Strategic Planning + Policy

We put people at the heart of decision making and help create places that look and feel good.

Using a collaborative and deliberative process we engage strategically with stakeholders and communities to deliver lasting positive change. We offer place based strategic planning services to government, industry and built environment professionals across Australia. Our human centred collaborative approach maximises wellbeing, happiness and sustainability outcomes.

Specialising in housing policy, activity centres and priority precincts, our approach brings together the best of Strategic Planning, Community Engagement and Placemaking.

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We help you plan for growth + change with ease.

We help you facilitate meaningful change - effortlessly. Identifying key opportunities to accommodate housing, economic and tourism growth in a more sustainable way whilst increasing the attractiveness of places for people is what lights us up.

Our signature framework is centred on strengthening relationships between decision makers and local communities. Empowering and enabling communities to improve their daily lives and create more vibrant local places.

We offer.

  • Strategic Advisory Services – To improve the way places are planned, designed and managed to maximise wellbeing, happiness and sustainability outcomes in the urban environment. We specialise in advising on major city shaping projects and help turn your ideas into a strategic plan for action.

  • Strategic Planning - We deliver evidence based Strategy + Policy ready for implementation. We can integrate collaborative leadership coaching into our methodology to give your team the tools and confidence they need to deliver the positive lasting change you expect!

  • Strategic Stakeholder Engagement - We help you connect in creative ways with the communities you plan and design for to ensure people are at the heart of decision making about things that will impact their daily lives. We maximise your success by implementing systems for more effective community collaboration from the outset. We teach your team how to ‘date your community’ to build a long-lasting relationship and empower them to have a seat at the decision-making table, enrich your project outcomes and create more connected communities into the future.

 

How we work

We understand every project, team and budget is different and can offer you the Complete Package from project strategy, analysis, strategy, policy and implementation to strategic community and stakeholder engagement or provide tailored support for individual stages. We are experienced at assembling the right project team to meet your project needs.

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Book in a FREE Chat now.

Book in a FREE 20 min chat to work out how we can help you with your priority projects.

“I can highly recommend Urbankind. The approach is at all times responsive, diligent and professional making the process as smooth and simple as it can be”

Peter Walker, GJ Gardner Homes

Want to connect with our Directors?

To connect and learn more about our Directors qualifications and experience, please head to our LinkedIn pages.

 
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Claire Baker on LinkedIn

Founder, Director