Guidelines for the strategic and integrated development of planning areas are formulated on behalf of and in collaboration with provincial, metropolitan and local authorities and include determining the nature, intensity and arrangement of land uses with due consideration to socio-economic factors, transport matters and development priorities in a humane and environmentally sustainable manner.

Applications are undertaken for the subdivision and consolidation of urban and farmland.

Problems associated with urbanisation are solved by means of research and modern planning techniques and entail upgrading areas of urban decay and the planning of new land uses through effective consultation with interested and affected parties.

The planning of new roads, rail and airport facilities and the revision and upgrading of existing infrastructure is undertaken in collaboration with transportation engineers to properly integrate land use planning of properties affected by such projects.

Effective public participation during the planning of a project is a critical pre-requisite to achieving legitimacy and transparency in the approach to the project. The planner is usually required to act as a facilitator to ensure that the process is not unduly delayed.

The group is also involved in community orientated projects such as arts and crafts projects, schools, relocations, land reform projects and the like on behalf of government and private institutions.

New towns and urban areas for all income groups are planned and designed in close collaboration with affected communities and projects are co-ordinated to proclamation of township establishment and the installation of the required infrastructure.

Statutory land use schemes or town planning schemes and other regulatory mechanisms for the zoning, control and management of land uses are prepared and reviewed on behalf of metropolitan and local municipalities.

The development potential of a particular property is investigated and a report submitted in which the client is advised regarding planning procedures, environmental requirements and time and cost implications of implementing alternative development proposals.

In implementing a development proposal, a site development plan is prepared in collaboration with other members of the professional team.

Town planning applications frequently attract objections or representations from affected parties and, as a result, the town planner is required to represent the clients’ interests at a town planning or appeal hearing scheduled for this purpose.