by ray walford | Sep 2, 2017 | Commentary, Democratic Planning
TCPA Committee member Marianne Richards wrote a review of the documentary film Citizen Jane: Battle for the City for the August 2017 edition of Planning News, the journal of the Planning Institute of Australia. Jane Jacobs, a journalist, author and activist, is...
by ray walford | May 14, 2016 | Commentary, Democratic Planning
The TCPA committee resolved on 1st April 2016 to endorse the “six key steps to successful infrastructure planning” identified by Infrastructure Victoria in its review of good practice in infrastructure: Build consensus through collaboration with the community,...
by ray walford | Oct 15, 2015 | Amenity, Commentary, Democratic Planning, Urban Form
We recommend reading the following article that appeared in The Age recently: Big and ugly: the new towers ruining Melbourne’s skyline The Age, by John Carroll, September 24, 2015...
by ray walford | Sep 19, 2015 | Affordable Housing, Amenity, Commentary, Democratic Planning, Environment
Michael Buxton and Norman Day (separately) comment in The Age on high rise apartment building in central Melbourne : http://www.theage.com.au/comment/dirty-extraction-of-highrise-gold-will-pollute-central-melbourne-for-generations-20150910-gjjh71.html...
by ray walford | Mar 13, 2015 | Affordable Housing, Amenity, Commentary, Democratic Planning, Heritage, Urban Form
This article: Melbourne faces becoming ‘Anywhere City’ in the Australian edition of The Guardian, is consistent with the sustainability and equity principles embodied in our Charter for Planning, and is well worth reading.
by ray walford | Oct 10, 2014 | Commentary, Public Transport, Urban Form
Access to jobs for people living in the outer suburbs of Melbourne is a perennial topic of discussion. It has been suggested recently[1] that a tax should be levied on residents and businesses in the city centre and the inner ring of suburbs to pay for new transport...
