REFOCUSING
Cities are rezoning for growth faster than their open space plans can keep up. Neil helps councils and agencies check whether their plans still fit the city they are planning for.
Who it’s for
Councils, state planning agencies, precinct authorities and developers.
What Neil offers
- Open space plan health check: an independent read of an existing plan against growth, benchmarks and neighbouring councils.
- Brief writing and peer review for open space strategies and precinct plans.
- Metropolitan and cross-boundary advice on blue-green networks, canopy and provision benchmarks.
Examples from Neil’s writing
- Melbourne is rezoning for a million people, and planning parks is an afterthought
- Your council already has an open space plan. So does the one next door.
- Parks for all starts with the brief
- If precinct planning is failing to deliver sufficient quality open space…
- Melbourne 1929 or 2029: it’s time for a Commission and Summit
