Spatial and development planners and economists
The RodePlan department specialises in town and regional planning:
- Land-use control (rezoning, subdivision, departure, consent use, removal of title restrictions, zoning schemes)
- Spatial planning (spatial development frameworks (SDFs) and plans (SDPs))
- Governmental integrated development planning (IDP) (process and products), supported by a geographic information system (GIS).
The experience within RodePlan covers a wide spectrum of town planning issues, as well as development planning processes and products at macro, meso and micro level. An in-depth understanding of the
- social
- built
- economic
- political, and
- environmental
elements that underpin present-day society, and within which contemporary spatial planning operates, inform our approach. RodePlan considers these four elements as fundamental to an SDF in order for spatial planning to complement economic growth and development.
We also advise private clients on the development potential of specific properties and/or land disposal strategies. This is done in collaboration with our expertise as property economists.
RodePlan’s target clientele includes property owners, developers, engineering companies and government institutions.
The ultimate aim of our planning function is to foster pathways to enable sustainable development.
Recent work:
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Project |
Client |
| Research |
- Land use management as conducted by 12 South African City administrations (2008)
- The use of information technology for better municipal decision-making (2008)
- An assessment of the Provincial Government Western Cape land-release programme (2009)
- Scoping Report: as an essential guideline to develop a framework that can be used for quantitative reporting on land markets across sub-Saharan Africa (2010)
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Urban LandMark |
| Gauteng Province: Development Trend Analysis (2009) |
Gauteng Provincial Government, Department of Economic and Development Planning |
| Spatial planning |
Cape Winelands Spatial Development Framework 2009/2010 (2010) |
Cape Winelands District Municipality |
| NEMA specialist report: Spatial planning and land use (ongoing) |
Aurecon |
| Land-use control |
Renewable energy: Wind energy facility, Hopefield, Western Cape (2009)
Departure: Borrow Pit, Hopefield, Western Cape (ongoing) |
Umoya Energy |
| Renewable energy: Solar energy facilities, Western Cape (ongoing) |
Solairedirect |
| Renewable energy: Solar energy facility, Northern Cape (ongoing) |
South Africa Mainstream Renewable Power Developments (Pty) Ltd |
| Renewable energy: Wind energy facilities, Western Cape (ongoing) |
G7 Renewable Energies (Pty) Ltd |
| Public sector planning |
Knysna Municipality’s Integrated Development Plan 2011/2012 (assisted as planning specialist; 2011) |
Ignite Advisory Services (Pty) Ltd |
| Bergrivier Municipal Integrated Development Plan (2011/2012) (ongoing) |
Bergrivier Municipality |
| Housing |
Drakenstein Housing Policy (Division: Housing and Community Services) (2010) |
Ignite Advisory Services (Pty) Ltd |
| Social Impact Assessment |
High-level socio-economic assessment: Solar energy facility (Baseline Reports)(2011) |
Solairedirect |
Sub-consultants used by us (to date): Aurecon; Prof. WH Thomas; Ignite Advisory Services (Pty) Ltd and Jan Palm Consulting Engineers.
The RodePlan team consists of:
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