Client Project

Data Management Plan for the NSW Department of Planning and Environment (DPE) Cumberland Plain Conservation Plan (CPCP).

Problem

The CPCP will enable growth in western Sydney to 2056 and beyond and will deliver important development and biodiversity outcomes. The plan will contribute to the parkland city by supporting the delivery of housing, jobs and infrastructure while protecting important biodiversity, including threatened plants and animals.

The CPCP's implementation will be heavily data-driven, as the government will continuously acquire, generate, store, process, and publish environmental and planning data. Given its usage in regulatory functions, such as biodiversity credit accounting, effective and cost-efficient management of this substantial volume of data is paramount.

Solution

The project included:

• The development of a Data Management Plan to provide the CPCP team and stakeholders with a robust, bespoke system for managing data throughout its entire life cycle. This encompassed processes, protocols, rules, quality assurance, and clearly defined roles and responsibilities.

• A comprehensive data inventory and catalogue, incorporating metadata for existing data assets. This was collated to insure data was findable, traceable, and shareable both internally and externally.

• The conceptual design of a storage and access solution, leveraging DIO Spatial Services infrastructure to create an Evaluation Database and Spatial Viewer.

• Client representation, advisory support, and coordination of the implementation and solution build.

Team

Mercury Project Solutions
Cartisan