Landowners
Find out what your land could become. We advise on its potential and prepare the rezoning, subdivision or township application to match.
Town and regional planners, established 2008
Platinum Town & Regional Planners
About the company
Town and regional planners
Platinum Town and Regional Planners CC was established in 2008 (registration number 2008/161136/23). We are an integrated development and planning company. We act on your behalf and deliver a dedicated, well thought-through service that is also time and cost effective.
Our main aim is sustainable planning and development. Both directors are registered professional town planners. Together they have more than 80 years of experience in integrated planning, strategic development and project management. They are experienced town and regional planners, project managers and result-orientated strategists. Together we form a team with exceptionally high integrity and work ethics.
- Established2008
- Registration number2008/161136/23 (CC)
- DirectorsPieter de Haas and Amund Beneke
- OfficesPecanwood (Pretoria Office) and Betty’s Bay (Overstrand Office)
Our clients
Who we work for
Whether you own land, build on it or plan for a municipality, we start with what you need.
Developers
Get township, rezoning and consent use applications prepared properly. Our sister companies can market approved townships and manage the project.
Municipalities and government
Get integrated development plans, spatial development frameworks and institutional reviews for local, provincial and national level.
Services
What we do
The first points under each heading are our core services, as set out in our company profile. The points after them explain what that service covers in South African planning practice.
Town-planning
- Township development (Town-planning and Townships Ordinance, Development Facilitation Act)
- Rezoning (Town-planning and Townships Ordinance)
- Subdivision (Division of Land Ordinance, Act 70 of 1970)
- Consent uses (Town-planning and Townships Ordinance)
- Applications for the removal, amendment or suspension of restrictive title conditions (SPLUMA, section 47)
Regional planning
- Integrated development plans
- Spatial development frameworks
- Precinct plans
- Preparation of municipal integrated development plans, which include a spatial development framework (Municipal Systems Act, Act 32 of 2000, section 26)
- Preparation of municipal spatial development frameworks and the more detailed local plans they call for (SPLUMA, Act 16 of 2013, section 21)
Land use management
- Advice on the land use rights and restrictions that apply to a property under the municipal land use scheme
- Preparation of land use scheme amendment (rezoning) applications for decision by the municipal planning tribunal or an authorised municipal official
- Preparation and review of land use schemes: scheme regulations, zoning map and register of amendments (SPLUMA, Chapter 5)
- Advice on municipal planning by-laws, application procedures and the enforcement of the land use scheme
Integrated planning at national, provincial and local level
- Compilation and / or revision of the full spectrum of the “Hierarchy of plans”
- Spatial development frameworks at national, provincial, regional and municipal level (SPLUMA, Chapter 4)
- Alignment of municipal integrated development plans with binding national and provincial sector plans (Municipal Systems Act, section 26)
- Advice on how a municipal spatial development framework guides the land use scheme and the decisions of municipal planning tribunals
Institutional and financial development (local government level)
- Financial assessments
- Policies, process and procedure assessments
- Organizational assessments
- The proposal of amendments and / or new policies / processes / procedures
- Assistance in the implementation thereof
- Assistance in the monitoring of the success of implementation via performance management tools and key performance areas
Economic assessments
- Local economic development: macroeconomic assessments / proposals and micro economic assessments / proposals
- Socio-economic assessments / proposals: entrepreneurial development
- Preparation of local economic development inputs to a municipal integrated development plan, which must set out the council’s local economic development aims
- Assessments of economic activity and employment trends for spatial development frameworks
- Advice on aligning local economic development strategies with the National Framework for Local Economic Development (2018 to 2028)
Environmental conservation assessments
- National Environmental Management Act, 1998 (Act No. 107 of 1998) (as amended)
- Screening of a proposed development to establish whether a listed activity requires environmental authorisation before it starts
- Basic assessment processes for activities listed in the 2014 EIA Regulations
- Advice on environmental sensitivities and specialist studies identified through the national web-based environmental screening tool
- Alignment of environmental authorisation applications with land use applications (SPLUMA, section 30)
Property assessments for development purposes
- Monitoring of land-use potential
- Advising interested parties accordingly
- Review of a property’s zoning, development rights and title deed conditions
- Highest and best use assessments, testing what is legally permissible, physically possible and financially feasible
- Advice on the rezoning, subdivision or township establishment steps needed to release a site’s development potential
Project management (full spectrum)
- Preparation / monitoring of targeted business plans, budgets and programs for planning and development projects
- Leading of multi-disciplinary teams to guide planning and development projects
- Programming of land development approvals, including engineering services and land for parks and open space (SPLUMA, sections 44, 49 and 50)
- Coordination of the notifications to the Surveyor-General and the Registrar of Deeds that follow an approval (SPLUMA, section 46)
Our track record
Projects we have worked on
- Townships and rezoning. Township development, rezoning, consent use and subdivision applications, from Brits X246 (Madibeng) to Halcyon Estate (Hartbeespoort).
- The Western Cape. Consent use for Hangklip 78/559 (Betty’s Bay) and rezoning for Erf 4888 Kleinmond.
- Shopping centres and industrial areas. Wonderpark Regional Shopping Centre (Tshwane), Nina Park Shopping Centre (Tshwane) and Garankuwa Industrial Area (Tshwane).
- Plans for government. The Spatial Development Framework for the Gauteng Area (provincial Plan) and the Integrated Development Plan and Spatial Development Framework for the Madibeng Local Municipal Area.
- Beyond South Africa. Greater Port Harcourt Area (Nigeria) - “Old city” and “New city”.
Accreditation
Registered professional town planners
Both directors are registered with the South African Council for Planners (SACPLAN) as professional town planners. They carry the designation “Pr. PLN”.
Pieter Gerhard de Haas
Pr. PLN A/283/1985
Registered with the South African Council for Planners (SACPLAN).
BA Hons (Economics)
B. Art. et Scien. (Planning)
Amund Paul Beneke
Pr. PLN A/680/1992
Registered with the South African Council for Planners (SACPLAN).
MSAACPP: member, South African Association of Consulting Professional Planners
M.Com (Business Management)
B. Art. et Scien. (Planning)
Platinum Town and Regional Planners CC, Platinum Town Properties (Pty) Ltd and Platinum Town Project Management (Pty) Ltd are Level 4 B-BBEE contributors.
Platinum Town Planners
Planning that is well thought through
A dedicated, well thought-through integrated development and planning service that is also time and cost effective.
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