The master plan is the stage at which the developer’s vision and the foundations of community formation are often first expressed.

The challenge in producing a successful planning vision is to balance the client’s objective of a strong commercial return with the important social objective of producing a sustainable community with a vibrant social fabric.

Commercial and social agendas have progressively found common ground as the development industry discovers that the fundamental elements of strong social fabric – a sense of place and community – are also powerful tools for sustaining, and indeed enhancing, investment returns as development grows and matures.

Taylor Burrell Barnett has led the planning profession in the pursuit of sustainable community creation, and has provided the development industry with valuable guidance towards understanding the commercial benefits that can flow from effective community development.