Australian Rural Planning - Consultancy

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Rural and Environmental Planning Consultants

CURRICULUM VITAE
Ian Sinclair

Personal Details

Name: Ian William Sinclair
Address: PO Box 1858, Bowral, 2576
Date of Birth: 19 January 1963

Education

PhD Candidate: University of Sydney 2011 to present
Bachelor of Town Planning: University of NSW, 4 May 1987
Certificate in Economic Development (Indiana Economic Development Academy, USA), March 1999
Certificate as Town and Country Planner, 23 May 1991
Member Planning Institute of Australia, 1 July 1992
Fellow Planning Institute of Australia, 8 November 2005
Member American Planning Association, March 1994

Employment

Edge Land Planning - Formed August 1996
University of NSW Faculty of the Built Environment.
Part time lecturer - Rural and Metropolitan Planning Issues, 1998 to present
Lecturer Metropolitan Policy 1998 to 2001
Lecturer Comparative Growth Management - USA and Australia 2002
Lecturer Rural Planning 2003 to present
Lecturer Strategic Planning 2011
Wollondilly Shire Council
Strategic Planner - 28 May 1990 (Responsible for managing Strategic Planning Branch from January 1991)
Manager Strategic Planning May 1994 to 27 November 1998
Wingecarribee Shire Council
Town Planner - 24 November 1986 to 25 May 1990
Orange City Council
Temporary Environmental Planner - 11 November 1985 to 3 March 1986
Forbes Shire Council
- Student Town Planner - 16 July 1984 to 12 July 1985

Projects Undertaken

EDGE Land Planning

Armidale Dumaresq Rural Residential Study
Baulkham Hills Rural Lands Study and Strategy
Bellingen Growth Management Study and Strategy
Bellingen Industrial Lands Study
Bourke Shire Strategy, LEP and DCP
Brewarrina Shire LEP and DCP
Brimbin Development Strategy and Structure Plan
Camden Rural Strategy
Central Darling Shire Strategy, LEP and DCP
Cessnock Citywide Settlement Strategy Community Consultation and Agricultural Issues Paper
Eurobodalla Rural Strategy (Peer Review)
Forbes Shire Growth Management Strategy and LEP
Gladstone Rural Living Strategy
Great Lakes Rural Living Strategy
Great Lakes LEP
Gunnedah Rural Strategy
Hawkesbury Sustainable Agricultural Development Strategy
Hornsby LEP Rural Provisions
Hunter Valley Wine Industry Association:Submission to Cessnock City Council Draft LEP and DCP
Jervis Bay Settlement Strategy
Kiama LEP Review Rural Components
Land and Environment Court Appeals Expert Witness for Appeals on Rural Subdivision, Schools in Rural Areas & Rural Sheds
Liverpool Plains Growth Management Study and Strategy and LEP
Maitland Rural Strategy (Advisor to Council)
Moree Plains Shire Growth Management Strategy
Mount Lofty Ranges Water Protection Area - Review of Criteria for Development on vacant land for South Australian EPA
Mudgee Rural Lands Study and Strategy
Namoi Catchment 2030 Resource Strategy (in association with Parsons Brinkehoff and Centre for Agricultural and Regional Economics)
Narrabri Shire Rural Residential Strategy
Narrabri Shire Rural Dwelling House Minimum Lot Size Study
Narrabri Growth Management Strategy
Parry Rural Lands Study, Strategy and LEP
Penrith Rural Lands Study and Strategy
Port Stephens Rural Lands Study and Strategy
Shellharbour Rural LEP and DCP
Shoalhaven Citywide Settlement Strategy
Socio-Economic IMpact of COtton Communities in NSW and Queensland (in association with Centre for Agricultural and Regional Economics and Judith Stubbs and Assoicates)
Snowy Mountains Rural Density Study
Sydney Drinking Water Catchment REP - investigations into various aspects of rural land use for Sydney Catchment Authority.
Tamworth Development Strategy (Rural components)
Taree Conservation and Development Strategy and LEP
Toowoomba Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Activity Study
Walgett Growth Management Study and Strategy, LEP and DCP
Warrumbungles Shire Strategy (in association with Andrews.Neil)
Wingecarribee Shire Rural Dwelling House Minimum Lot Size Study
Western Sydney Rural Land Use Study for Department of Planning
Western Sydney Parklands Agriculture Strategy for Department of Planning
Whitsunday Rural Lands Strategy
Yass Valley Rural Lands Study and Strategy and Industrial Lands Study (Peer Review)

Wollondilly Shire Council

The following documents were prepared by me or by Staff under my supervision.

