UnitLevel 4Postgraduate

UPD4201 Planning study 1: regulating the city

Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture

UPD4201 Planning study 1: regulating the city is a level 4, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, offered in 2020 in Semester 2 at Caulfield. It has no prerequisites.

Credit points
6
Offered in 2020
Semester 2
Caulfield
Assessment
No exam
1 task

The 2027 handbook has no page for UPD4201. This is its 2020 entry, the latest one.

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Overview

This unit develops knowledge and skills around the legal and administrative frameworks that underpin the implementation of planning in Australia, set within national and international contexts. You will critically analyse the roles and powers of governments, markets and communities, and their respective impacts on policy and planning instruments.

Offerings in 2020

Teaching periodCampusMode
Second semesterCaulfieldOn campus

Assessment

  • 100% in-semester assessment
    100%

Learning outcomes

When you finish this unit, you should be able to:

  1. 1

    Demonstrate a command of historical and contemporary approaches to the regulatory contexts shaping planning systems;

  2. 2

    Demonstrate the ability to research and understand planning principles and frameworks in Australia in a global context;

  3. 3

    Interpret legal codes and policies and apply them through planning instruments;

  4. 4

    Demonstrate an understanding of the complex political environments and the impacts of these on planning cities;

  5. 5

    Understand and be able to apply the rules of occupational health and safety appropriate to the unit of study.

Workload and teaching

  • Studio activities36 hours
  • Teaching approachResearch activities
  • Teaching approachIndustry-based learning
  • Teaching approachPeer assisted learning
  • Teaching approachField trips
  • Teaching approachActive learning

12 hours per week including 3 contact hours plus 9 hours of independent study, or equivalent.

Learning resources

Required resources

City Road Podcast – ‘Country’ and Cities, with Libby Porter and Naama Blatman-Thomas, (June 12 2019), https://cityroadpod.org/2019/06/12/country-and-cities-series/

Rowley, S. (2017). Chapter 9 – “Battlefronts”, in The Victorian planning system: Practice, problems and prospects. Federation Press, Annandale.

Taylor, E. J. (2016). Urban Growth Boundaries and Betterment: Rent‐Seeking by Landowners on Melbourne's Expanding Urban Fringe. Growth and Change , 47 (2), 259-275.

Moonee Valley MV2040 Amendment C193 Explanatory Report https://yoursay.mvcc.vic.gov.au/mv2040

Ruming, K., Gurran, N., Maginn, P., & Goodman, R., (2017), “Australian Planning System Reform: Tinkering at the Edges or Instrumental Change?”, in Sipe, N., Vella, Karen, (eds.) (2017). The Routledge handbook of Australian urban and regional planning, Routledge New York.

Nicholls, L., Phelan, K., & Maller, C. (2018). ‘A fantasy to get employment around the area’: Long commutes and resident health in an outer urban master-planned estate. Urban policy and research , 36(1), 48-62.

Blatman‐Thomas, N., & Porter, L. (2019). Placing property: Theorizing the urban from settler colonial cities. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research , 43(1), 30-45.

Rowley, S., Chapter 2 - “Planning Permits and the Applications Process”, in The Victorian planning system: Practice, problems and prospects . Federation Press, Annandale.

Dovey, K., Woodcock, I., & Wood, S. (2009). Understanding neighbourhood character: The case of Camberwell. Australian Planner , 46(3), 32-39. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/07293682.2009.10753406

Piloting New Built Form Guidelines In Moonee Ponds, http://www.hodyl.co/work/moonee-ponds-activity-centre-built-form-framework

Fivex Pty Ltd v Melbourne CC (Red Dot) [2019] VCAT 138 (31 January 2019) http://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/cases/vic/VCAT/2019/138.html (re: permits, and definitions - sign)

Rowley, S. (2017). Introduction - “Urban planning and the regulatory challenge”, in The Victorian planning system: Practice, problems and prospects . Federation Press, Annandale.

Gilbert, C., & Gurran, N. (2018). Planning for Diverse and Affordable Housing Supply? A Survey of 200 Australian Planning Schemes. Journal of Planning Education and Research , 0739456X18818278.

Mylonas v Darebin CC [2016] VCAT 1583 (19 September 2016) http://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/cases/vic/VCAT/2016/1583.html (agent of change provisions – apartments near a live music venue)

Hunt Club Commercial Ply Ltd v Casey CC (includes Summary) (Red Dot) [2013] VCAT 725 (20 May 2013) http://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/cases/vic/VCAT/2013/725.html (big box alcohol sales, social impact, scope of planning)

Hirt, S. (2007). The devil is in the definitions: Contrasting American and German approaches to zoning. Journal of the American Planning Association , 73 (4), 436-450.

