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We love sharing insights and knowledge from the planning world. So, we've created UPco News to keep you up to speed with everything that's happening within our business and beyond.

PLANNING AMENDMENT (BETTER DECISIONS MADE FASTER) BILL 2025

By Andrew Clarke, UPco Principal Consultant On the 28th and 29th of October 2025, the Allan Labor Government announced and introduced the Planning Amendment (Better Decisions Made Faster) Bill 2025 into the Victorian State Parliament. The Bill proposes substantial changes to the Planning and Environment Act 1987. It supplements changes which have already been approved […]
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READY FOR A STEP UP?

October 27, 2025
Since our exciting recent expansion into NSW, 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 helping to define Australia’s built future. Originally […]
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SARAH THOMAS ELECTED TO THE VPELA BOARD

October 21, 2025
Just last week, VPELA announced that UPco’s very own Sarah Thomas had been appointed as a Director on the VPELA Board! We caught up with Sarah to find out the backstory, her advice to other professionals… and what she’s quietly hoping for during her time serving the Board. This news TOTALLY took us by surprise! […]
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MOONEE VALLEY PARK

October 16, 2025
What does it take to transform part of a historical racecourse into the “biggest project fast-tracked so far” via the Development Facilitation Program?[1] At UPco, we’ve been finding out, thanks to our involvement in Moonee Valley Park: a major Hamton project dreamed up more than a decade ago and being delivered in stages. And on […]
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URBAN PLANNING COLLECTIVE EXPANDS INTO NSW

October 6, 2025
After focusing on the Victorian market for the last three decades, UPco has decided the time is right to expand – and in October 2025, we officially open an office in Sydney. It’s an exciting evolution of our business, and one that will enable us to cater for new and existing clients with projects right […]
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