Car Parking Reforms Decoded
Thursday 26 February 2026
Time
11.00am - 12.00pm AEST (Bris)
11.30am - 12.30pm ACDT (Adelaide)
12.00pm - 1.00pm AEDT (Syd and Melb)
9.00am - 10.00am AWST (Perth)
3.00pm - 4.00pm NZDT (Auckland)
Format Online Webinar via Zoom
CPD 1 CPD Point (Self-Allocated)
Tickets
| Members and Subscribers | Complimentary |
| VPLEA Members | Complimentary |
| Non-Members | $45.00 |
Co-Hosted by
Registrations
Registrations are now closed.
To be added to the waitlist, please contact the team at TPA.
About this event
Amendment VC277 introduces a major update to car parking requirements across Victoria, implementing new rates under Clause 52.06 that align parking provision with public transport accessibility through the use of Car Parking Requirement Maps and the PTAL methodology.
Hosted by the Transport Professionals Association in association with the Victorian Planning and Environmental Law Association, this one hour online webinar will provide a clear and practical overview of the reforms. The session will begin with a high level introduction to VC277, including how the new car parking rates are calculated and how the PTAL methodology underpins the Car Parking Requirement Maps.
The webinar will then explore how the reforms apply in practice, with dedicated perspectives from private sector. Topics will include the implications for development applications, how the new rates interact with existing parking overlays, and how to approach sites where parking provision already exceeds current or proposed requirements.
The session is designed for all professionals seeking to better understand how the reforms will influence planning decisions and development outcomes across Victoria.
Registrations close Tuesday 24 February 2026.
For more information please contact the team at TPA.
Speakers
Peter Malley | Director | Ratio Consultants
Peter is a Director at Ratio Consultants and has been a consulting traffic engineer for over 20 years with a passion for master planning and lending his transport engineering expertise to large-scale developments.
He has contributed expert advice to a range of significant projects including town centres, residential subdivisions, mixed-use developments, healthcare, and educational facilities throughout his career.
Peter has been involved a variety of major project including more than 25 PSP areas across Melbourne, the Parkville & Arden Health Precinct Master Plans, Highpoint Shopping Centre, multiple Homes Victoria social housing renewal projects and various residential towers throughout Melbourne.
Peter applies a holistic approach to transport planning including consideration of land uses, opportunities for public transportation, bicycle accessibility and pedestrian amenity as well as vehicle accessibility.
Chris Coath | Senior Principal - Transportation Practice Leader - Parking Strategy and Implementation | Stantec
Chris is the Practice Leader - Parking Strategy and Implementation, Australia at Stantec.
He works daily in developing best practice car parking strategies for cities and activity centres across Australia.
His work ensures competing activity centre demands of all modes are balanced to achieve resource efficiency, urban design, place making and economic prosperity objectives.
More broadly, his skills encompass all major transport planning and traffic engineering areas.
He is a Chartered Engineer with the Institute of Engineers Australia.
James Dear | Director | One Mile Grid
James Dear is a Director with traffic, transport and waste consultancy One Mile Grid. James has broad experience in land use and development planning, working on projects ranging from townhouses through to windfarms, and greenfields master planning. He is an advocate for sustainable transport, and spends a significant proportion of his time away from work in lycra or in caf?s, sometimes concurrently.
Katie Harker | Associate Director | Urbis
Katie is a transport engineer and planner with diverse experience for both public and private sector clients across Australia.
She has worked in the fields of transport engineering, transport analytics, and transport planning, and specialises in the development of strategic transport initiatives. Katie has utilised her analytical background to accumulate an extensive understanding of the interrogation and translation of complex modelling and data outputs.
Event Disclaimer
The views and opinions expressed in presentations and at events are those of the individual presenters and do not reflect the official policy, position, or views of the Transport Professionals Association (formerly AITPM).
We proudly support and encourage diversity of thought and perspective within our professional community. By providing a platform for a broad range of voices and ideas, we aim to foster respectful dialogue, innovation, and continuous learning across the industry.
