BLSV14017 - Town Planning and Control

General Information

Unit Synopsis

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

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 4
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 2
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
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).

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Unit Availabilities from Term 2 - 2025

Term 2 - 2025 Profile
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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).

Assessment Overview

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.

Assessment Tasks

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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%).

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Previous Feedback

Term 2 - 2023 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 100.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 40% response rate.

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.

Source: Student Evaluations
Feedback
An Australian textbook resource would be helpful.
Recommendation
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.
Action Taken
Further Australian resources were offered in the eReading list to complement the textbook.
Source: Student Evaluations
Feedback
A well presented unit with interesting content and assessments.
Recommendation
The assessments and unit content will be reviewed and presented to make it interesting and relevant to building surveyors.
Action Taken
The assessments and unit content were reviewed and updated to ensure that content remained interesting and up to date.
Source: Student Evaluations
Feedback
Students reported that being able to use local case studies was beneficial to their learning.
Recommendation
Students will continue to be able to use case studies local to their area for the assessments.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: Student Evaluations
Feedback
Students reported that knowledge from the unit provided a useful context for their professional work as a Building Surveyor.
Recommendation
Unit content will continue to provide context for Building Surveying professionals who engage in Town Planning and Development related contexts.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes
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