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Matthew is a Senior Planner with Humphreys Reynolds Perkins. Since joining firm in 2003, Matthew has accumulated experience across a wide spectrum of planning and development sectors. His experience across major retail, commercial, residential, tourism, and extractive industry development projects has been complemented by his involvement in the preparation and review of planning schemes and other statutory planning instruments. Matthew works with both the private and public sectors.
Through Matthew's extensive experience with the broader planning and environment legislature, he has developed a reputation for converting the complex statutory framework into strong, efficient and achievable planning strategies. He strives to approach his work in a manner which is robust, well-considered and pragmatic, and that balances strategic imperatives with an attention to detail. Matthew is cognisant of the fact that clarity in communication is critical to his work and his synthesis and communication skills are highly regarded amongst his colleagues and clients.
His particular interest in the construct and application of planning law sees him regularly involved in both Planning and Environment Court and Land Court matters.
His interest in regulatory reform and emergent issues has seen Matthew recently author and publish a number of industry-leading analyses of the Sustainable Planning Act 2009 and the Queensland Planning Provisions. He is an active member of both the Planning Institute of Australia and the Queensland Environmental Law Association and has contributed numerous papers to both organisations and their respective professional publications.
Recent Publications
'Planning schemes under the Sustainable Planning Bill 2009'; Article published in Queensland Planner, August 2009
'The Sustainable Planning Bill 2009; An introduction to Queensland's new planning legislation', Paper presented at the Queensland Environmental Law Association 2009 Seminar Series
'The Queensland Planning Provisions, Creating a standard planning scheme'; Paper presented at the Queensland Environmental Law Association 2009 State Conference
'State Planning Policy 2/07, Protection of Extractive Resources: A Short Town Planning Commentary'; Paper presented at the Queensland Environmental Law Association 2007 Seminar Series.
Please visit the Publications page to read further.
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RiskSmart is an application assessment and approval process that allows low-risk development proposals to be fast tracked with a commitment from Brisbane City Council to decide those applications within 5 business days.
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