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Victoria 2020

On Friday, 6 November, 180 people tuned in to the online announcement of the 2020 º£½ÇÉçÇø Vic Awards for Planning Excellence. Thank you to everyone that watched along and congratulations to all of the Award winners and commendations. Scroll below to view the 2020 Award winners and commendations.

Public Engagement and Community Planning

AWARD: All Abilities Playground by City of Greater Dandenong, Ethos Urban and Land Design Partnership

Best Planning Ideas – Large Project

AWARD: Transport Strategy 2030 by The City of Melbourne

COMMENDATION: 20-minute neighbourhoods – Creating a more liveable Melbourne by the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP)

Improving Processes and Practice

AWARD: Design Guidance Document - Stations & Precincts by the Level Crossing Removal Project

Healthy Active by Design

AWARD: 20 Minute Neighbourhood – Croydon South by GTA Consultants, DELWP and Maroondah City Council

COMMENDATION: Grey to Green Strategy by the City of Melbourne

Outstanding Student Project

AWARD: Rewilding Industrial Land by Giselle Osborne

The Hard-Won Victory

AWARD: Open for Business - Planning Response to COVID-19 by Planning Group, DELWP

Cutting Edge Research and Teaching

AWARD: Geelong's Changing Landscape: Ecology, Development and Conservation (2019) by Professor David S Jones Mº£½ÇÉçÇø & Dr Phillip Roös

COMMENDATION: Creative Neighbourhoods: Enhancing the viability of Victoria's Creative Communities by Creative Victoria and Hodyl & Co

Best Planning Ideas – Small Project

AWARD: Mount Street Area Masterplan by Stonnington City Council, Tract Consultants and Glas Urban

COMMENDATION: Maribyrnong Waterfront: A Way Forward by the City of Melbourne

Planner of the Year

AWARD: Chris De Silva Mº£½ÇÉçÇø

Planning Champion

AWARD: Marcus Westbury

The Great Place

AWARD: Nature Play at Royal Park by City of Melbourne & Victorian Department of Health and Human Services

Young Planner of the Year

AWARD: Liz Webster º£½ÇÉçÇø (Assoc.)

People’s Choice

AWARD: ‘Health Impact Assessment (HIA) of Bell-to-Moreland level crossing removal’ by Pranil V. Chitre

Fellow elevation

Congratulations also to Christine Wyatt Mº£½ÇÉçÇø (Fellow) who was elevated to Fellow of the Institute during the presentation.

If you missed out on the livestream, or if you would like to rewatch the presentation, use the link below (left) to access it via YouTube. If you would like to read the full judges' citations of this year's winning nominations, you can read them in the 2020 Victorian Awards for Planning Excellence Commemorative Booklet linked below to the right.

Click here to view the
Commemorative Booklet

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