Mecone - Urban Planning

Urban Planning has become a complex and intricate set of rules and regulations, and despite all the rules and regulations, outcomes remain uncertain and even unpredictable. Here at Team MOSAIC our purpose is to put technology directly into your hands - to help you navigate your way out of complexity. 👉 Explore and navigate planning rules and regulations in spatial format and at lot levels, across multiple jurisdictions throughout Australia 🇦🇺. 🤙 Use tools like Automated.Intelligence.Mapper (A.I.M) 🎯 and Area Insights 🔎 that help provide you with targeted land sieving and demographic and economic characteristics before making significant property investments or policy decisions. 🙌 Understand precedents with comprehensive DA data and property information 🗂️. 👊 Know your risks with our extensive Data Catalogue and environmental datasets to manage floods 🌊, bushfires 🔥 and environmental sensitivity 🐨. 🖥️ Customise by importing, creating and managing your own portfolio of assets or projects 🏗️ and how they spatially relate to each other and the broader environment and share them with your own team members👏. And AI is coming soon to MOSAIC. Its going to put even more technology power directly into your hands. AI is breaking the barriers of expertise gate keeping, and MOSAIC will become a powerful vehicle for urban knowledge and do so at our commitment to keep MOSAIC accessible and affordable for all our customers. 👇MOSAIC helps us become better prepared and make informed decisions with comprehensive and up to date datasets, urban planning and property development tools at your disposal. #urbanplanning #cityshaping #resilience #MOSAIC #AI #Mecone

Mecone is pleased to welcome two new students to our Student Program, reinforcing our commitment to supporting emerging talent in the planning industry.   We are delighted to introduce Daniella Johnson and Justin Tse, who join us from the University of New South Wales (UNSW). Daniella has joined our Sydney Planning team, while Justin has joined our Western Sydney Planning team. Their inclusion in our teams reflects our dedication to providing students with meaningful industry experience, equipping them with the skills and knowledge to contribute effectively to the planning profession.   At Mecone, we recognise the value of fostering young professionals and are committed to creating opportunities that encourage learning, growth, and innovation. We look forward to supporting Daniella and Justin on their professional journeys and are excited for the contributions they will make. Please join us in extending a warm welcome to Daniella and Justin!

Happy Lunar New Year from Mecone 🏮✨   As we welcome the Year of the Snake, we celebrate the qualities it represents-wisdom, transformation, and renewal. This is a time to reflect, set new intentions, and embrace the opportunities that lie ahead.   Mecone wishes our valued clients and colleagues a year filled with prosperity, success, and good fortune.

The NSW Government has released the Industrial Lands Action Plan which aims to deliver a statewide policy to secure, manage and monitor the supply of industrial land across NSW. The plan aims to categorise industrial land into state, regional or local significant land and will identify where infrastructure investment is required through the establishment of an Employment Land Development Program. This policy will replace the current Retain and Manage Industrial Lands Policy.   The Plan outlines four actions to be implemented over the next 12 to 24 months:   Action 1: Deliver a statewide policy for industrial lands to replace the existing Retain, Review and Manage Policies Action 2: Investigate planning policy to support the growth of state and regionally significant industrial lands Action 3: Adopt a statewide approach for an industrial lands supply pipeline Action 4: Establish an Employment Land Development Program to monitor and manage the supply of industrial lands and to coordinate infrastructure investment   Importantly, the Plan sets an objective for the new policy to allow for alternative uses for underutilised industrial lands with an initial focus on alternative employment uses. Other alternative uses including residential, will be considered subject to meeting certain criteria.   Mecone commends the NSW Government for implementing an Action Plan that aims to secure and deliver a future supply of development ready industrial land.   📑 For more information, visit the following link: https://lnkd.in/ghbG8pg4 #industryupdate #nswgovernment #urbanplanning

