The team at Patch benefit from extensive urban and regional planning experience, have a strong established network, and are focused on providing a service tailored to our client’s individual needs and drivers. This allows us to achieve the desired outcomes for your projects.

Leadership Team

Mason is an experienced and commercially minded town planner who founded Patch Planning in mid-2021.

Mason has been involved in the delivery of both major public and private projects of a statutory and strategic nature in a broad range of sectors. These projects have included projects such as major industrial and commercial developments, data centres, precinct scale rezonings, over station developments, Government buildings, residential projects, and telecommunications rollouts. In addition, throughout his career Mason has also provided his planning expertise to deliver new planning instruments, strategic environmental assessments, and reporting on behalf of the Independent Planning Commission.

At Patch, Mason’s focus is creating relationships with clients as a reliable source of expertise and a strategic partner in their business. He achieves this through providing advice and service based on his deep understanding of the complexities of the Australian planning system and through leveraging relationships he has created across all levels of local and state government during his career.

Joe is a highly regarded and experienced urban planner with more than 12 years of in both the private and public sectors.

Joe’s professional experience has spanned an extensive range of development sectors, and advisory roles. His unique and varied expertise has seen him become a trusted advisor with respect to strategic land use planning, development advisory, infrastructure planning and protection, policy development, and project management.

Joe has established relationships with Government stakeholders in New South Wales, built from years of experience informing major developments, infrastructure business cases, and land use planning strategies with and on behalf of agencies such as Sydney Metro, Transport for NSW, the Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure.

Erin is an industry leading social planner with close to 15 years experience working at the intersection of social strategy and urban planning. She is an advocate for a people centred approach to urban planning, helping deliver positive health, social and economic outcomes for new and growing communities across Australia.

Erin has expertise in social and cultural infrastructure planning, social strategy development, program and policy evaluation, stakeholder engagement, social impact and community needs assessment. She has worked on numerous social infrastructure needs studies for established and new growth areas and is an expert on leading practice approaches to planning for social infrastructure and open space.

She has held senior roles in leading urban planning consultancies as well as NSW State Government and understands the importance of collaboration and bringing stakeholders together around a shared vision.

Erin is a trusted advisor having worked on a wide of range of projects for clients in government, not for profit and private sectors. She takes pride in working collaboratively with stakeholders to identify ambitious but practical solutions to complex problems.

Ashleigh is an experienced Urban Planner specialising in statutory planning and strategic planning. Ashleigh has over 15 years of experience in the private sector and has demonstrated skills in a diverse range of assignments from review, coordination, preparation, assessment and management of State Significant Development Applications, Planning Proposals, development feasibility assessments, as well as preparing environmental impact statements and development applications. Ashleigh’s experience crosses a broad range of projects and sectors, with a strong focus on aged care, residential and educational development.

Ashleigh has a strong focus in creating and retaining relationships with clients through being a reliable and driven source of expertise and knowledge and ensures the delivery of quality outcomes. This is achieved through her array of experience and sound knowledge of the complexities of the planning system.

Naomi is a leader in planning in regional NSW, she works with clients to shape regionally significant projects that are community-centric, environmentally conscious and exhibit design excellence.

Naomi is based in Newcastle and passionate about achieving high quality design outcomes for her community. Naomi has strong relationships with the network of Lower Hunter councils statutory and strategic planning teams that can be utilised to streamline pre-lodgement and consultation processes.

With more than ten years’ experience in both the public and private sector, Naomi is an expert at getting complex projects in regional NSW across the line. Naomi achieves this with a balanced understanding of commercial, community and consent authority objectives.

Naomi advocates for better planning and policy in the Hunter region; and often gives briefings to clients, industry and media on ways to shape regional NSW in a sustainable way to meet future needs of communities and the environment.

Lauren is a highly accomplished urban planner with 19 years of experience across public and private sectors in NSW and the UK. She brings extensive expertise in statutory and strategic planning across a broad range of sectors, including mixed-use, residential, commercial, industrial, education, recreational, health, and over-station development.

Her capabilities span across development approvals, planning proposals, development advisory, expert witness in the Land and Environment Court, and project management. Recognised for leading complex and high-profile projects, Lauren is valued for her deep understanding of the evolving planning system and is regarded as a reliable and trusted advisor.

She has built strong, collaborative relationships with both local and state government stakeholders, supporting effective decision-making and successful project outcomes.

Georgia is a Senior Assiciate with more than 6 years of international experience in both the public and private sectors. She has worked in Sydney and London, managing projects across a range of sectors including residential, commercial mixed-use, retail, and leisure.

Her international experience leaves her well placed to make effective decisions in line with planning policy, and she works closely with wider teams of technical specialists, coordinating various supporting material for planning applications and strategic advisory projects.

Georgia handles the day-to-day management of projects from initial scoping stages through to post-consent. Specific experience includes strategic land reviews of greenfield sites, planning risk reviews of large retail precincts, and the coordination of residential, commercial, and industrial development applications.

Isabelle Best is a leading social planner with over 10 years’ experience working with clients across the private sector, local and state government, and the not-for-profit sector. Her project experience spans across Australia, including NSW, VIC, QLD, Tasmania, South Australia, and the ACT.

Isabelle specialises in social infrastructure and open space planning, social research, strategy and policy development, social impact assessment, business case preparation, and social value assessments. She has extensive experience across diverse sectors such as major precincts, greenfield development, health and education, industrial and commercial projects, data centres, infill housing, social infrastructure, and tourism and leisure.

She is highly skilled in both qualitative and quantitative research, with expertise in designing and delivering stakeholder engagement processes — from in-depth interviews to focus groups — to inform strategic plans, policies, and impact assessments. Having worked on a wide range of projects across Australia, Isabelle applies strong critical thinking and adaptability to deliver tailored, practical solutions that align with client needs and aspirations.

Jamie is a highly driven Chartered Town Planner with over eleven years of planning consultancy experience in both Australia and the UK.

He is experienced in delivering a wide range of complex developments on highly constrained sites, including residential, industrial, commercial, social infrastructure, and mixed-use schemes. Jamie is adept at balancing a large project caseload within a fast-paced environment, ensuring projects are delivered for clients to agreed budgets and timescales.

Jamie has been working as a planning consultant within the NSW system since June 2022, where he has promoted a range of State Significant Development Applications, Planning Proposals, and various site optimisation schemes.