Studies

Project Manager - Wollondilly Heritage Study
Project Manager - Yerranderie Heritage Study
Project Manager - Wollondilly Agricultural Lands Study
Project Manager - Cawdor Local Environmental Study (Purdon Associates)
Project Manager - Bushrangers Creek Rural Residential Local Environmental Study (Purdon Associates)
Wollondilly Cycleways Study - Precinct 3 (Cycle Planning P/L)
Project Manager - Camden Valley Rural Residential Local Environmental Study
Project Manager - Wollondilly Riparian Lands Study
Wollondilly Rural Residential Study
Local Environmental Plans

Cawdor Urban Release Area
Review of Rural Lands
Bushrangers Creek Rural Residential Release
Camden Valley Rural Residential Release
Menangle Heritage Conservation Area
Various Spot and minor LEP's
Development Control Plans

Cawdor Urban Release Area (Draft)
Bushrangers Creek Rural Residential Release
Camden Valley Rural Residential Release
Menangle Heritage Area
Poultry Farming
Agricultural Landscape Zone
Agriculture Zone
Rural Living
Planning Strategies

Warragamba Silverdale Structure Plan
Picton Township Strategy
Buxton Couridjah Strategy
Picton Tahmoor Thirlmere Strategy
Wollondilly Growth Management Strategy
Wollondilly Heritage Strategy
Wilton Strategy
Appin Strategy
Bargo Strategy
Douglas Park Strategy
Facilitation of Strategies etc.

Picton Township Strategy
Macarthur Country Tourism Board Strategic Plan
Sustainable Agriculture in Sydney Strategic Plan
MACROC Waste Management Issues Paper
Wollondilly Poultry DCP
Wollondilly Growth Management Strategy
Various studies and Strategies mentioned above for Wollondilly Shire Council
Wingecarribee Shire Council

Assessment of Development Applications for Industrial, Commercial, Tourism and Agricultural Developments as well as Rural, Rural Residential and Urban Subdivisions.
Development and Subdivision assessment for Berrima and other Heritage areas.
Co-ordinator of Mittagong Commercial Area Advisory Committee.
Council Liaison with University of NSW Student Project - Impact of the Hume Highway Bypass on the Commercial Area of Mittagong.
Co-ordinator and Representative on Wingecarribee Shire Design Awards Committee.
Project Manager - Masterplan for Hume Highway Mittagong (Consultancy).
Wingecarribee Development Control Plan No. 14 - Historic Berrima.
Hill Top Environmental Study.
Balmoral Environmental Study.
Hill Top Draft Development Control Plan.
Draft Local Environmental Plans - Hill Top and South Berrima.
Demographic database and Population Projections
Orange City Council

Lucknow Local Environmental Study
Spring Hill Local Environmental Study
Forbes Shire Council

Forbes Shire Local Environmental Study
Forbes Shire Local Environmental Plan 1986
Forbes Draft Rural Residential Development Control Plan
Forbes Draft Flooding Development Control Plan

Committee Representation

Berrima Village Advisory Committee
Camden Urban Lands Strategy Working Party
Hawkesbury Nepean Advisory Committee - Environment and Scenic Quality Working Party
Hawkesbury Nepean Advisory Committee - Rural Lands Working Party
Hawkesbury Nepean Catchment Management Trust Planning Guidelines for Cumberland Plain Woodland Steering Committee
Hawkesbury Nepean Catchment Management Trust Selection Panel for Upper Nepean Catchment Management Committee
Macarthur South Regional Environmental Study Working Parties
MACROC Waste Management Working Party
MACROC Pollution Control Guidelines Steering Committee
Mushroom Composting Guidelines Working Group
NSW Government Intensive Agriculture Consultation Committee
Planning Institute of Australia NSW Divisional Committee (1998 - 2004, 2010 to Present)
Planning Institute of Australia Policy and Environment Committee (1994 - 1995)
Planning Institute of Australia Local Government and Regional Affairs Committee (1995 - 2002)
Planning Institute of Australia Planning Excellence Awards Committee (1997 - 1998)
Planning Institute of Australia NSW Member Services Committee Chair (2000 to 2003)
Planning Institute of Australia 2002 National Congress Organising Committee
Planning Institute of Australia Local Government Planning Network Committee (2003 to 2005)
Planning Institute of Australia National Membership Committee (2005 to present)
Planning Institute of Australia 2008 National Congress Organising Committee
Planning Institute of Australia National Education Committee (2011 to 2013)
Planning Institute of Australia Life Long Learning Advisory Network (2013 to present)
South West Sydney Planning Liaison Committee
Strategic Plan for Sustainable Agriculture - Sydney Region Steering Committee and Working Group
Sydney to Canberra Corridor Strategy Employment and Economic Activity Working Party
Sydney to Canberra Corridor Strategy Settlement and Infrastructure Working Party
Western Sydney Alliance Against Second Sydney Airport Technical Committee (Chair)
Western Sydney Planners Network (Chair) 1998 - 2001
Wingecarribee Rivers Committee
Wollondilly Agricultural Lands Study Steering Committee
Wollondilly Shire Catchment Committee (Chair)
Wollondilly Heritage Study Steering Committee
Wollondilly Heritage Strategy Advisory Group
Wollondilly Poultry Development Control Plan Steering Committee
Wollondilly Regional Open Space Section 22 Committee
Wollondilly Riparian Lands Study Advisory Group

Presentations and Papers

In addition to the various presentations to local community groups and Council, I have made the following presentations and papers.

