Town Planning
Spatial and development planners and property economists
RodePlan specialises in strategic planning, land development, land audits and property research. This work is often supported by geographic information systems (GIS). A discussion of our expertise follows below.
- Land development: rezoning, subdivision, departure, consent use, removal
of title restrictions, land use management schemes (all SPLUMA related) and
applications in terms of the Subdivision of Agricultural Land Act, 1970 - Strategic planning: spatial development frameworks (SDFs), urban development
research - Human settlement development: human settlement plan, housing sector plan
- Property market research: determine highest and best use of land; indicator
development and monitoring; identification, acquisition and release of land;
state of the property market report - Municipal integrated development plans (IDPs)
- Land audits.
RodePlan considers an in-depth understanding of the social, economic, political and environmental elements that underpin present-day society as fundamental to land development in order to complement economic growth and urban restructuring. We develop and apply scenarios and strategies to inform land development and land-use management.
RodePlan also advises private clients on the development potential of specific properties and/or land disposal strategies. This is done applying our expertise as property economists.
RodePlan’s clients include property owners, developers, engineering companies and government:
Government:
Western Cape Provincial Government, Gauteng Provincial Government, Cape Winelands District Municipality, Bergrivier Municipality, Saldanha Bay Municipality, Stellenbosch Municipality
Engineering companies and Independent Power Producers (IPPs):
Umoya Energy (Proprietary) Limited, G7 Renewable Energies (Pty) Ltd, Plan 8 (Pty) Ltd, South Africa Mainstream Renewable Power Developments (Pty) Ltd, Solairedirect (SA), Windlab Systems (Pty) Ltd, Ventusa Energy, African Clean Energy Developments (Pty) Ltd, Enertrag South Africa (Pty) Ltd, Nadeson Consulting Services, Aurecon, Mott MacDonald, JG Afrika, EAS Infrastructure Engineers, JPCE Specialist Consulting Engineers
Property owners and developers:
Engen Petroleum Limited, Bundi Adventures, Balwin Properties
Other:
Ignite Advisory Services (Pty) Ltd, Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PWC), Urban LandMark.
Recent appointments include:
- Co-author of the national IDP Guide, 2020
- Town planner for the Greater Hermanus Human Settlement Project
- Town planner for the design of Public Transport Facilities, Area 3, City of Cape Town
- To determine the highest and best use for two municipal-owned properties in Klapmuts, Stellenbosch Municipality
- To obtain land development rights for the West Coast Integrated Waste Management Facility
- To obtain land use rights for renewable energy facilities in the Western and Northern Cape
- To obtain land use rights for all provincially operated borrow pits in the Western Cape as part of the provincial regravelling programme
- To complete a land audit and land assessment of municipal-owned vacant land in the Saldanha Bay municipal area
- To draft the Stellenbosch Municipality Urban Development Strategy and Integrated Human Settlement Plan
- To participate as a spatial planner to complete a peer review of the route alignment for the Wynberg segment of the IRT Phase 2A (Cape Town).
Recent Work
| Project | Client | |
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Research |
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| Gauteng Province: Development Trend Analysis | ||
| Provide professional services in compiling a Comprehensive Policy Framework for the identification and release of land for human settlement purposes | ||
| Oudtshoorn Municipality: a comprehensive and advanced synthesis of policy and planning directives | ||
| Determine the highest and best use for two municipality-owned properties in Klapmuts | ||
Strategic Planning | Stellenbosch Municipality Urban Development Strategy and Integrated Human Settlement Plan | |
| Cape Winelands Spatial Development Framework | ||
| Bergrivier Spatial Development Framework | ||
| NEMA specialist report: Spatial planning and land use (AfriSam Cement Plant, Saldanha) | ||
| Planning report: as input in the valuation of Erf 153664, Cape Town (WP Rugby Football Union) and Erf 144264, Cape Town (WP Cricket Association) Stellenbosch Municipality Urban Development Strategy Stellenbosch Municipality Integrated Human Settlement Plan | ||
Land Development | Obtaining land use rights for WCG borrow pits in the Western Cape (ongoing) | |
| Resort Development | ||
| Obtaining land use rights for West Coast Integrated Waste Management Facility | ||
Renewable energy facilities: Western, Northern, Eastern Cape and Free State | ||
| Wind energy facility: Western Cape | ||
| Wind energy facilities: Western, Eastern and Northern Cape | ||
| Solar energy facilities: Western Cape | ||
| Solar and Wind energy facilities: Western and Northern Cape | ||
| Wind energy facilities: Western and Northern Cape | ||
| Wind energy facility: Western Cape | ||
| Solar energy facilities: Free State | ||
Public Sector Strategic Planning | Co-author of the IDP Guide 2020 | |
Involved in drafting Integrated Development Plans (2012-2017 and 2017-2022):
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Social Impact Assessment | High-level socio-economic assessment: Solar energy facility (Baseline Reports) | |
SALA applications | Applications to national minister for consent to register lease agreements | |
The RodePlan team consists of:
Berchtwald Rode: BA (Stell), MTRP (UFS)
Registered at the South African Council for Town and Regional Planners (Reg. No. 1177/2000)
Stephan van der Walt: BBibl (Stell), MA (Stell)
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Contact details
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