PLANET 2011 courses by month

Image PLANET booklet coverPart of the 2011 PLANET professional training and development program

All PLANET courses for 2011 are displayed below by month.

 


Mar  |  Apr  |  May  |  Jun  |  Jul  |  Aug  |  Sep  |  Oct  |  Nov  |  Dec

March

  • Structure planning for activity centres
  • New planners' program
  • Mediation in planning (Day 2 of the New planners' program)
  • Sustainable regional development - subdivision design
  • Recent significant decisions from VCAT
  • Facilitating environmentally sustainable development
  • Building and planning requirements in local councils
  • ResCode practice - Day 1
  • Environmental Impact Assessment
  • 'You can't put that there!' Public art and planning in the public domain


April

  • Effective strategic planning
  • Recognising architectural styles
  • Urban discovery walk 1: Revitalising Central Dandenong
  • Cultural heritage management plans: working with the Aboriginal Heritage Act 2006
  • Interpreting and applying planning policy
  • Native vegetation 


May

  • ResCode practice - Day 2
  • Planning for good waste practices
  • Cultural heritage management plans: working with the Aboriginal Heritage Act 2006
  • Cultural heritage management plans: the field trip
  • Presentation and communication skills
  • Planning activity centres and higher density residential development
  • Planning scheme amendment process
  • Urban discovery walk 2: Central Geelong
  • Sex and drugs and rock 'n' roll
  • Introduction to VCAT - the hearing
  • Sustainable regional development - subdivision design
  • Skills for presenting @ VCAT


June

  • Planning system for referral authorities
  • Writing permit conditions
  • Assessing applications for electronic gaming machines (pokies)
  • Ethics and efficacy in planning decisions
  • Structure planning for activity centres
  • The subdivision process
  • Building subdivisions and owners' corporations
  • Planning law essentials
  • Traffic and parking
  • Sustainable regional development - subdivision design
  • The A - Z of planning


July

  • Building and planning requirements in local councils
  • Urban design around rail environments


August

  • Facilitating environmentally sustainable development
  • Existing use rights
  • Sustainable regional development - subdivision design
  • Plan reading skills
  • Essential economics in urban planning
  • Rural and regional strategic planning challenges
  • Assessing neighbourhood character
  • Managing potentially contaminated land
  • ResCode practice - Day 1 


September

  • Environmental Impact Assessment

  • Structure planning for activity centres

  • Recent significant decisions from VCAT

  • Urban design around rail environments

  • Planning scheme amendment process

  • Writing letters and planning reports


October

  • Recognising architectural styles

  • The A - Z of planning

  • ResCode practice - Day 2

  • Cultural heritage management plans: working with the Aboriginal Heritage Act 2006

  • The subdivision process

  • Urban discovery walk 3: Glenferrie - heart of Hawthorn

  • Native vegetation

  • Introduction to VCAT - the hearing

  • Doing density: facilitating built form for Melbourne @ 5 million


November

  • Planning law essentials
  • Statutory planning processes
  • Successful public spaces
  • Urban design and practice
  • Building subdivisions and owners' corporations


 December

  • The A - Z of planning

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