Join the Transport Professionals Association members from these organisations who have already registered including:
| Organisation | State |
|---|---|
| Tract | VIC |
| Transport for NSW | NSW |
| Swinburne University of Technology | VIC |
| onemilegrid | VIC |
| Ratio Consultants | NSW |
| Rigby Cooke Lawyers | (no answer selected) |
| University of Melbourne | VIC |
| Matrix Traffic and Transport Data | NSW |
| Stantec Australia Pty Ltd | VIC |
| Yarra Ranges Council | VIC |
| StudioWAY | VIC |
| Eukai | VIC |
| City of Melbourne | VIC |
| Aurecon | VIC |
| Amber Organisation | VIC |
| Inner West Council | NSW |
| Urban Edge Consultants Pty Ltd | VIC |
| City of Moreton Bay | QLD |
| Quantum Traffic Pty Ltd | VIC |
| Bitzios Consulting | QLD |
| Transport for NSW | NSW |
| City of Gold Coast | QLD |
| City of Hobart Council | TAS |
| Beveridge Williams | VIC |
| Department Transport and Main Roads | QLD |
| Impact Traffic Engineering | VIC |
| PSA Consulting | QLD |
| Tract | VIC |
| QLD | |
| City of Melbourne | VIC |
| Suburban Rail Loop Authority | VIC |
| Plan2Place Consulting | VIC |
| City of Hobart Council | TAS |
| rocky.camera@vida.vic.gov.au | VIC |
| Arup | VIC |
| Transport Canberra and City Services | ACT |
| Veitch Lister Consulting | VIC |
| Department of Transport and Planning | VIC |
| Veitch Lister Consulting | VIC |
| Transport Professionals Association | NSW |
| Brimbank City Council | VIC |
| Traffix Group | VIC |
| Peregrine Corporation | SA |
| Transport for NSW | NSW |
| Independent | TAS |
| scoissieux@hansenpartnership.com.au | VIC |
| Unknown | QLD |
| SALT3 | VIC |
| Merri-bek City Council | VIC |
| EMM Consulting | VIC |
| GHD | VIC |
| Jacobs | QLD |
| InRoads Group | QLD |
| Brisbane City Council | QLD |
| Stantec Australia Pty Ltd | VIC |
| VIDA Roads | VIC |
| City of Melbourne | VIC |
| SLR Consulting Australia Pty Ltd | NSW |
| RMIT University | VIC |
| Jackson Lane Legal | VIC |
| SITE Traffic | QLD |
| Mott MacDonald | VIC |
| O'Brien Traffic | VIC |
| Bevwill | VIC |
| Prossor Town Planning | VIC |
| Impact Traffic Engineering | VIC |
| SALT3 | VIC |
| Ipswich City Council | QLD |
| Department of Transport and Major Infrastructure | WA |
| Suburban Rail Loop Authority | VIC |
| King & Wood Mallesons | VIC |
| Smedley Technical & Strategic | VIC |
| Traffix Group | VIC |
| Eukai | VIC |
| One Mile Grid | VIC |
| Aurecon | VIC |
| City of Prospect | SA |
| Logan City Council | QLD |
| Townify | VIC |
| One Mile Grid | VIC |
| Pinion Advisory Pty Ltd | VIC |
| SALT3 | VIC |
| City of Melbourne | VIC |
| Glen Eira City Council | VIC |
| Bitzios Consulting | NSW |
| Brisbane City Council | QLD |
| Traffix Group | VIC |
| DTP | VIC |
| Hume City Council | VIC |
| Veitch Lister Consulting | VIC |
| Egis | VIC |
| Toowoomba Regional Council | QLD |
| WSP Australia | VIC |
| City of Melbourne | VIC |
| O'Brien Traffic | VIC |
| Department of State Growth | TAS |
| Victorian Bar | VIC |
| CJH Town Planning | VIC |
| david@impactaustralia.com.au | VIC |
| TTW | VIC |
| Rigby Cooke Lawyers | (no answer selected) |
| melinda.holloway@udmgt.com.au | VIC |
| Best Hooper Lawyers | VIC |
| Yarra Trams | VIC |
| SLR Consulting Australia Pty Ltd | QLD |
| Suburban Rail Loop Authority | VIC |
| Colin Biggers & Paisley | VIC |
| Veitch Lister Consulting | QLD |
| PTT | QLD |
| Glen Eira City Council | VIC |
| jess@skplanninglawyers.com.au | VIC |
| O'Brien Traffic | VIC |
| SLR Consulting Australia Pty Ltd | QLD |
| Keen Planning | VIC |
| Trafficworks | VIC |
| Department Transport and Main Roads | QLD |
| Department of Transport and Main Roads | QLD |
