illustrate the type of person or situation being discussed. The presentation includes some of our experiences in dealing with each situation, the traps to avoid and some the tips and tools to better approach the situation. Find out more... (pdf document)
IPA – “10 Things I Hate About You”
In the spirit of this modern-day Hollywood version of William Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew”, Wolter Consulting Group's Natalie Rayment lists the top “10 Things” town planning consultants and our clients love to hate about the Integrated Planning Act 1997 (IPA). This paper was originally presented at the QELA Conference 2006. Find out more... (pdf document)
Conditions Crime File
Development conditions are a powerful tool but in the wrong hands – whether with intent or by mistake – can be dangerous weapons and wreak havoc with the development process.
Wolter Consulting Group’s resident planning legislation expert, Natalie Rayment, has taken a light-hearted look at the world of development conditions, creating a ‘Conditions Crime File’.
This paper was presented at the PIA Seminar - “Drafting Conditions that Stand the Test of Time and can be Enforced” in Febuary 2006 (Find out more... ) and published in a shorter form in the Urban Developer magazine (Find out more... )
Built Environment Linked to Obesity
Australia’s obesity crisis affects more than half the population and now the finger of blame is being pointed at our own backyards.
Recent research shows a link emerging between the built environment and Australia’s obesity epidemic. Find out more... (pdf document)
