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Projects

Tim has led or provided substantial professional inputs to the following projects

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Local and Regional Economic Development

  • Local and regional economic benefits of Saleyards expansion at Leongatha, for the Victorian Livestock Exchange (2024)

  • Business Case for temporary workers' housing in Alpine Shire (2024)

  • Cost benefit analysis for Etty Street school redevelopment for a business incubator and hot rod centre in Castlemaine, for Urban Initiatives and Mount Alexander Shire (2020)

  • Economic Development Profile and Analysis, for Alpine Shire (2020)

  • Cost Benefit Analysis of program to upgrade Maldon Town Centre, for Urban Initiatives and Mount Alexander Shire (2019)

  • East Gippsland Economic and Tourism Strategy Draft, for East Gippsland Shire Council (2019)

  • Moreland Economic Development Strategy, for Moreland City Council (2016)

  • Preliminary edit of Whittlesea Economic Development Strategy, for Whittlesea Council (2016)

  • Moorabool Economic Development Strategy, for Geografia and Moorabool Shire Council (2014)

  • Western BACE Business Plan and Management Options, for Melton City Council (2013)

  • Golden Plains Economic Development Strategy, for Geografia and Golden Plains Shire Council (2013)

  • Updating Melbourne East Regional Profile, for Equity Justice Access and Melbourne East (2013)

  • Mornington Peninsula Marine Industry Feasibility Assessment, for Matters More and Mornington Peninsula Marine Alliance (2012)

  • Creating Innovation and Knowledge-Based Employment, for Geografia and Melbourne East (2011) – strategies for the success of small businesses in knowledge-based industries in eastern Melbourne

  • Planning for Economic Development in Brimbank, for Brimbank City Council (2011)

  • Dandenong Economic Development Strategy, for City of Greater Dandenong (2010)

  • Nillumbik Economic Development Strategy, for Nillumbik Shire Council (2010)

  • Bacchus Marsh Town Centre Investment Attraction Strategy for Moorabool Shire (2008)

  • Economic Assessment of the Café and Restaurant Sector in Manningham, for the City of Manningham (2007)

  • Corangamite Economic Development Strategy, for the Shire of Corangamite (2007)

  • Queenscliffe Economic Development Strategy, for the Borough of Queenscliffe (2006)

  • Yarra Economic Profile, for the City of Yarra (2006)

  • Geelong Economic Development Strategy, with Regional Innovation, for the Greater Geelong City Council (2005)

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Activity Centre Planning

  • ​Municipal activity centre development strategies for Manningham, Melton, Moorabool, Southern Grampians and Surf Coast

  • Activity Centre Planning in growth areas, including framework plans and precinct structure plans in Cardinia, Greater Geelong, Hume, Melton, Surf Coast and Whittlesea

  • Retail and commercial demand assessments for structure plans in Bacchus Marsh, Broadmeadows, Brunswick, Coldstream, Drouin South, Drysdale, Echuca, Euroa, Foster, Gisborne, Glenroy, Hamilton, Healesville, Heathmont, Keiwa-Tangambalanga, Korumburra, Kyneton, Lara, Leopold, Lilydale, Lorne, Nar Nar Goon, Port Fairy, Ringwood East, St Leonards, Stawell, Sunshine, Traralgon, Tunstall Square, Venus Bay, Warragul, West Footscray, Winchelsea and Woodend

  • Retail impact assessments for developments in Altona Meadows, Ballarat, Caroline Springs, Drysdale, Grantville, Gundagai, Maiden Gully, Melton South, Mildura South, Shepparton North, Traralgon North, Wantirna, Warrnambool, Wyndham and Yarrawonga

  • Activity centre development policy, including application of 20 minute nieghbourhood policies in Lalor and Thomastown (for Plan2Place and Whittlesea Council); a review of the benefits of Mainstreets (for Geografia and Mainstreets Australia); benefit-cost assessment of special rate and charge schemes (Banyule); review of new planning zones, preparation of performance indicators for centres and parking strategy reviews (Port Fairy and Torquay)

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Industrial Planning and Development

  • Bulleen Employment Precinct - economic assessment, for Mecone P/L and Manningham City Council (2023)

  • Review of development potential for an industrial site in Fulton Road, Maffra, for landowner (2021)

