The February 2022 issue of Planning News contained a very nice write-up following the award of my PIA Fellowship in December.
Here’s the full text:
Over the first 20 years of his career Dr Stephen Rowley has made a very significant contribution to planning as an inspiring and passionate lecturer, through his publications, his engagement in planning debates, and his continued advocacy for planning reform. Stephen is one of the profession’s leading voices on the operation of the Victorian planning system. His critical insights into the structure of the VPPs and their intersection with planning practice are highly valued across the sector.
His comprehension of complex matters and his representation skills before VCAT are often sought by communities, colleagues and clients. Stephen has a reputation as a skilled critical thinker, with an ability to cut through traditional planning issues. Through his work Stephen has demonstrated the opportunity for planners to take a more central role in their profession, rather than being sidelined in decision making and the interpretation of the planning system ad its policies. Between what has passed and what is to come, Stephen’s positive, reforming influence on planning within Victoria will be for decades to come.