Planning and design of major healthcare campuses and facilities is shifting rapidly – meeting changing clinical needs and community expectations, as well as working with the limitations or opportunities of existing facilities or available sites.
Each project calls for a very tailored approach and a ‘practical creativity’ that supports innovation in the delivery of health and connected services.
WA Children's Hospice & Community Park
Perth Children's Hospital Foundation
Over three years, CLE worked tirelessly to achieve WAPC approval (following an assessment by the SDAU) for a new Children’s Hospice in the prestigious coastal suburb of Swanbourne.
The need was irrefutable – for the first time, children with life-limiting conditions would be able to receive care while they lived with their families in a bespoke homely environment.
However, there would be challenges in securing tenure for the selected site and ensuring the community and a raft of other sophisticated stakeholders had input to the project.
We provided expert planning advice, convened and chaired a Stakeholder Reference Group, negotiated a new planning approval pathway, and worked with a large, multi-disciplinary consultant team to achieve a successful outcome.
In 2026, CLE followed up its work on the Hospice by obtaining planning approval for a Community Park on adjacent land for the benefit of the community and guests at the Hospice. The Park enables the implementation of part of the City of Nedlands’ Allen Park Master Plan and will transform a vacant patch of land into an asset for the local area.
