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Planning applications
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Planning appeals
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Expert evidence
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Site Selection
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Development Feasibility
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Highest & Best Use
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Economic Impact Assessment
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Planning applications ✳︎ Planning appeals ✳︎ Expert evidence ✳︎ Site Selection ✳︎ Development Feasibility ✳︎ Highest & Best Use ✳︎ Economic Impact Assessment ✳︎
Choice Location Strategists brings deep expertise in Victoria’s planning system, helping clients navigate permit applications with clarity and confidence. We manage the full application lifecycle - from pre-application advice and site assessments to preparing and lodging planning permit submissions, coordinating with Council and representing clients at appeal.
With strong command of state and local planning policy frameworks and well established relationships across councils and referral authorities we streamline approvals, reduce risk, and secure timely, defensible outcomes for residential, commercial and mixed-use projects.
Choice Location Strategists excels in development feasibility assessments, delivering robust, data-driven insights to evaluate project viability early. Our studies integrate market analysis, demographics, financial modelling, site constraints, planning compliance, and infrastructure to provide accurate projections of yield, risk, and return.
Specialising in residential, commercial, and mixed-use projects across Victoria and Tasmania, we use advanced scenario testing to optimise yields and uncover value-add opportunities. Aligning outcomes with strategic and economic realities, we empower developers to make informed decisions, mitigate risks, secure funding, and deliver sustainable, profitable results.
Choice Location Strategists provides specialised planning appeals and expert evidence services for Tribunal proceedings. Led by an experienced professional with deep expertise in property economics, site selection, retail impact, market analysis, and land use planning, we deliver robust, evidence-based expert witness statements and testimony.
We prepare clear, defensible reports covering economic justifications, retail need, activity centre evaluations, demographic/trade area profiling, and strategic impact analyses—aligned with planning schemes, policies, and statutory requirements while addressing objections.
With a proven track record in successful appeals for retail centres, mixed-use, residential, and industrial projects, we strengthen client cases through objective, data-driven arguments that secure favourable outcomes.
Choice Location Strategists Pty Ltd specialises in data-driven site selection services that optimise business footprints across Australia. We combine rigorous market analysis, demographic and economic modelling, geospatial insights, and strategic forecasting to pinpoint ideal locations for retail, commercial, industrial, and mixed-use developments.
Our assessments prioritise accessibility, customer catchment, competition, infrastructure, zoning compliance, and long-term growth potential—minimising risks while maximising returns and operational efficiency.
With proven success in market assessments and activity centre planning, we deliver evidence-based, tailored strategies that drive sustainable expansion, stronger market positioning, and measurable value for clients in dynamic markets.
Choice Location Strategists provides expert highest and best use analysis, identifying the optimal, value-maximising development potential for every site. Applying the core principles—legal permissibility under Victoria’s planning schemes, physical possibility, financial feasibility, and maximum productivity—we rigorously evaluate options to determine the use that delivers the highest return.
Our in-depth assessments integrate market trends, zoning regulations, site constraints, infrastructure, and economic modelling. For clients this ensures informed strategies that unlock maximum value, whether through rezoning, redevelopment, or optimised current use—turning properties into high-performing assets.
Choice Location Strategists delivers expert Economic Impact Assessment services, quantifying the benefits of proposed developments for councils, stakeholders, and decision-makers. Using robust modelling, input-output analysis, and market data, we evaluate job creation, economic stimulus, trade impacts, fiscal contributions, and flow-on effects.
Specialising in Victoria and Tasmania—including support for major applications, activity centres, rezoning, and regional growth strategies—we produce evidence-based reports that demonstrate net community benefit, align with state policies, and strengthen planning approvals for efficient, positive economic outcomes across Melbourne, regional Victoria, and Tasmanian centres.
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