1991

MACROC Residential Seminar, Campbelltown.
Sydney Water Board Planning Seminar - Paper on Planning in the Catchment
1992

MACROC Urban Development Forum, Campbelltown.
NSW Agriculture Environment Officers Seminar, Menangle.
1993

RAPI Conference - Paper " The Local Planning Response to Land Use Change on the Urban Fringe", Penrith.
Environmental Planning Course for Agriculture - Paper " Future Perspectives for Agriculture in the Sydney Region - A Local Government View", Tocal.
Hawkesbury Nepean Forum - Paper "Planning for Balanced Urban and Rural Development", Richmond.
Country owns and Rural Areas Planning and Development: The Agenda for the Nineties - Paper "Should High Quality Farmland be Protected? If so How?, Bendigo.
University of NSW School of Town Planning - Guest Lecturer, Metropolitan Fringe Planning Issues, Kensington.
1994

American Planners Association National Conference - Paper "Planning for a Balance between Urban Growth and Agricultural Production on the Fringe of Sydney", San Francisco, USA.
Australian Society of Animal Production The Future of Intensive Animal Production in the Sydney Region, Richmond.
University of NSW School of Town Planning - Guest Lecturer, Metropolitan Fringe Planning Issues, Kensington.
Agriculture and Rural Industries on the Fringe - Paper "When Rural meets Urban",Melbourne.
University of NSW School of Town Planning, Planning Law and Practice Short Course - Paper "Planning on the Rural - Urban Fringe", Kensington.
1995

Hawkesbury Nepean Catchment Management Trust Rural Residential Development, Richmond.
American Planners Association / Canadian Institute of Planners National Conference Paper " Planning for Growth Management on the Fringe of Sydney", Toronto Canada.
Universities of Tennessee, New York, Kansas State, USA - Rural Planning in Australia.
The Metropolitan Strategy and Regional Futures - A Local and Global Perspective, University of Western Sydney, Milperra.
Protect Your Greatest Asset The Family Farm NSW Farmers Association, Sydney
NSW Agriculture Environment Officers Conference - Wollondilly Review of Rural Lands, Picton.
University of Wollongong Faculty of Law, Natural Resources Law and Policy Course Guest Lecturer, Rural and Fringe Metropolitan Planning Issues, Wollongong.
University of NSW School of Town Planning, Planning Law and Practice Short Course - Paper "Planning on the Rural - Urban Fringe", Kensington.
Hawkesbury Nepean Catchment Management Trust Planning for Rural Areas - the Key Role of Local Government, Richmond.
1996

University of Sydney, Master of Heritage Course, Guest Lecture, Heritage Planning on the Metropolitan Fringe, Picton.
Scone Shire Council Rural Planing Forum - Paper "Rural Planning and the Fractured Farm", Scone.
Wollondilly Review of Rural Lands Seminar - Paper "Rural Planning on the Fringe of Sydney", Picton.
University of Technology Sydney Master of Planning Course, Guest Lecturer - Rural and Fringe Metropolitan Planning Issues, Sydney.
University of Wollongong Faculty of Law, Natural Resources Law and Policy Course Guest Lecturer - Rural and Fringe Metropolitan Planning Issues, Wollongong.
University of NSW School of Planning and Urban Development, Planning Law and Practice Short Course - Paper "Planning on the Rural - Urban Fringe", Kensington.
Sustainability and Local Environments, Myths, Models and Milestones - Paper "Growing Food and Growing Houses - Growth Management on the Fringe of Sydney", Sydney.
1997

Wollondilly Residential Development Strategy Seminar - Paper "Wollondilly Draft Residential Strategy - A Growth Management Concept", Picton.
Ball State University (USA), Lecture Wollondilly Review of Rural Lands, and Picton.
Fostering Fringe Planning - Foresight or Folly, Illawarra Planners Group, Albion Park.
Institution of Surveyors Cumberland Group 1997 Development Seminar - Paper "Agricultural Land is a Development Constraint", Sydney.
NSW Agriculture Environment Officers Workshop - Preparation of Rural Lands Studies, Windsor.
Rural Australia 2000 - Paper "Growing Food and Growing Houses - The Preservation of Agricultural Land on the Fringe of Sydney", Wagga Wagga.
University of NSW School of Planning and Urban Development, Guest Lecture, Year 4, Planning Issues on the Fringe of Metropolitan Sydney, Kensington
Royal Australian Planning Institute (NSW) Annual Conference - Paper "Agricultural Land is Constraint to Growth Management", Armidale
University of Wollongong Faculty of Law, Natural Resources Law and Policy Course Guest Lecturer - Rural and Fringe Metropolitan Planning Issues, Wollongong.
University of NSW School of Planning and Urban Development, Planning Law and Practice Short Course - Paper "Growth Management and Agricultural Land", Kensington.
1998

