Victorian planning consultancy, Urban Planning Collective (UPco) expands into NSW. 06 October 2025 After specialising in the Victorian market for more than 30 years, Urban Planning Collective (UPco) is expanding its geographical reach. The Melbourne-based town planning consultancy has announced that it has opened the doors to a new Sydney office, enabling the business to […]

Released in September 2023, Victoria’s Housing Statement pledged clear planning controls that would help deliver 60,000 homes around an initial 10 activity centres. And as of Friday 11 April 2025, Amendment GC252 marked the first round of these new planning controls. We spent a few moments with UPco Planner Brigette McKay to get up to […]

On 6 March 2025, the planning and development world was shaken up with the approval of Amendment VC267. These new changes are a slice of a bigger Plan for Victoria: part of which is to supply housing for all Victorians. With Amendment VC267 overhauling Clause 55 and introducing Clause 57, we caught up with two […]

Urban Planning Collective (UPco) is on the hunt for new additions to our team: Planners and Senior Planners. So, if you’re ready for your next career move, here are the details… A bit about UPco We’re an independent town planning consultancy based in Melbourne. Originally established as SJB Planning, we’ve been achieving great development outcomes […]