City Building Seminar - June

Stephanie Barker, Acting Executive Director, City Strategy,Greater Sydney Commission

The Greater Sydney Region Plan - A Metropolis of Three Cities champions a place-based and collaborative approach to city making. With themes that include landscape, people and connectivity, the Plan sets up a regional planning framework that can support place-based planning at the local level. For the first time, councils across Greater Sydney are developing Local Strategic Planning Statements (LSPS) that provide a 20-year vision for planning in their local area, including setting out planning priorities and identifying local places that require a finer grain analysis.

It’s now one year since the release of the Region Plan and the accompanying five District Plans. Join Stephanie Barker, Executive Director at the Greater Sydney Commission (GSC), to hear first-hand the opportunities, challenges and key learnings from the Sydney experience. You’ll also hear about the new role the GSC has under the Environmental Planning & Assessment Act as the organisation pivots to implementation - providing assurance on local strategic planning to implement the Region and District Plans to councils. Also, find out more about the GSC’s initiatives to improve state and local government coordination.

Stephanie Barker's Bio
Originally trained as an architect, Stephanie has over 20 years’ experience in strategic planning across the public and private sectors. Stephanie specialises in housing and infrastructure and most recently developed A Metropolis of Three Cities, the region plan for Greater Sydney.