American Planning National Conference Paper Metropolitan Fringe Issues in Australia, Boston, USA.
Kansas State University, College of Architecture, Planning and Design, Guest Lecturer, US and Australian Planning Law - Comparisons and Differences. Kansas USA
American Farmland Trust, Agricultural Land Preservation in Australia, Washington DC, USA
Ontario County Rural Planning Forum, Why Farmland Should be Preserved, Canandaigua, New York, USA
Western Sydney Planners Network - Planning in the USA
University of NSW Faculty of the Built Environment, Planning Law and Practice Short Course - Paper "Growth Management and Agricultural Land", Kensington.
1999

Southern Cross University, School of Resource Science and Management, Guest Lecturer, Land Use Planning Subject, Rural Planning, Lismore.
University of NSW Faculty of the Built Environment, Planning Law and Practice Goes Bush - Papers: "Growth Management and Agricultural Land", "Why is Economic Development a Planning Issue?" and "Conducting a Small Town Charrette", Coffs Harbour, Orange and Wagga Wagga.
University of Canberra Master of City Development, Guest Lecturer, Planning and Development in Large, Rapidly Growing Cities Unit - Land Development at the Urban Fringe, Responsibilities in Statutory Planning and Residential Estate Development, UTS, Sydney.
Shellharbour City Council Rural Land Study Project - Sustainable Agriculture and Settlement Options Workshops, Shellharbour.
University of Technology Sydney, Faculty of Design Architecture and Building, Guest Lecturer, "Planning on the Fringe of Sydney" and "The Urban Development Program and Infrastructure Planning", UTS, Sydney.
Royal Australian Planning Institute National Congress - Paper "Is there a future for Australia's Agricultural Land", Darwin
University of Sydney Planning Research Centre - Paper "Economic Development is a Planning Issue" and "Facilitating Charrettes", Sydney
Royal Australian Planning Institute NSW State Conference - Paper"From Strategy to Plan - Planning for Rural Land", Batemans Bay
University of NSW Faculty of the Built Environment, Planning Law and Practice Short Course - Papers: "Growth Management and Agricultural Land", "Why is Economic Development a Planning Issue?" and "Conducting a Small Town Charrette"
University of NSW Guest Lecturer: Ecologically Sustainable Development in Local Government; Economic Development and Facilitating Charrettes
2000

The Wetland Centre Australia, Wise Use of Wetlands: Ramsar in the Hunter, Paper: Strategic Planning - Meeting the Challenge of Urban, Agricultural Land and Ecological Sustainability, Newcastle.
Port Stephens Council - Rural Land Use Seminar, Presentation: Experiences in the Management of Rural Land and Rural Land Use Conflict
American Planning National Conference, Paper: Strategic Planning in Rural Australia, New York City, USA.
University of Canberra Master of City Development, Guest Lecturer, Planning and Development in Large, Rapidly Growing Cities Unit - Land Development at the Urban Fringe and Residential Estate Development, UTS, Sydney.
University of Wollongong, Faculty of Applied Science, School of Geography, Guest Lecturer - Planning issues on the Metropolitan Fringe
University of NSW Faculty of the Built Environment, Planning Law and Practice Goes Bush - Papers: "Growth Management and Agricultural Land", "Why is Economic Development a Planning Issue?" and "Conducting a Small Town Charrette", Wagga Wagga and Dubbo.
NSW Agriculture and South East Horticultural Producers Association Seminar - Benefits of Protective Structures, Presentation: Protective Structures - land use and dealing with Local Councils
2001

University of Wollongong, Faculty of Geosciences, Guest Lecture on Rural Planning Issues, Wollongong.
University of NSW Faculty of the Built Environment, Planning and Urban Development Program, Guest Lecturer, Year 3 Field Trip to Shoalhaven and Shellharbour
Royal Australian Planning Institute (NSW) Annual Conference - Paper "Settlement Strategies", Port Macquarie
University of Canberra Master of City Development, Guest Lecturer, Planning and Development in Large, Rapidly Growing Cities - Land Development at the Urban Fringe, Responsibilities in Statutory Planning and Residential Estate Development, UTS, Sydney.
Macarthur Agritourism Forum - Presentation on Planning and Sustainable Agriculture, Camden
Royal Australian Planning Institute National Conference - Paper "Zoning for Sustainable Rural Development", Canberra
University of NSW Faculty of the Built Environment, Planning and Urban Development Program, Guest Lecturer, Economic Development is a Planning Issue and Facilitation, Community Consultation and Conducting a Small Town Charrette, Kensington.
2002

