Overview
Town Planning and Control will introduce you to both statutory and strategic planning-related concepts, especially relating to the regulation of development and the management of urban growth. You will research, analyse and evaluate land-use patterns, developmental controls and how building applications are assessed as you develop skills and knowledge related to legislative planning frameworks.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Prerequisite: BLAR11045
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 2 - 2023
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes – in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University’s Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
All University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback – Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from Student Evaluations
An Australian textbook resource would be helpful.
Attempts to source an Australian eBook textbook will continue. Further readings from CROs will be offered in the eReading list to complement the current textbook.
Feedback from Student Evaluations
A well presented unit with interesting content and assessments.
The assessments and unit content will be reviewed and presented to make it interesting and relevant to building surveyors.
- Discuss the use of development controls within an institutional context
- Identify and evaluate strategic planning initiatives and other concepts related to development and urban growth
- Identify, analyse and evaluate issues related to statutory planning processes
- Analyse and apply development control procedures to building and planning applications.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 30% | ||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 30% | ||||
| 3 - Written Assessment - 40% | ||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Communication | ||||
| 2 - Problem Solving | ||||
| 3 - Critical Thinking | ||||
| 4 - Information Literacy | ||||
| 5 - Team Work | ||||
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | ||||
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | ||||
| 8 - Ethical practice | ||||
| 9 - Social Innovation | ||||
| 10 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | ||||
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 30% | ||||||||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 30% | ||||||||||
| 3 - Written Assessment - 40% | ||||||||||
Textbooks
Urban Planning and Real Estate Development
Edition: 3rd Revision (2009)
Authors: Ratcliffe , Stubbs & Keeping
Routledge (Taylor and Francis Group)
London London , UK
ISBN: 9780415450782
Binding: Paperback
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
- Zoom capacity (web cam and microphone)
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: Harvard (author-date)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
s.flowers@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
Introduction to town planning
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Introduction to town planning continued
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The development application process
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The development application process continued
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Planning appeals and conditions
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There are no set activities during vacation week
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Planning appeals and conditions continued
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Dispute resolution
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Dispute resolution continued
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Topical planning issues
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Topical planning issues continued
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Heritage planning
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End of Term Review
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1 Written Assessment
This assessment task requires you to produce a written essay type response related to unit learning outcomes 1 and 2. You will investigate and respond to questions that consider contemporary town planning and governance issues.
As with all assessments, formatting and presentation, technical accuracy and referencing is important.
Your assignment should be produced in electronic format either as
- a single word-processed document, or
- a single pdf format document.
All submissions must be submitted through the assessment link in Moodle, by uploading your file following the on-screen instructions.
Note: that all submissions are processed through the similarity detection software (called Turnitin)
You must ensure that all of the work is your own, in line with University requirements.
Note: you will find further support material for this assignment on the Moodle site for this unit
Vacation Week Monday (14 Aug 2023) 11:45 pm AEST
It is recommended that your submissions in Moodle remain in draft form until you have viewed the Turnitin similarity report and made any necessary corrections to your referencing. Following this process you can make your final submission.
Week 7 Monday (28 Aug 2023)
Students will be advised of any adverse circumstances that might delay this.
The assignment will be assessed on the following basis:
Clarity of expression and comprehensive coverage of issues
Use of quality supporting documentation as appropriate
Use of original thought and content
Overall presentation and ability to communicate using correct spelling, grammar and punctuation and the use of appropriate diagrams and other visual communication.
Demonstration of core knowledge and demonstration of appropriate application of knowledge.
Note: participation in and submission of all required assessment tasks is a necessary prerequisite for successful unit completion.
- Discuss the use of development controls within an institutional context
- Identify and evaluate strategic planning initiatives and other concepts related to development and urban growth
- Communication
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
- Ethical practice
2 Written Assessment
This assessment task requires you to produce a written essay type response related to unit learning outcomes 3 and 4. You will investigate and respond to questions that consider contemporary town planning and governance issues.
As with all assessments, formatting and presentation, technical accuracy and referencing is important.
Your assignment should be produced in electronic format either as
- a single word-processed document, or
- a single pdf format document.
All submissions must be submitted through the assessment link in Moodle, by uploading your file following the on-screen instructions.
