Projects

Goal City of Canterbury-Bankstown Council commissioned JOC Consulting in partnership with Katrina De Jersey and Jan Willet to design and facilitate a program of deliberative community consultation in relation to one of Sydney’s largest events, Ramadan Nights Lakemba...

GOAL Originally built to power the city’s tram and rail network, White Bay Power Station (WBPS) is now a heritage site and centerpiece of the future Bays West Precinct in Balmain. The site encapsulates significant historical and cultural values of the community....

GOAL Logan City Council (QLD) engaged JOC Consulting to prepare its inaugural Night Time Economy Strategy. As a growth area located between Brisbane and the Gold Coast, made up of a culturally diverse community, Council’s goal was to develop a Late-Night Economy...

GOAL JOC Consulting was commissioned to support engagement with the local community during the early planning stage of Woolworth Group’s proposed mixed-use development 'Bourke&Young' in Waterloo, Sydney. The engagement set out to capture community feedback on the...

GOAL  Hawkesbury Council set out to improve their community engagement processes to enable the broader council team to plan and deliver effective and meaningful community engagement activities. Genuine community engagement is the foundation for service delivery that...

GOAL Randwick City Council is developing a Plan of Management and Masterplan for Maroubra Beach to shape the future vision for the area and improve the livability and vitality of the much-loved coastal neighbourhood. Following broad community engagement on the...

GOAL Bayside Council is one of 10 NSW councils partnering with Transport for NSW on the Safer Cities: Her Way Program which aims to make public spaces around transport hubs feel safer for everyone, especially for women, girls and gender diverse people. As a large and...

GOAL Blacktown City Council is one of 10 NSW councils partnering with Transport for NSW on the Safer Cities: Her Way Program which aims to make public spaces around transport hubs feel safer for everyone, especially for women, girls and gender diverse people. The...

GOAL In 2018 Sunshine Coast Council adopted their inaugural Arts Plan to grow, strengthen and seek opportunities to develop and showcase the local arts sector. Four years on, in preparation for the refresh of the Plan, Council commissioned JOC Consulting to deliver a...

GOAL In late 2019, MidCoast Council set out to deliver its first Cultural Plan - a foundational document to help build on the region's strengths and better support arts and culture across the region. SOLUTION In partnership with Left Bank Co, JOC Consulting worked...

GOAL In late 2019, Penrith City Council embarked on their ‘Think Bold Kingswood Place Plan’, an ambitious strategic plan that provides a strategic framework and deliverable actions for Kingswood’s renewal over the next decade. The Plan aligns Local Government and...

GOAL The World Bank Urban and Disaster Risk Management Unit are a geographically dispersed team who are committed to improving outcomes relating to urban resilience and disaster risk management.  The team convened in Sydney for a Resilience Study Tour to learn from...

GOAL The Blue Mountains community has been particularly hard hit by recent shocks. The Black Summer bushfires and the COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact not just on people’s lives but on their livelihoods. With 74% of the City classified as World Heritage...

Character is what makes a neighbourhood unique and is the identity of a place. It encompasses the way it looks and functions. It is created by a combination of land, people, the built environment, history, culture and tradition, and looks at how these aspects...

JOC Consulting was engaged by the Department of Planning, Industry and Environment and the Department of Customer Service for consultation services for the Smart Places Customer Charter. The project involved three rounds of engagement, with a heavy focus on getting...

PROJECT In April 2020, JOC Consulting was engaged by Penrith City Council to prepare and develop the ‘Places of Penrith’, a highly complex and comprehensive strategic review of all centres across the entire Penrith LGA. This strategy was building upon the baseline of...

Penrith City Council (Council) is committed to improving the liveability outcomes of urban development within the Penrith Local Government Area (LGA) to address the urban heat island (UHI) effect and a changing climate. Planning can play an important role in the...

A full review of Penrith’s DCP 2014 is currently underway, resulting from the large amount of work being undertaken through the Penrith Local Strategic Planning Statement and Local Environmental Plan Review. Other factors that have influenced the need for a DCP review...

In 2021 JOC Consulting was engaged by Blacktown City Council to prepare a Place Identity and Place Framework for the Blacktown City Centre, involving three rounds of engagement, both internally within Council and externally with the community. The project was highly...

In late 2017, JOC Consulting was commissioned by Dungog Shire Council to develop a Place Making Strategy for Dungog Town Centre as part of the NSW Government's Future Towns Program. JOC implemented an immersive approach to research and the engagement to ensure the...