University of NSW Faculty of the Built Environment, Planning Law and Practice Short Course - Papers: "Growth Management and Agricultural Land", Kensington.
University of NSW Faculty of the Built Environment, Planning and Urban Development Program, Guest Lecturer, Economic Development is a Planning Issue and Facilitation, Community Consultation and Conducting a Small Town Charrette, Kensington.
Royal Australian Planning Institute / New Zeland Planning Institute National Conference - Paper "Zoning Rural land in Australia", Wellington, New Zealand.
American Planning National Conference, Presentation Planning on the Fringe of Sydney, Chicago, USA.
American Planning National Conference, Paper Planning for Wine Based Tourism, Chicago, USA.
Ontario Professional Planning Institute Presentation Can Development on Sydney's Fringe be Sustainable, Toronto, Canada.
University of NSW Faculty of the Built Environment, Planning and Urban Development Program, Guest Lecturer, Economic Development is a Planning Issue and Facilitation, Community Consultation and Conducting a Small Town Charrette, Kensington.
Hunter Planners Network, Presentation - Zoning for Rural Land, Cessnock.
Hornsby Shire Rural Residential Workshop, Presentation on Rural Residential Development, Hornsby
University of NSW Faculty of the Built Environment, Planning and Urban Development Program, Guest Lecturer, Economic Development is a Planning Issue and Facilitation, Community Consultation and Conducting a Small Town Charrette, Kensington.
University of Canberra Master of City Development, Guest Lecturer, Planning and Development in Large, Rapidly Growing Cities - Land Development at the Urban Fringe, Responsibilities in Statutory Planning and Residential Estate Development, UTS, Sydney.
NSW Farmwriter's Association Presentation - The Future of Agribusiness in Sydney, Sydney.
University of NSW Faculty of the Built Environment, Planning and Urban Development Program, Guest Lecturer, Year 3 Field Trip to Shoalhaven and Shellharbour
2003

University of NSW Faculty of the Built Environment, Planning Law and Practice Short Course - Paper: "Growth Management and Agricultural Land" Kensington.
Planning Institute of Australia, National Conference, Paper: "What About Rural Design?" Adelaide
Planning Institute of Australia Local Government Planning Network Forum, Presentation on Community Consultation
Murrumbidgee Murray Albury Planning Group, presentation: "Rural Living - Land Wanted or Land Wasted", Albury
University of NSW Faculty of the Built Environment, Rural Planning Law and Practice in Development Control Short Course, Dubbo, Bathurst, Course Director and Presenter
State of Australian Cities Conference, Paper: "From the Outside Looking In - Planning and Land Management in Sydney's Fringe", Parramatta
University of NSW Faculty of the Built Environment, Planning and Urban Development Program, Guest Lecturer, Year 3 Field Trip to Shoalhaven and Shellharbour
2004

University of NSW Faculty of the Built Environment, Rural Planning Law and Practice in Development Control Short Course, Tamworth, Dubbo, Bathurst, Wagga Wagga and Queanbeyan, Course Director and Presenter
Planning Institute of Australia, National Conference, Paper: "From the Outside Looking in - Development on the Fringe of Sydney, Hobart
Planning Institute of Australia Local Government Planning Network Forum, Presentation on Rural Strategies
American Planning National Conference, Paper: "Managing Growth into the Countryside", Washington DC, USA.
University of Pennsylvania, Planning Program, Guest Lecture Metropolitan Planning and Sydney's Fringe, Philadelphia
NSW Agriculture, Hunter Rural Planning Workshop. Presentation: Planning for Agriculture in the Hunter Region, Tocal
NSW Farmers Association Poultry Committee Conference. Presentation: "From the Outside Looking In - the Complimentary Complexity of Sydney's Rural Land", Sydney
University of Hawaii, Planning Program. Guest Lecture on Planning in Australia
Hawaii Congress of Planning Officials American Planning Association Hawaii Chapter Conference. Presentation: "I like it like that - Creative Development Strategies, Character, Identity and Vitality in Our Communities", Honolulu
University of NSW Faculty of the Built Environment, Planning and Urban Development Program, Guest Lecturer, Year 3 Field Trip to Shoalhaven and Shellharbour
University of NSW Faculty of the Built Environment, Planning Law and Practice Short Course - Paper: "Preparing Rural Strategies" Kensington.
NSW Farmers Association Horticulture Growers. Presentation: "The Complimentary Complexity of Sydney's Rural Land - Options for the Future", Sydney
2005

