People

Leo Mewing Planner BRTP (Hons), MPIA Brisbane T: +61 7 3221 8833 F: +61 7 3221 0278 E: leo.mewing@hrppc.com.au

Biography

Leo’s career began in 2003 working for a private consultant to prepare and manage development applications. Two years later he moved to Humphreys Reynolds Perkins, where he has been involved in a variety of tasks and projects in the company's Brisbane and Mackay offices.

Leo’s key areas of expertise and interest are in strategic land use planning and preparing and managing development applications. Leo has recent experience in strategic land use planning and plan-making, in both urban and rural settings. Notably, Leo has recently been involved in preparing new planning schemes, strategic planning studies, local area plans and scoping studies for local governments throughout Queensland. He has also enjoyed working on many major development projects throughout Brisbane and South-East Queensland, including urban infill and transit-oriented developments with recent project experience extending to commercial, retail, residential, industrial and mixed-use developments.

Leo graduated from the University of Queensland with honours in a Bachelor of Regional and Town Planning in 2005 and is a graduate member of the Planning Institute of Australia. During 2006 and 2007 he was the convenor of the group ’Promoting Planning as a Career to Secondary School Students’ which existed under the PIA Education sub-committee.