Chay Garde Email & Phone Number

Alice Springs, NT, AU

Northern Territory, Australia

https://www.planning.org.au/staff-profiles/chay-garde-brmpia

Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia

Strategic & Statutory Planning lead for the Southern Region of the Northern Territory.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Provision of Strategic transport planning advice to internal and external stakeholders.Primary DoT representative for the Economy & Planning Working Groups (EPWG) and associated Land Use Framework Planning groups. The group aims to join up planning, infrastructure and economic development decisions at sub-metropolitan level.DoT lead for precinct planning.

Kathmandu Nepal

• Association of District Development Committees of Nepal.Role objectives were to:
• Strengthen capacity of ADDCN’s stakeholders in the process of local body restructuring, changing role of Districts and drafting of related laws and regulations.
• Strengthen local development planning system and processes in Nepal.
• Improve monitoring of the planning process in Nepal.
• Strengthen performance assessment of local bodies in Nepal.
• Strengthen technical… Show more Association of District Development Committees of Nepal.Role objectives were to:

Brisbane, Australia

I Provided policy and technical planning advice to the Deputy Premier and Queensland Government through discussions with the Department of Infrastructure, Local Government Planning and other stakeholders.My areas of focus are planning policy issues around Economic Development Queensland projects, Urban Design & Places agenda and Cities agenda.

Canberra, Australia

• Detailed research for and writing of articles for various Australian Government publications including the ‘State of Australian Cities’ 2012 and 2013 documents, which subsequently won a National‘Promotion of Planning.
• Analysis of planning schemes in various jurisdictions for Australian Government infrastructure planning purposes. These analyses were then compiled into proposed policy position statements and presented to… Show more
• Analysis of planning schemes in various jurisdictions for Australian Government infrastructure planning purposes. These analyses were then compiled into proposed policy position statements and presented to senior.
• Provided input into Infrastructure Policy in the infrastructure policy branch including providing technical comments on the Active Travel discussion paper and urban design protocol.
• Assessment of Major Development Plans at federally leased airports in NSW, QLD and the ACT, and provision of planning advice to the Airports division of the department proposals for proposed non-aviation developments.
• Represented the Australian Government in various high level forums including meetings with senior foreign diplomats regarding High Speed Rail, Commonwealth Group on Cities and Transport and Infrastructure Officials.

Quezon City, Phillipines

• Overseas assignment as part of the Australian Government's Aid Program, Australian Volunteers for International Development Program (AVID).
• Undertook training and capacity building of urban planners, engineers and other national and local government staff around urban planning principles, specifically as to how these principles could be implemented.
• Extensive research for and writing of a ‘Build Back Better Operations… Show more Overseas assignment as part of the Australian Government's Aid Program, Australian Volunteers for International Development Program (AVID).
• Extensive research for and writing of a ‘Build Back Better Operations Manual’ for Local Government Units (LGUs) and national government staff in the Philippines to use in both pre and post disaster contexts. The manual.
• Prepared and delivered material for approximately 40 workshops for local government units in urban, rural and remote areas of the Philippines, particularly in regards to capacity building government personnel in.
• Liaised with other Philippine government agencies, local governments and NGO’s working in the disaster recovery and rehabilitation space in order to build and strengthen cross-agency collaboration.

Brisbane, Australia

• Development Assessment Branch (West Team)
• Assessment Manager Role – undertook assessment of a varied caseload of Development applications including subdivisions, extensions to pre-1946 houses, demolitions of pre-1946 and pre-1900 houses, new houses in.
• Ensured compliance with timeframes and procedures outlined in the Planning scheme for the City of Brisbane and the… Show more Development Assessment Branch (West Team)
• Ensured compliance with timeframes and procedures outlined in the Planning scheme for the City of Brisbane and the Sustainable Planning Act QLD (2009);
• Liaised with Council architects, engineers, ecologists, legal specialists and compliance officers;
• Liaised with external stakeholders including planning consultancies, State government departments and native title owners;

Cairns, Australia

Assisted with various research projects to guide the development of the Far North Queensland Regional Plan to 2025. Topics of research included the proposed energy efficiency code, the Cairns City Council hill slopes code and a comparison of the scenic amenity policies in various planning schemes. These were then compiled into brief reports presented to.

Bachelor Of Regional And Town Planning (Hons), Urban Studies/Affairs

Master Of Environment (Sustainable Cities And Regions), Sustainable Urbanism

Master of Environment (Sustainable Cities & Regions)

Graduate Certificate In Public Administration, Public Administration

Urban Planning, Cities And Regions

Semester abroad program from University of Queensland