NSW Farmers Association. Presentation: "Growing Food and Growing Houses - Preserving Agricultural Land in Sydney", Sydney
Planning Institute of Australia, National Conference, Paper: "Sea change, the Reality - Impact on Coastal Towns and Villages", Melbourne
Planning Institute of Australia Young Planners Conference. Panel of Planning Wisdom
NSW Farmers Association Executive Council Meeting. Presentation: "Planning for Rural Land", West Wyalong
Planning Institute of Australia Local Government Planning Network Forum, Presentation on Rural Local Environmental Plans, Shoal Bay
Environment Development and Allied Professionals (EDAP) Conference, Presentation on Economic Development for Rural Towns, Orange, NSW
University of NSW Faculty of the Built Environment, Zhengzhou Municipal People's Government, China - Short Course on Australian Government Administration, Sydney
Planning Institute of Australia, South Australian Division Conference. Presentation on Planning for the Future of Rural Land, Adelaide, South Australia
Griffith University Urban Research Program. Presentation on Rural Land in Sydney Region, Brisbane, Queensland
Queensland Rural Planning Seminar. Presentation on Planning for Rural Land, Brisbane, Queensland
University of NSW Faculty of the Built Environment, Planning and Urban Development Program, Guest Lecturer, Year 3 Field Trip to Shoalhaven and Shellharbour
Planning Institute of Australia, NSW Divisional Conference. Presentation on Planning for Fringe Metropolitan Rural Landscapes, Penrith, NSW
Planning Institute of Australia, NSW Young Planners Forum. Presentation on The Ageing Future, Penrith NSW
University of NSW Faculty of the Built Environment, Rural Strategic Planning Short Course, Tamworth and Wagga Wagga
FutureShock Conference Debate: Are we approaching sustaiability correctly? Brisbane
2006

University of NSW Faculty of the Built Environment, Rural Strategic Planning Short Course, Tamworth and Wagga Wagga
Planning Institute of Australia Illawarra Planning Seminar, Presentation: Lifestyle Living Impacts
American Planning National Conference, Paper: "Moving out of Metro - Comparrisons of Lifestyle Living in USA & Australia", San Antonio, Texas, USA.
NSW Farmers Association, Central Coast Branch. Presentation: "Planning on the Edge", Gosford
Planning Institute of Australia, NSW Division Seminar. Presentation: "Using Photography as a Planning Tool", Sydney
Planning Institute of Australia Young Planner's Forum Planning Perspectives Panel
University of NSW Faculty of the Built Environment, Rural Development Control Short Course, Wagga Wagga
2007

University of NSW Faculty of the Built Environment, Rural Development Control Short Course, Tamworth
British Columbia Ministry of Agriculture and Food Dialouge on the Edge, Presentation: Perspectives from Sydney and Vancouver
American Planning National Conference, Paper: "Planning on the Metro Fringe", Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Environment Development and Allied Professional Annual Conference, Presentation: Is there a Magic Number - Determining the Rural Dwelling House Minimum
Orange - Cabonne Orchardist Taskforce, Presentation: Planning for Food and Houses
NSW Farmers Association Hunter & Hawkesbury Horticultural District Council, Presentation: Planning for Food and Houses
University of Wollongong School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lecture: Fringe Metropolitan and Rural Planning Issues
NSE Local Government Catchment Management Forum, Presentation: Land Use Planning and Natural Resource Management
Planning Institute of Australia NSW Division Conference, Blue Mountains. Presentation: Rural Subdivision and Housing
2008

Planning Institute of Australia National Conference, Sydney. Presentation: Growing Food and Growing Houses
American Planning Association National Conference, Las Vegas. Presentation: Getting things done in Small Towns
Hawaii Office of Planning, Honolulu. Presentation: Planning for Food Sustainability
Innovation and Best Practice in Development Assessment Conference, Sydney. Presentation:Planning for Australia's Food Security
Planning Institute of Australia NSW Division Conference, Bowral. Presentation: Growing Food in a Residential Landscape
University of Wollongong School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lecture: Fringe Metropolitan and Rural Planning Issues
AgriFood Conference, Sydney. Presentation: Planning for Australia's Food Security
Planning Institute of Australia NSW Food Security Seminar, Sydney. Presentation: Growing Food for Liveable Communities
NSW Department of Planning Seminar Sydney's Agriculture - Planning for the Future. Presentation: A Planning Perspective on Sydney's Rural Resource Lands for Agriculture - Past, Present and Future
2009

