Commentary
TCPA opinion and commentary articles.
TCPA supports the Voice to Parliament
Recognising the Traditional Owners' custodianship of country over many millennia and their continuing connection to land, waters and community, the TCPA welcomes the Uluru Statement from the Heart and supports the establishment of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait...
TCPA Supports RFI Proposal for East-West Metro
The Town and Country Planning Association fully supports the Rail Futures Institute’s proposal that the East West Metro Rail plan be examined as a better alternative to the Suburban Rail Loop. Read the full article here: TCPA Supports RFI Proposal for East-West Metro...
The Government takes control of developing SRL Precincts
By Ross Lowrey The Suburban Rail Loop Bill to create the Suburban Rail Loop Authority will make lasting changes to the way Melbourne is planned. The Bill gives the Premier and SRL Minister complete power to plan and develop SRL Precincts. And it gives the SRL...
Planning for Growth in Regional Cities
TCPA Vice President, Tim Patton, has written an article on the subject of planning for population growth in regional cities. It was published in slightly shortened form in The Age on 15th July 2021. The gist of the article is that the proportion of population growth...
Jane Jacobs: Citizen Jane Reviewed
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...
Six Key Steps to Successful Infrastructure Planning
The TCPA committee resolved to endorse the “six key steps to successful infrastructure planning” identified by Infrastructure Victoria in its review of good practice in infrastructure.
More on Development in Central Melbourne
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...
Poor Development Outcomes in Central Melbourne
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...
Melbourne’s Weak Planning Controls
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.
Urban Form and Access to Jobs
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...