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PRESS RELEASE

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 […]
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AMENDMENT GC252 – NEW ACTIVITY CENTRE CONTROLS IN ACTION

April 15, 2025
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 […]
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AMENDMENT VC267: THE START OF A NEW HOUSING ERA

March 13, 2025
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 […]
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READY FOR A STEP UP?

July 24, 2024
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 […]
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AMENDMENT VC250: WHAT’S HAPPENING WITH VICTORIA’S GAS?

February 8, 2024
The Victorian State Government has joined the global drive to be net zero by 2045, with an emissions reduction timeline resembling that of the Paris Agreement. As part of this drive, certain new developments can no longer be hooked up to the gas network. UPco Planner Brigette McKay gives us a rundown of this shift […]
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