PLANET URBAN specialises in providing professional town planning advice and services in relation to development throughout the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, encompassing the Local Government Areas of Randwick, Waverley, Woollahra, Botany and Sydney City. This focus has allowed our business to develop a greater knowledge and understanding of the local development controls which apply in these areas, which provide real and direct benefits to our clients.

We can also recommend, engage and/or co-ordinate input from other professionals including architects and draftspersons, landscape architects, urban designers, surveyors, heritage and traffic consultants, NatHERS/BASIX assessors, etc. appropriate to the nature and scale of the development project.

PLANET URBAN provides a wide range of services, including:

The provision of general town planning and development advice

The preparation of Statements of Environmental Effects for all types of small to medium scale development projects including dwelling houses, dual occupancy, multi unit housing, seniors housing, childcare centres, commercial, industrial and mixed use developments, Torrens title and strata subdivisions, and changes of use including restaurants and cafes

Preparation, co-ordination and submission of development applications to local councils including consultation and negotiation with council officers to achieve desired outcomes

Development feasibility/potential assessments and studies

The preparation of professional objection letters to local councils on behalf of property owners affected by neighbouring development

Preparation of SEPP No.1 objections in relation to proposed non-compliances with Council development standards, such as floor space ratio and building height

'Existing use rights' and Affordable Rental Housing SEPP assessments

View impact assessments

Assessment of development applications for local councils and state government authorities