Environment Development and Allied Professional Annual Conference, Blue Mountains. Presentation: Strategies and the Standard Instrument LEP
Shepparton City Council 'Your Farm, Your Future Adapting with Confidence Forum. Presentation: Planning for the Future
University of NSW Faculty of the Built Environment. Lecture: Introduction to Rural Planning Year 1
Shepparton City Council Dairy, Water and Land Use Workshop. Presentation: Planning for the Future of Rural Land in Shepparton
Macquarie Univeristy Department of Environment and Geography. Lecture: Planning for Urban Agriculture on Sydney's Fringe
University of Wollongong School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lecture: Fringe Metropolitan and Rural Planning Issues
Planning Institute of Australia NSW Division Conference, Newcastle. Presentation: Black Soil and Black Coal - Resource Management in the Namoi Valley
Sydney Food Fairness Alliance Hungry for a Change Conference, Sydney. Presentations: Planning for Sydney's Food Security. Land Use Planning for Food Security.
AgriFood Conference, Auckland, New Zealand. Presentation: Planning for Australia's Food Security.
2010

Henan Provence, China Delegation to Australia, Sydney. Presentation: Metro Fringe Planning
Planning Institute of Australia Northern NSW Planners Meeting, Kempsey. Presentation: Food Security - A Planner's Role
University of NSW Faculty of the Built Environment. Lecture: Introduction to Rural Planning Year 1
Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, Guelph. Presentation: They are all the same: Rural Land Use Patterns in Fringe Metropolitan Areas Compared
Planning Institute of Australia YP Connect Conference, Christchurch, NZ. Presentation: Building a network by not networking
Environment Development and Allied Professional Annual Conference, Forbes. Presentation:Preparing LEPs under the Standard Instrument LEP
Shaping Victoria 2010 - Embracing Rural Change Conference, Shepparton. Presentation: New Directions for Rural Planning in Australia.
Planning Institute of Australia ACT Young Planners Seminar, Canberra. Presentation: Planning on the Edge of Metropolitan Areas
University of NSW Faculty of the Built Environment. Lecture: Food Security and Healthy Planning
Planning Institute of Australia Rural Development Assessment Short Course, Coffs Harbour, Tamworth, Dubbo and Wagga Wagga. Course Director and Lecturer
Zhejiang Provence, China Delegation to Australia, Canberra. Presentation: Metro Fringe Planning
Macquarie Univeristy Department of Environment and Geography. Lecture: Planning for Urban Agriculture on Sydney's Fringe
University of Wollongong School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lecture: Fringe Metropolitan and Rural Planning Issues
International Urban Design Conference, Canberra. Presentation: Planning for Australia's Food Security
Planning Institute of Australia NSW Division Conference, Bathurst. Presentation: The LEP Template: is it a tool for Planners?
University of NSW Faculty of the Built Environment. Lecture: Food Security and Metropolitan Planning
East Asian Regional Organisation of Planning and Human Settlements Conference, Adelaide. Presentation: Planning for Australia's Food Security
World Town Planning Day Healthy People, Healthy Planning, Healthy Planet - Integrating Food Systems into the Planning Process. Presentation: Planning for Australia's Food Security
AgriFood Conference, Churchill, Victoria. Presentation: Planning for Australia's Food Security.
2011

Parks and Leisure Australia NSW Conference. Presentation: Food Security and Recreation Areas - Growing Togehter
American Planning Assoication National Conference, Boston USW. Presentation: Using Greenbelts to Contain Sprawl
iDEA Conference - The Health Implications of Climate Change. Presentation: Food Security and the Public Health Implications of Climate Change
Planning Institute of Australia Hunter Planners Network Seminar. Presentation: Mines and Vines - Conflicting Strategic Planning Issues
Environment Development and Allied Professionals Conference. Presentation: Planning the Town
Royal Town Planning Institute Conference, London UK. Keeping it Local - Planning and the Future Food Supply
UK Planning Officers Society, Bristol UK. Keeping it Local - Planning and the Future Food Supply
World Planning Schools Conference, Perth. Presentation: Its all about Location - Planning for the Future of Food
Planning Institute of Australia Northern NSW Division Seminar. Presentation: Can Agriculture and Mining Co-Exist?
Planning Institute of Australia Queensland State Conference. Presentation: Contested Landscapes - Planning for Resources
Macquarie Univeristy Department of Environment and Geography. Lecture: Planning for Urban Agriculture on Sydney's Fringe
Australian Institute of Urban Studies Seminar. Presentation: Contested Landscapes - Growing Food and Growing Houses
Northern Rivers Foodlinks Local Government Land Use Planning and Food Security Workshop. Presentation: Threats to our Broadacre Agriculture and Intensive Food Production, What can we do?
NSW Health Centre for Health Innovation and Partnership Symposium, Community Health and Wellbeing through Multi-Sectoral Partnerships. Presentation: The National Food Plan Implications for Western Sydney
Sydney Food Fairness Alliance Seminar, Can't Eat Your House - Development threatens Sydney's Foodbowl. Presentation: Contested Landscapes: Growing Food and Growing Houses
2012

