As a qualified town planner and civil engineer, Noel has 49 years planning and development experience primarily in South East Queensland. Prior to founding Grummitt Planning Noel also gained valuable experience overseas, culminating in 1997, spending the remaining 7 years as town planning manager for Weathered Howe Gold Coast, preparing concept development plans for tourist projects in Australia, Malaysia and Taiwan.
He has also worked as a senior engineer for the Connell Group and a design engineer for Bornhorst & Word, WJ Reinhold & Partners and Brisbane City Council. Noel’s particular areas of expertise include land use planning, site analysis, development applications, development of regulatory provisions for small lot housing and expert witness in the Planning and Environment Court, whilst also being passionately involved with numerous not-for-profit organisations.
Noel also holds the following positions within industry: