The Board for Urban Places is intended to champion high-quality urban design and help foster a holistic approach to land use and infrastructure planning to create vibrant and adaptable urban places for people in Queensland.

The Board will provide general and project-specific advice on urban design, planning, architecture, landscape architecture, sustainability and built environment issues.

It is a non-statutory body and does not have any formal decision making role. It is intended solely as an advisory body.

The Board will meet up to six times a year and be chaired by the Queensland Government Architect, Mr Philip Follent.

Terms of reference

• The terms of reference ( 70 KB) for the Board for Urban Places outline its role, function, membership and operational arrangements.

Membership

Board membership comprises a pool of 23 specialists from disciplines including architecture, urban design, planning, sustainability, social and cultural policy, economics and transport.

Members are remunerated in accordance with relevant Queensland Government policies. This includes travel allowances, sitting fees and sub-committee fees.

Membership will be rotated on a project-by-project basis, at the discretion of the chair, taking into consideration the issues to be discussed, and experience and skill sets required. Each Board meeting will feature between five and 12 experts.

Members are appointed for a fixed two-year term. The members of the inaugural Board for Urban Places are:

Brit Andresen, Emma Appleton, Stewart Armstrong, Stephen Ashton, Gordon Beath, James Birell, Neil Cagney, Penelope Coombes, Julie Edwards, Juris Greste, Ed Haysom, Peter Hyland, Richard Kirk, John Mainwaring, Michael Rayner, Peter Richards, Robert Riddel, Noel Robinson, Malcolm Snow, Caroline Stalker, Shane Thompson, John Wardle, and Elizabeth Watson Brown.

Further information

For more information contact the Board for Urban Places Secretariat on 07 3238 3033 or planning@dip.qld.gov.au