Note: that all submissions are processed through the similarity detection software (called Turnitin)
You must ensure that all of the work is your own, in line with University requirements.
Note: you will find further support material for this assignment on the Moodle site for this unit
Week 10 Monday (18 Sept 2023) 11:45 pm AEST
It is recommended that your submissions in Moodle remain in draft form until you have viewed the Turnitin similarity report and made any necessary corrections to your referencing. Following this process you can make your final submission.
Week 12 Monday (2 Oct 2023)
Students will be advised of any adverse circumstances that might delay this.
The assignment will be assessed on the following basis:
Clarity of expression and comprehensive coverage of issues
Use of quality supporting documentation as appropriate
Use of original thought and content
Overall presentation and ability to communicate using correct spelling, grammar and punctuation and the use of appropriate diagrams and other visual communication.
Demonstration of core knowledge and demonstration of appropriate application of knowledge.
Note: participation in and submission of all required assessment tasks is a necessary prerequisite for successful unit completion.
- Identify, analyse and evaluate issues related to statutory planning processes
- Analyse and apply development control procedures to building and planning applications.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
- Ethical practice
3 Written Assessment
This assessment task requires you to produce a written essay type response related to unit learning outcomes 2,3 and 4. As with all assessments, formatting and presentation, technical accuracy and referencing is important.
Your assignment should be produced in electronic format either as
- a single word-processed document, or
- a single pdf format document.
All submissions must be submitted through the assessment link in Moodle, by uploading your file following the on-screen instructions.
Note: that all submissions are processed through the similarity detection software (called Turnitin)
You must ensure that all of the work is your own, in line with University requirements.
Note: you will find further support material for this assignment on the Moodle site for this unit
Review/Exam Week Monday (9 Oct 2023) 11:45 pm AEST
It is recommended that your submissions in Moodle remain in draft form until you have viewed the Turnitin similarity report and made any necessary corrections to your referencing. Following this process you can make your final submission.
26 October 2023 - students will be advised of any adverse circumstances that might delay this.
The assignment will be assessed on the following basis:
Clarity of expression and comprehensive coverage of issues
Use of quality supporting documentation as appropriate
Use of original thought and content
Overall presentation and ability to communicate using correct spelling, grammar and punctuation and the use of appropriate diagrams and other visual communication.
Demonstration of core knowledge and demonstration of appropriate application of knowledge.
Note: participation in and submission of all required assessment tasks is a necessary prerequisite for successful unit completion.
- Identify and evaluate strategic planning initiatives and other concepts related to development and urban growth
- Identify, analyse and evaluate issues related to statutory planning processes
- Analyse and apply development control procedures to building and planning applications.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
- Ethical practice
As a CQUniversity student you are expected to act honestly in all aspects of your academic work.
Any assessable work undertaken or submitted for review or assessment must be your own work. Assessable work is any type of work you do to meet the assessment requirements in the unit, including draft work submitted for review and feedback and final work to be assessed.
When you use the ideas, words or data of others in your assessment, you must thoroughly and clearly acknowledge the source of this information by using the correct referencing style for your unit. Using others’ work without proper acknowledgement may be considered a form of intellectual dishonesty.
Participating honestly, respectfully, responsibly, and fairly in your university study ensures the CQUniversity qualification you earn will be valued as a true indication of your individual academic achievement and will continue to receive the respect and recognition it deserves.
As a student, you are responsible for reading and following CQUniversity’s policies, including the Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure. This policy sets out CQUniversity’s expectations of you to act with integrity, examples of academic integrity breaches to avoid, the processes used to address alleged breaches of academic integrity, and potential penalties.
What is a breach of academic integrity?
A breach of academic integrity includes but is not limited to plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, cheating, contract cheating, and academic misconduct. The Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure defines what these terms mean and gives examples.
Why is academic integrity important?
A breach of academic integrity may result in one or more penalties, including suspension or even expulsion from the University. It can also have negative implications for student visas and future enrolment at CQUniversity or elsewhere. Students who engage in contract cheating also risk being blackmailed by contract cheating services.
Where can I get assistance?
For academic advice and guidance, the Academic Learning Centre (ALC) can support you in becoming confident in completing assessments with integrity and of high standard.
What can you do to act with integrity?
