The NSW Government, working with their Partners WSP and Giraffe has developed a whole of government spatial tool to transform planning and pre-development processes. The tool modernises the traditional approach to strategic planning, site assessment and land use evaluation and provides user friendly access to spatial analyses and scenario building capabilities where multiple agencies can work together on a project in NSW public sector. Through this, government agencies are empowered to make faster, better informed, more transparent, and consistent decisions on NSW land.
Transport for NSW (TfNSW) is one of the key stakeholder agencies influencing and contributing to the design of the solution as it continues to evolve, it is being used by strategic planning divisions within TfNSW, including the Transport Asset Revitalisation Program.
The tool was created to make better use of land with consideration of social, economic, environmental, and financial impacts. It reduces due diligence timeframes and government spending on consultants. The tool offers a more streamlined, collaborative, and data-driven approach to decision making by leveraging a common database of inputs and assumptions. It enables users to analyse land and property assets in a more consistent and strategic way.
The tool is accessible to all NSW Government agencies with a license. The benefits of the tool are huge, including:
- Providing a holistic and strategic approach to land use decision making,
- Creating a centralised and comprehensive data register and API direct data links to many government databases and digital systems,
- Providing a robust digital visualisation planning tool which leverages urban analytics to support scenario planning and business cases,
- Delivering an in-house solution and making it easier for government agencies to work together by providing a collaborative spatial environment for sharing projects, datasets and developing scenarios to test potential use of land, and
- Delivering improved community outcomes focusing on the big picture.
