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Some of our Key Projects

LAND USE MANAGEMENT

Land Development Applications

  • Special Consent applications for shopping centres, home office, medical centres, and cultural centre
  • Rezoning applications for special zones, petrol service stations, fast food outlets, offices, place of worship, residential densification, and shopping
  • Applications for Sub-division and Consolidation
  • Combined applications
  • Includes co-ordination of other professionals such as traffic engineers, architects, infrastructure engineers and land surveyors, and liaison with all relevant municipal departments

Spatial Planning Input to Environmental Impact Assessments

  • King Shaka International Airport Environmental Impact Assessment
  • Ushukela Highway Environmental Impact Assessment
  • ChorChem Environmental Impact Assessment

SPATIAL PLANNING AND SCHEMES, STRATEGIC PLANNING AND REGENERATION/ REVITALIZATION STRATEGIES

Regeneration / Revitalization Strategies

  • eThekwini Inner City Local Area Plan and Revitalization Strategy
  • eThekwini Industrial Revitalization Programme: Urban Design Framework for 3 case study areas and Industrial Revitalization Strategy

Strategic Planning

  • eThekwini Industrial Land Study and Land Development Strategy
  • Durban Investment Dashboard Update
  • Harry Gwala District Growth and Development Plan
  • Dube Aerotropolis Development Framework
  • Planning Input to the Dube TradePort Master Plan team and Management of and Planning input to Dube TradePort Design and Review Panel
  • Project Management of Design Elements of Dube City
  • 5 Year Rolling Business Plan for 5 learning areas within the eThekwini Municipality Area Based Management Development Programme

Spatial Planning and Schemes

  • Isipingo CBD Urban Design Framework
  • Mpumalanga Functional Area Plan and Draft Scheme
  • Northern Public Transport Densification Corridor
  • Umbumbulu Land Use Framework and Draft Scheme
  • Watson North and Greylands Functional Area Plan and Draft Scheme
  • Inyaninga and Tongaat Functional Area Plans and Draft Scheme
  • Umnini Rural Draft Scheme
  • Land Use Frameworks and Draft Schemes for Ndwedwe, Vulamehlo and Umzumbe
  • South Beach Precinct Plan
  • Ohlanga Tongati Local Area Plan

MANUALS, GUIDELINES, AND NORMS AND STANDARDS

  • Norms and Standards for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency in Land Use Management
  • Renewable Energy Installations – Recommendations for approval process – planning, building regulations, environment and AMAFA
  • 2004 and 2011 KwaZulu-Natal Land Use Management System Guidelines
  • Research Towards and Guidelines to assist with the Management of Development Pressures in Agricultural Areas or Areas with Agricultural Potential
  • Guidelines for Planning of Social Facilities in KwaZulu-Natal
  • Guidelines for Development Corridors: Towards Appropriate Planning Within KwaZulu-Natal
  • DEAT Environmental Toolkit

OTHER

  • Geographic Information Services (GIS) on all projects undertaken in the company, as well as
    • Mapping of the eThekwini Built Environment Performance Plan
    • Industrial Land Database – GIS preparation and update
    • Mapping the MTEF for eThekwini Municipality and assessing the implications for the SDF
    • Hillcrest Corridor Land Use Survey and GIS Database development
  • Project Administration and Management
    • TPI have managed a number of large projects such as the Industrial Revitalization Strategy and Inner City Regeneration Strategy. Our experience includes client liaison, appointing and managing sub-consultants, programme and budget management, quality control, and conflict resolution.
  • Stakeholder Engagement
    • TPI endeavour to ensure appropriate stakeholder engagement on all their projects, using innovative techniques where possible.

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About Us

We are a Town and Regional planning firm based in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. We approach every project with these values in mind: Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship. We are an Exempt Micro Enterprise with a Level 4 BBBEE rating.

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