Schomburgk Planning Pty Ltd

Chris is principal of the company and has practiced as town planner for over 30 years, the past 25 years in Queensland. He has held senior management positions in local government (Mulgrave Shire and Cairns City Council), state government (General Manager of Planning Services for the Queensland government - DLGP), and private sector (Schomburgk and Partners, C&B Group, Schomburgk Planning).

As GM for Planning Services for DLGP from 1997-99, he was responsible for finalising and implementing the Integrated Planning Act. He also represented the Minister on numerous Committees and Task Forces on planning matters. During that time he was appointed as the inaugural Chair of the national Development Assessment Forum (DAF) and was Chair of the national Planning Officials Group.

Chris is a past Qld president of the Planning Institute of Australia (PIA) and still represents UDIA National on DAF. He is a General Referee for the Qld Building and Development Tribunal and is a Commissioner for the Qld Local Government Review Commission. He is a member of:

Urban Development Institute of Australia (UDIA - including 6 years on the State Executive and now on the Sunshine Coast Committee, and a Distinguished Service Award 2005)
Planning Institute of Australia (PIA)
Qld Environmental Law Association (QELA)
American Planning Association (APA)
International Society of City and Regional Planners (ISoCaRP).

He has lectured in town planning at TAFE Colleges (Nambour, Maryborough), James Cook University (Cairns) and QIT (Brisbane). He has presented papers to local, state, national and international conferences on a range of planning and housing topics.