Movement and Place principles apply throughout NSW and can be adapted to any scale of project and level of decision-making. They apply to places where activity occurs – e.g. within both larger cities and smaller towns – and to the connections between these places.
The Movement and Place core process can be used to guide a range of movement-related projects at various phases, from a network or city scale (e.g. developing place-based movement strategies), to local streets and neighbourhoods (e.g. assessing speed zones or determining the type and frequency of designated pedestrian crossings).
A Movement and Place approach applies across a range of project scales and project stages.
| Strategic design | Planning | Design and delivery | Operations and maintenance | |
| City / Region / Network | Region plan | Planning policies | Codes | Operations plans |
| Town / District | District plan | Integrated land and transport plan | Guidelines | Rolling investment programs |
| Precinct / Subdistrict | Local strategic planning statement (LSPS) / Strategic framework | Precinct structure plan | Precinct master plan | Precinct management plan |
| Neighbourhood / Corridor | Place strategy | Place plan | Place revitalisation | Place management plan |
| Block /Street | Street improvement project | Street concept design | Street upgrades, testing, and pilot projects | Street operations improvements |