by Marianne Richards | Aug 20, 2023 | Commentary
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...
by Ross Lowrey | Aug 19, 2022 | Commentary, Public Transport, Urban Form
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...
by Ray Walford | Jul 17, 2022 | News, Public Transport, Urban Form
TCPA has made a submission and a presentation to the Suburban Rail Loop East Inquiry and Advisory Committee. The submission and presentation notes may be found under Publications > TCPA Submissions > Land Use, or via the following links. submissionpresentation...
by Marianne Richards | Jan 31, 2022 | News, Public Transport, Regional Development
The Rail Futures Institute Inc. (RFI) and the Town and Country Planning Association Inc. (TCPA) have pleasure in jointly releasing a Discussion Paper, Rail as a Catalyst for Regional Growth, which explores the opportunity post pandemic for Victoria’s regional cities...
by Ray Walford | Oct 26, 2021 | Democratic Planning, News
TCPA has made a submission to Melbourne’s Future Planning Framework: Draft Land Use Framework Plans (2021). Our thanks to Marianne Richards, who put it all together in a very short time. Our submission can be found at Publications > TCPA submissions > Land...
by Ross Lowrey | Oct 20, 2021 | Commentary, Democratic Planning, Public Transport, Urban Form
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...
by Ray Walford | Jul 18, 2021 | Commentary, Public Transport, Regional Development
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...
by Ray Walford | Apr 23, 2021 | Environment, News
On the 14th April 2021, the TCPA committee passed the following motion without dissent. The Town and Country Planning Association supports all levels of Australian governments to undertake explicit steps to achieve net zero carbon emissions by...
by Ray Walford | Nov 23, 2020 | Environment, Health, News
Each year the Town and Country Planning Association Inc. (TCPA) awards the Sir James Barrett Memorial Medal to recognise the best contribution annually to town planning in Victoria. This year the award was presented at our Annual General Meeting on Friday, 19...
by Ray Walford | Sep 16, 2020 | Affordable Housing, Amenity, News, Transport, Urban Form
A submission to City of Melbourne Macaulay Draft Structure Plan Refresh 2020 has been uploaded and can be seen here: Publications > TCPA submissions > Land...
