Community Planning

 MacroPlan’s Community Planning Unit is focused on planning for liveable, healthy, happy and active communities. Our aim is to ensure an understanding of the community’s needs, wants and aspirations to inform planning both now and into the future. 

We are passionate about setting new standards in our work and ensuring that we deliver innovative, sustainable and practical (triple bottom line) solutions and outcomes that meet our client’s needs. Our key point of difference is that we seek to develop a comprehensive understanding of the project outcome objectives. 

Our key focus areas are:

• Public housing
• Sustainable communities
• Community infrastructure planning
• Libraries
• Aquatic facilities
• Multi-use arts
• Civic workplaces
• Public realm
• Lifestyle wellness
• Recreational planning

MacroPlan understands that each study area we work in is unique, and has its own set of complex issues and challenges that need to be uncovered. Our Community Planning Unit understands these issues and challenges and has extensive experience in dealing with them both in the private and public sectors. The team brings specialist skills in:

• Community Infrastructure Planning
• Community Needs Assessments
• Social Impact Assessments
• Feasibility Studies
• Strategic Planning
• Demographic Analysis & Demand Forecasting
• Community and Stakeholder Consultation
• Open Space / Recreation Planning
• Lease, License and Contract and Project Management
• Policy Development
• Assisting in negotiation with local and state government agencies