Phelan, K., Hurley, J., & Bush, J. (2018). Land-Use Planning’s Role in Urban Forest Strategies: Recent Local Government Approaches in Australia. Urban Policy and Research , 1-12.

Rowley, S., Chapter 1 - “The Building Blocks of the Victorian Planning System”, in The Victorian planning system: Practice, problems and prospects. Federation Press, Annandale.

O'Connell Street Developments PL v Yarra CC [2003] VCAT 448 (30 April 2003) http://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/cases/vic/VCAT/2003/448.html (re: weight given to strategic planning in statutory decisions)

http://classic.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/sinodisp/au/cases/vic/VCAT/2013/1538.html (ruling controlling septic tanks and housing development in catchment areas).

Boroondara CC v 1045 Burke Road Pty Ltd [2015] VSCA 27 http://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/cases/vic/VSCA/2015/27.html (re: heritage, communities, local/state planning powers).

Gibson, C., ACrosby., A., Groach, C., Lyons, C., O’Connor, J., Gu, X., (2017), Can our cities’ thriving creative precincts be saved from ‘renewal’?, https://theconversation.com/can-our-cities-thriving-creative-precincts-be-saved-from-renewal-83042

Rowley, S., Chapter 6 - “Amending Planning Schemes”, in The Victorian Planning System: Practice, problems and prospects . Federation Press, Annandale.

Attoh, K. A. (2011). What kind of right is the right to the city?. Progress in human geography , 35 (5), 669-685.

Hurley, J., Taylor, E., and Dodson, J., (2018), “Why is Density so Difficult?”, in the Handbook in Sipe, N., Vella, Karen, (eds.) (2017). The Routledge handbook of Australian urban and regional planning, Routledge New York.

Clinch, P. J. (2006). Third party rights of appeal: enhancing democracy or hindering progress?. Planning Theory & Practice , 7 (3), 327-350.

Talen, E. (2012). “Chapter 3 – Patterns”, in City rules: How regulations affect urban form. Island Press.

Ben-Joseph, E. (2005). Chapter 6 – “Second Nature”, in The code of the city: Standards and the hidden language of place making . The MIT Press.

Cook, N., Taylor, E., Hurley, J., Colic-Peisker, V., (2012), Resident third party objections and appeals against planning applications: implications for higher density and social housing, AHURI Final Report No. 197. https://www.ahuri.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0015/2238/AHURI_Final_Report_No197_Resident_third_party_objections_and_appeals_against_planning_applications.pdf

Wheelahan & Anor v City of Casey & Ors (No 3) [2011] VSC 15 (3 February 2011) http://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/cases/vic/VSC/2011/15.html (Brookland Green landfill methane gas – role of the EPA and of environmental effects)

Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) (AUSTLII) – ‘Planning and Environment List’ http://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdb/au/cases/vic/VCAT/ ; https://www.vcat.vic.gov.au/get-started/planning-and-environment

Taylor, E. J. (2015). Fast food planning conflicts in Victoria 1969–2012: is every unhappy family restaurant unhappy in its own way?. Australian Planner , 52 (2), 114-126.

Taylor, E. J. (2018). Who’s been parking on my street? The politics and uneven use of residential parking space. Land Use Policy .

Rowley, S., Chapter 3 - “Planning Decisions and System Design”, in The Victorian planning system: Practice, problems and prospects . Federation Press, Annandale.

Gurran, N., & Phibbs, P. (2017). When tourists move in: how should urban planners respond to Airbnb?. Journal of the American planning association , 83 (1), 80-92.

Contacts

Chief Examiners
Dr Liz Taylor
Professor Carl Grodach
Unit Coordinators
Professor Carl Grodach
Dr Liz Taylor

Common questions

What are the prerequisites for UPD4201?

UPD4201 has no prerequisites.

When is UPD4201 offered?

In 2020, UPD4201 runs in Semester 2 at Caulfield.

Does UPD4201 have an exam?

No. UPD4201 has 1 assessment task and no exam.

More details

Credit points
6
Level
4
Study level
Postgraduate
Faculty
Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture
Organisational unit
Department of Architecture
Type
Coursework
EFTSL
0.125
Student contribution
SCA Band 2
Study abroad
Not available
Handbook years
2020