| University of Southern Queensland | QLD |
| Wallbridge Gilbert Aztec | SA |
| City of Gold Coast Council | QLD |
| Transport Strategies Alliance | NSW |
| Department of Transport | VIC |
| Davis Advisory | VIC |
| Grayspace Architects | VIC |
| Colliers International Engineering & Design (TTMC) Pty Ltd | VIC |
| Stantec Australia Pty Ltd | VIC |
| Prossor Town Planning | VIC |
| SLR Consulting Australia Pty Ltd | QLD |
| GoGet Carshare | VIC |
| O'Brien Traffic | VIC |
| Glen Eira City Council | VIC |
| One Mile Grid | VIC |
| PlaceX | VIC |
| ERM | VIC |
| City of Boroondara | VIC |
| KLM Spatial | (no answer selected) |
| City of Monash | VIC |
| IMPACT Traffic | VIC |
| IMPACT | VIC |
| Penrith City Council | NSW |
| Glen Eira City Council | VIC |
| Impact Traffic Engineering | VIC |
| Endgame Analytics | NSW |
| mimi.marcus@marcuslanegroup.com.au | VIC |
| Veitch Lister Consulting | QLD |
| Stantec Australia Pty Ltd | VIC |
| City of Stonnington | VIC |
| STEP Advisory | NSW |
| Department Transport and Main Roads | QLD |
| BMC Traffic | QLD |
| Movement & Place Consulting | VIC |
| City of Port Phillip | VIC |
| ACT Government | VIC |
| Department of Transport and Major Infrastructure | WA |
| Yarra Ranges Council | VIC |
| City of Moreton Bay | QLD |
| Hellier McFarland | VIC |
| Transport for NSW | NSW |
| City of Port Phillip | VIC |
| Merri-bek City Council | VIC |
| Get Around Caboolture | QLD |
| Hume City Council | VIC |
| PEPRLegal Pty Ltd | VIC |
| Suburban Rail Loop Authority | VIC |
| Transport for NSW | NSW |
| Accession Consulting Pty Ltd | QLD |
| City of Ballarat | VIC |
| City of Melbourne | VIC |
| Veitch Lister Consulting | QLD |
| Department of Transport and Main Roads Queensland | QLD |
| City of Gold Coast | QLD |
| Independent | VIC |
| cathy.pham@smedtech.com.au | VIC |
| City of Boroondara | VIC |
| Brisbane City Council | QLD |
| Waverley Council | NSW |
| Traffix Group | VIC |
| Rigby Cooke Lawyers | VIC |
| Amber Organisation | NSW |
| SMEC | VIC |
| Prossor Town Planning | VIC |
| Qtraffic | QLD |
| Maribyrnong City Council | VIC |
| Urbis | VIC |
| Matrix Traffic and Transport Data | VIC |
| Urbis | VIC |
| PSA Consulting | QLD |
| Wallbridge Gilbert Aztec | VIC |
| City of Whittlesea | VIC |
| City of Port Phillip | VIC |
| proUrban | VIC |
| Aurecon | VIC |
| jdrvictoria@gmail.com | VIC |
| O'Brien Traffic | VIC |
| Arup | SA |
| ptc. | NSW |
| Colliers International Engineering & Design (TTMC) Pty Ltd | VIC |
| Veitch Lister Consulting | VIC |
| Brisbane City Council | QLD |
| Jacobs | SA |
| S&K Planning Lawyers | VIC |
| lynden.semmens@pro-urban.com.au | VIC |
| Department of Transport and Planning | VIC |
| SCT Consulting | NSW |
| info@parplanning.com | VIC |
| City of Melbourne | VIC |
| pene@fulcrumplanning.com.au | VIC |
| Bicycling/Walking Advocate | QLD |
| One Mile Grid | VIC |
| Ason Group | QLD |
| Arup | VIC |
| Traffix Group | VIC |
| Urbis | VIC |
| SALT3 | VIC |
| Impact Traffic Engineering | VIC |
| East Gippsland Shire Council | VIC |
| Department of State Growth | TAS |
| Development Victoria | VIC |
| EMM Consulting | NSW |
| City of Boroondara | VIC |
| RTSM Consulting | WA |
| One Mile Grid | VIC |
| Transport for NSW | NSW |
| Jacobs | QLD |
| BG&E | VIC |
| shen@impactaustralia.com.au | VIC |
| Prossor Town Planning | (no answer selected) |
| RMIT University | VIC |
| Tract | (no answer selected) |
| Tract | (no answer selected) |
| StudioWAY | VIC |
| City of Monash | VIC |
| Waverley Council | NSW |
| City of Monash | VIC |
| Transport for NSW | NSW |
| City of Boroondara | VIC |
| Crowther & Sadler Pty Ltd | VIC |
| City of Moreton Bay | QLD |
