Social Fabric: Planning for People

social fabric planning is a melbourne based specialist social planning consultancy that provides a social lens to planning projects and initiatives. the social fabric of our communities is always changing and evolving. there are many factors that impact this change including demographic profile, housing prices, public policy, housing density, mobility and access to community services, facilities and support. with change comes an exciting energy to tackle the challenges and opportunities of planning, to ensure we are supporting the health and resilience of future neighbourhoods. social fabric planning takes an evidence based approach to planning that blends local insights, empirical data and professional expertise to develop advice and options. the consultancy is led by jo cannington, a professional planner with an experienced background in working with multi-disciplinary teams with architects, urban designs, planners, landscape architects, engineers, service planners, community develop