The PIA Awards for Planning Excellence program recognises individuals, companies, community groups and public sector agencies for their innovation, leadership, excellence and commitment to good planning. The awards are intended to showcase the high quality of planning occurring in Queensland by Queenslanders and stimulate public awareness of excellent projects. Importantly the Queensland Awards program is very well respected around the country and it assists in promoting why planning matters and why it is vital to a prosperous Queensland.

There are three Awards categories:

General Categories - Offered at a State/Territory level, with award winners (excluding commendation winners) being elevated to the National Awards for Planning Excellence.

• Great Place
• Strategic Planning Project
• Improving Planning Processes
• Emerging Planner of the Year
• Climate Change & Resilience
• Community Wellbeing & Diversity
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Technology & Digital Innovation
• Planning with Country
• Planning Research
• Tertiary Student Project

State Only Categories - Offered only at State level, with the winners NOT being elevated to the National Awards for Planning Excellence

• Secondary Student Project
• Performance and Innovation in Development
• Wendy Chadwick Encouragement Award
• Planning Champion
• Overall Winner

Other Accolades - Recipients of these will be announced at the Awards for Planning Excellence Dinner in November

• Wendy Chadwick - Emerging Planner Bursary

See nomination guidelines for eligibility criteria.

• Address: PIA QLD Awards 5 Nagle Crescent HATTONVALE 4341 QLD
• Phone: 07 5465 7331
• Email: qld@planning.org.au