Environment Development and Allied Professionals Conference.Presentation: Impact of Mining and Coal Seam Gas
Next City Conference: Planning for a New Energy and Climate Future. Presentation: Planning for Food in teh City: Models from Australia, North America and United Kingdom
Macquarie Univeristy Department of Environment and Geography. Lecture: Planning for Urban Agriculture on Sydney's Fringe
Agrifood Network Conference, Palmerston North, NZ. Feeding the City of the Future

Awards

1993 - Royal Australian Planning Institute Commended for Excellence in Planning - Wollondilly Agricultural Lands Study
1996 - Royal Australian Planning Institute Commended for Excellence in Planning - Wollondilly Review of Rural Lands
2000 - Royal Australian Planning Institute Commended for Excellence in Planning - A View from the Edge, Issues in Rural and Fringe Metropolitan Planning, published in New Planner, Magazine of the Planning Profession in NSW

Publications

"Rural Planning in Australia" - American Planning Association Small Town and Rural Planning Division News Letter
"Growing Food and Growing Houses: Preserving Agricultural Land on the Fringes of Cities" in Robertson, A.I and Watts, R.J (Eds). (1999) Preserving Rural Landscapes: Issues and Solutions. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne
"A View Form the Edge" - Regular Contribution to New Planner, The Magazine of the Planning Profession in NSW. Topics Covered include:

Agricultural Land in Sydney
Rural Land Use Conflict
Environmental Issues
Small Town Charrette Workshop
Catchment Planning
Legislative Impact
Strategy Planning
Dateline USA - Small Towns and Countryside
Growth Management Strategies for Small Towns
Noxious Weeds
What is Sustainable Agriculture?
Horizontal and Vertical Growth Management
What is Rural Land?
Lot Sizes for Agriculture
The importance of Biodiversity Conservation
Planning in the USA - the good, the bad and the ugly
Sustainability Indicators
Settlement Strategies
Incentives as a Planning Tool
Rural Residential Development - Definition
Rural Residential Development - Impacts
Lifestyle Living
Bushfire Risk
Smart Growth or Smart Living?
What about Rural Design?
Sustainable Growth Management in Sydney - The Issues
Sustainable Growth Management for Sydney's Fringe
Rural Tourism
Rural Subdivision Minimums
Rural LEPs
Rural Fringe
Sydney's Rural Land
Settlement Hierarchies
Rural Residential Sprawl
Sydney's Food Security - Issues
Sydney's Food Security - Policy Responses

Ian has contributed Chapters to 2 books:

Preserving Rural Landscapes in Planning Australia edited by Susan Thompson and Paul Magin 2nd Editoin and published by Cambridge University Press in 2012
Growing Food and Growing Houses in Preserving Rural Landscapes: Issues and Solutions edited by Robertson and Watts published by CSIRO Publishing in 1999.

Overseas Study Tours

1994

United States of America and Canada - Rural and Metropolitan Planning Issues: British Columbia, California and Oregon

1995

United States of America and Canada - Rural and Metropolitan Planning Issues: California, Kansas, Michigan, Ontario, Pennsylvania and Tennessee.

1996

United States of America and Canada - Rural and Metropolitan Planning Issues: Ontario and Pennsylvania.

1998

United States of America and Canada - Rural and Metropolitan Planning Issues: Illinois, Indiana, Kansas,Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont and Washington.

2000

United States of America and Canada - Rural and Metropolitan Planning Issues: California, Indiana, Maryland, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Washington DC

2002

United States of America, Canada and New Zealand - Rural and Metropolitan Planning Issues: Wellington, NZ, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky and Ontario

2004

United States of America and Canada- Rural and Metropolitan Planning Issues: California, Florida, Hawaii, Kansas, Maryland, Oregon, Ontario, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia and Washington.

2006

United States of America and Canada- Rural and Metropolitan Planning Issues: British Columbia, Hawaii, Pennsylvania, Ontario and Texas.

2007

United States of America and Canada- Rural and Metropolitan Planning Issues: British Columbia, Pennsylvania, Ontario, California

2008

United States of America and Canada- Rural and Metropolitan Planning Issues: British Columbia,California, Florida, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Washington,

2010

United States of America and Canada- Rural and Metropolitan Planning Issues: California, Louisiana, Ontario

2011

United States of America and Canada- Rural and Metropolitan Planning Issues: Illinois, Massachusetts, Michegan Maine, Ontario, Wisconsin

2011

United States of America, Canada and United Kingdom - Urban Agriculture and Planning Issues: Florida, Illinois, London, Ontario, Wisconsin, York