The ACT Planning and Land Authority has received a number of awards for various programs and projects over the years.

Recent awards

Since the ACT Planning and Land Authority was established on 1 July 2003, it has received the following awards:

2008

• City West Master Plan including Childers Street 'Arts Heart' upgrade, project award for planning in landscape architecture, Australian Institute of Architects ACT

2007

• Childer's Street 'Arts Heart' upgrade, President's Award, Planning Institute of Australia
• Planning Explained Primary School Kit 'How to Build a Suburb', Minister’s Award, Planning Institute of Australia
• Molonglo Planning Project- 'Achieving a Sustainable Community', Commendation environmental planning or conservation category, Planning Institute of Australia
• Childers Street 'Arts Heart' Upgrade, award for Excellence in the urban planning achievement category, Planning Institute of Australia
• Planning Explained Primary School Kit - How to Build a Suburb, excellence award, planning scholarship research and teaching category, Planning Institute of Australia

2006

• Draft Water Sensitive Urban Design Guidelines, Highly Commended stormwater professional education category, Stormwater Industry Association NSW

• Draft Water Sensitive Urban Design Guidelines, Highly Commended stormwater education category, Stormwater Industry Association national awards

• Molonglo Valley Structure Plan, Award for urban planning achievement, Planning Institute of Australia

• Planning for East Gungahlin, Award for environmental planning, Planning Institute of Australia

• Bonner Residential Estate Concept Plan, Design Excellence in urban design - plans and ideas, built category, Planning Institute of Australia

• Planning for schools in North Gungahlin, Certificate of Merit social planning excellence category, Planning Institute of Australia

2005

• Bushfire Risk Mitigation Guideline, Highly Commended Federal/State Government stream pre-disaster category, Australian Safer Communities Award

• Sustainable Transport Plan, Highly Commended Sustainable Transport Award category, Sustainable Cities Awards

• Canberra Spatial Plan, Highly Commended community pride category, Sustainable Cities Awards

• Canberra Spatial Plan, Certificate of Merit community-based planning category, Planning Institute of Australia

• Southern Broadacre Planning Study, Certificate of Merit environmental planning or conservation category, Planning Institute of Australia

• Shape Communications and Education Strategy, Certificate of Merit media planning profession category, Planning Institute of Australia

2004

• Community consultation on the Canberra Spatial Plan, Award for planning excellence community based planning category, Planning Institute of Australia

• Canberra Spatial Plan, Certificate of Merit urban planning achievement category, Planning Institute of Australia

• Development Assessment Guide Books, Certificate of Merit urban planning achievement category, Planning Institute of Australia

2003

• Draft City West Master Plan, Award for planning excellence urban planning achievement category, Planning Institute of Australia

• Draft City West Master Plan, Award for planning excellence community based planning category, Planning Institute of Australia

• North Gungahlin Structure Plan, Award for planning excellence environmental planning category, Planning Institute of Australia

• Neighbourhood planning, Award for planning excellence community based planning, Planning Institute of Australia

• Access to ACT Government, ACT Inclusion Awards

• Bushfire Recognition Award, Engineers Australia Engineering Excellence Awards

Other awards

Predecessors to the Authority – Planning and Land Management – received awards for:

2002

• Belconnen Town Centre Master Plan, Certificate of Merit urban planning achievement category, Planning Institute of Australia
  

2001

• Woden Town Centre Stakeholder and Community Brief, Certificate of Merit community based planning, Royal Australian Planning Institute

1999

• ACTMAP – the ACT’s Land Information System, Government Technology Productivity Gold Award, Technology in Government Committee

1998

• Territory Plan Online, Government Technology Productivity Silver Award, Technology in Government Committee

• Territory Plan Online, Highly Commended Geospatial information (socio-economic) category, Mapping Sciences Institute Excellence in Mapping Sciences

• ACTMAP Online, Highly Commended Geospatial information (other) category, Mapping Sciences Institute Excellence in Mapping Sciences

1997

• Best Practice Gungahlin: A Cultural Planning Process, Award for planning excellence community planning category, Royal Australian Planning Division ACT

1996

• Introduction of development application and building application processes, Award for planning excellence urban planning achievement category, Royal Australian Planning Division ACT

• Metropolitan Planning Research – Local Centres Analysis, Certificate of Merit planning scholarship category, Royal Australian Planning Institute

1995

• Draft ACT and Sub-region Planning Strategy, Occasional Special Award, Royal Australian Planning Division ACT

1994

• Jerrabomberra Valley National Ideas Competition, Award for planning excellence community planning category, Royal Australian Planning Division ACT