Mecone is pleased to have played a key role in helping Anderson Chatswood Development secure development consent for their mixed-use development at 54-56 Anderson Street, Chatswood. Last month, the Sydney North Planning Panel reviewed and endorsed the development.   The proposal will provide a high-quality, ecologically sustainable, development that exhibits design excellence. It seamlessly integrates a commercial and retail podium with new homes in in a design form that will contribute to the vibrancy of Chatswood CBD. The proposal will also provide positive public benefits through the provision of a publicly accessible through site connection along the western boundary, pocket park at the north of the site, affordable housing, public artwork and activated street frontages.   Mecone provided professional planning advice in the early design development, co-ordinated a competitive design competition, managed technical specialist inputs, drafted the statement of environmental effects, and managed all pre- and post-lodgement requirements with Willoughby City Council. Congratulations to Anderson Chatswood Development and the wider consultant team!   Truslan Group, AJC, Feng Xue, Alistair Smith, Kirsty Vogel 

Mecone is thrilled to have played a key role in assisting our valued client, APKC , secure approval for the mixed-use development application at 573 Gardeners Road, Mascot. The Sydney Eastern Planning Panel reviewed and unanimously endorsed Bayside Council’s recommendation for approval of the development.   Designed by fjcstudio and managed by ET Consults, this exceptional project will provide high-quality residential accommodation that harmoniously integrates with its surroundings, completing a missing piece in the ongoing residential development along Gardeners Road.   From formal lodgement of the DA, approval was granted in less than 6 months!    Congratulations to APKC and the wider consultant team! Tom Cook Kirsty Vogel Michael Buckton

Mecone is proud to have assisted Chatswood Property Pty Ltd with the preparation and lodgement of an SSDA for a 32-storey shop top housing development at 57-61 Archer Street and 34 Albert Avenue, Chatswood. The proposal includes a total of 150 apartments (including affordable housing), 2,376m2 of commercial floor space, adaptive reuse of a heritage item and a new publicly accessible pocket park. Mecone were engaged to manage the design competition, design integrity process and through to preparation and lodgement of the SSDA. We look forward to the next phase of the process and delivery of this new and high-quality shop top housing in the eastern part of the Chatswood CBD. Coronation Property, Aras Labutis, Andrew Hall , Callum S., Joe Strati, Amanda Harvey, Stephanie Wu, Lauren Saunders, Katherine McIntosh #shoptophousing #urbanplanning #urbandevelopment

The Brisbane team at Mecone are proud to have assisted Core Property Partners with the lodgement of the Abbotsford project. Well done team! Phillip Cristaldi

Mecone is delighted to announce the appointment of James McBride as a Director, based in our Sydney office.   With over 18 years of experience in the planning profession, James brings an exceptional depth of knowledge and expertise to our team.   James has a strong background in statutory and strategic planning, having held senior roles in both local government and the private sector. Throughout his career, James has developed significant experience in the management and assessment of a diverse range of regional and state significant development including high density residential, commercial, industrial, retail, mixed-use, rural, infrastructure and mining projects. His extensive experience spans greenfield release planning, master planning, due diligence investigations and appeals in the Land and Environment Court.   James brings a thorough understanding of Local and State government approval processes and has in-depth knowledge of planning legislation. James is highly capable of interpreting ambiguous planning policy and formulating an effective approval pathway. James is also a specialist in rezonings / Planning Proposals and has successfully navigated residential and commercial rezonings from inception to finalisation.   Prior to joining Mecone, James was a Planning Director and Business Unit Manager at the Orion Group, and prior to that was Associate Director of Urban and Community Planning at EG Funds Management.   We are excited to welcome James to the Mecone team and look forward to seeing his contributions to our projects and clients.   Please join us in extending a warm welcome to James!

Mecone is delighted to welcome Amber Nehal as a Planner, based in our Parramatta office. Amber has over four years’ experience within the planning industry and has been involved in preparing mixed use, residential, commercial and industrial project approvals for private sector clients and State Government, across New South Wales.   With experience in both the public and private sectors, Amber is able to provide high quality solutions to ensure better planning outcomes for the community.   Amber holds a Bachelor of City Planning (Honours) from the University of New South Wales. She is also a member of the PIA NSW Emerging Planners Committee, helping emerging planners through their professional development.   We are excited to have Amber on board and look forward to her contributions to Mecone and our clients.   Please join us in extending a warm welcome to Amber!