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Urban Design Protocol Awards

The Ministry for the Environment has been awarded the Nancy Northcroft Planning Practice Award by the New Zealand Planning Institute on Friday 29 April 2005. The award recognises planning work that produced the New Zealand Urban Design Protocol.

The Nancy Northcroft Planning Practice Award citation reads as follows:

“The New Zealand Urban Design Protocol is a significant policy document that sets out an agreed vision and a set of principles to further urban design in New Zealand. It is the first step in a major government-led programme of action to increase the quality of urban design and our built environment in a sustainable manner.

The wider programme, outlined in the New Zealand Urban Design Protocol will contribute to a significant difference in planning processes and systems, from regulatory systems to strategic development and to how quality urban design issues are factored into all planning-related decision making processes for the built environment.

The New Zealand Planning Institute particularly welcomes the New Zealand Urban Design Protocol , as it is a significant step for the planning profession. It facilitates the axiom that good planning is good urban design and provides an additional mechanism for planning to maintain its central place in the proactive design and management of our town and city systems. The Institute is proud to be a signatory to the New Zealand Urban Design Protocol and pleased to be able to make this award to the Ministry for the Environment.”

Last updated: 17 September 2007