  • Wyndham Industrial Land Survey, for Wyndham City Council (2017)

  • Wangaratta Industrial Land Strategy - economic inputs, for Centrum Planning and Rural City of Wangaratta (2017)

  • Brimbank Industrial Land Assessment, for Brimbank City Council (2016)

  • Moreland Industrial Land-Use Strategy Review, for Moreland City Council (2015) and presentation of evidence at Moreland C158 (2016)

  • Winchelsea Structure Plan -  Industrial Land Assessment, for Surf Coast Shire (2009)

  • Benalla Industrial Land Assessment, for GHD and the Rural City of Benalla (2008)

  • Strategic justification of new industrial estate at Allansford,(Panel Hearing C43) for Warrnambool City Council (2006)

  • Bendigo Abattoir Proposal – Economic Impacts, for GHD and Tatiara Meat (2005)

  • Market Assessment of the Short-Run Box Market in Tasmania, for the F8 Group (2004)

  • Industrial Development Parameters for Dandenong South, for SGS Economics and Planning (2004)

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Tourism and Recreation Development

  • Benefit cost assessment of Kiewa Valley Trail, for Alpine Shire (2024)

  • Benefit cost assessment of Harrietville  projects and Myrtleford Splash Park for Better Places Funding for Alpine Shire (2022)

  • Gateway to Alpine Adventure - Cost benefit analysis of facility improvements at Dinner Plain stages 1, 2, 3 and 4 for Alpine Shire (2020, 2021 and 2022)

  • Dargo Road improvements - cost benefit analysis, for Alpine Shire (2020)

  • Bairnsdale Sports Precinct - Cost benefit analysis, for @Leisure and East Gippsland Shire (2020)

  • Bright to Harrietville Trail - Cost benefit analysis, for Alpine Shire (2018)

  • Visitor demand and cash flow modelling for Queenscliffe Caravan Parks Masterplan (2017)

  • Benefit cost assessment of urban design in tourist towns, North East Victoria (2016)

  • Benefit cost assessment of investment in sporting facilities at Baranduda, Clarence and Dandenong (2015, 2016 and 2017)

  • Feasibility assessment of long distance footpaths on Tasmania's East Coast and Victoria's South West, with Hansen Partnership

  • East Coast Tasmania Sustainable Tourism Strategy, for Hansen Partnership and Break O’Day Council (2014)

  • Gippsland Lakes Sustainable Development Strategy (tourism inputs), for Geografia and the Gippsland Lakes Ministerial Advisory Committee (2014)

  • Yea Discovery Centre Business Plan for Yea Wetlands Trust and Murrindindi Shire Council (2006)

  • Business and tourism impacts of road infrastructure upgrades on the Calder, Melba, Midland, Princes and Western Highways

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Other Projects

  • Community Development, including Review of Maroondah 2040, a review of the factors likely to affect the capacity of Council to deliver the community plan, including the fields of employment, transport, environment and social policy, in conjunction with Collaborations P/L

  • Housing demand analyses for Knox Housing Strategy, older persons accommodation in Camperdown and development projects in Bass, Maffra, Paynesville, Warragul and Wonthaggi

  • Demand modelling for schools provision including for special schools and in growth areas, for GHD and the Department of Education

  • Business incubator feasibility studies in Hume, Melton and Mitchell

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Projects in Asia

  • Review of local economic effects of proposed sand mining on Mannar Island, Sri Lanka, for Pro Bono Planners and Bridging Lanka (2024)

  • Thai Binh Coastal Development Zone Masterplan Review, for Hansen Partnership and VIUP, Ministry of Construction, Vietnam (2019)

  • Con Dao Tourism Masterplan, for Hansen Partnership and Ba Ria-Vung Tao Peoples Committee, Vietnam (2014)

  • Tay Ninh Masterplan Review, for Hansen Partnership and Tay Ninh District Government, Vietnam (2010)

  • Long Thanh Airport –Dong Nai Global Gateway City Master Plan, for Hansen Partnership and Vietnamese Institute of Architecture and Planning (2009), including employment and population forecasting for a new city in Southern Vietnam

  • Comparison of urban service sector development in Australia and China, for SCORES, People’s Republic of China, (2000)

  • Hanoi Development Control and Planning Project, with the Overseas Projects Corporation, Victoria, for AusAid (1995)

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