This document discusses the roles and responsibilities of town planners. It outlines the stages of a town planning project, including site assessment, development design, submitting a planning report, obtaining council approval, construction preparation, and construction. It also describes the types of drawings town planners produce at different stages, such as zoning plans, development plans, layout plans, locality plans, and grid plans. Finally, it provides examples and references related to town planning processes and drawings.

1. PROJECT 1
TOWN PLANNER
Team Member (s) :
Kiu Ngin Pern
Law Jia Xin
Lee Lin Hui
Le Jia Ling
Lim Win Kee
Rachel Yeo
Lecturer (s) :
Ms. Ann
Ms. Sufina
Ms. Thivilojana

2. THEIR ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
• Achieve and provide development
• An aspect of economic and social factors
• Deal with space and transportation
• Educating and bring human towards greens
• Team leader of coordinating specialists
• Avoid encroachment.
• Identify the needs of the town and provide satisfaction.
• Forecast the problems that might arise in the future.

3. SCOPE OF WORK
• Provide advice for improvement
• Assist in program design and implementation
• Assist in selection of best model
• Assist in integration of spatial data and slum survey information
• Provide technical support in implementing

4. STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION
1. Town Planning Site Assessment
2. Development Design
3. Submit Planning Report to City Council
4. Brisbane City Council Assessment
5. Approval
6. Construction Preparation
7. Construction
8. Plan Sealing
In stage 5,6 and 7, town
planner usually not include

5. STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION
Stage 1 : Town Planning Site
Assessment
• Investigations and surveys
• Prepare on maps, services, Town Planning constraints
• Discuss on proposal and identify any issues and problems
solutions with clients and developers
• Gather and analyse economic and environmental studies,
censuses, and market research data with surveyors
• Conduct field investigations to analyse factors affecting land use

6. STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION
Stage 2 : Development Design
• Discussion about landscape planning and design
• Review on policy and guidelines on land use
• Review site plans submitted by developers
• Assess the feasibility of proposals and identify needed changes

7. STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION
Stage 3 : Submit Planning Report
• Submit complete planning report along with relevant forms for
approval
• Documentation:
• Landscape analysis
• Development area
• Transportation analysis

8. STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION
Stage 4 : City Council Assessment
• During the assessment process, town planner will negotiate with
City Council to achieve an approval
• Present projects to planning officials and planning commissions

9. STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION
Stage 5 : Approval
• Upon receiving the approval from City Council, construction
preparation could be start.
• This is usually the end of the town planner’s involvement

10. INTRODUCTION TO DRAWING
TOWN PLANNER DRAWING

11. Based upon the requirements of various plans,
there are 3 levels of land uses:
Level I :For Perspective Plans
Level II :For Development Plans
Level III :For Layouts of Projects / Schemes
(Town and Country Planning Organisation [TCPO], 2004, p.iv )
Those plans involve different zoning.

12. STAGES OF DRAWING

13. STAGE 1:
-Town planner starts the distribution or division of land into
particular zones and waiting for the approval from the competent
authority.
Function:
-Zoning is the distribution or division of land into particular zones
based upon some criteria or principles.

14. ZONING PLAN

15. Function: To show the main use of a specific land, without
further specification. (TCPO, 2004, p.iv )
Example: Boston Town Perspective’s Plan.

16. Function: To indicate the use of each parcel of land
comprehensively. (TCPO, 2004, p.iv)
Example: Kildare County Council’s development plan.

17. STAGE 2:
-After the development plan has been approved by the Local
Planning Authority. Town planner will start to have different layout
plans.
Function:
-To show detailed working layouts for execution by a public or private
agency. (TCPO, 2004, p.iv)

18. LAYOUT PLAN

19. Example: Shopping mall Babilonas layout.

20. LOCALITY PLAN

21. Locality Plan
• To indicate the location of the site in relation to the street and other landmarks
• e.g Street number and adjoining sites

22. GRID PLAN

23. Grid Plan
• Type of city map where roads and streets are perpendicular to each
other creating a “grid”

24. How practical is the standard simple grid?
• its inefficiency of land use.
• Camillo Sitte portrays the grid as unimaginative and unworthy of
consideration for new towns

28. STAGE 3:
Function:
-As a long term perspective plan to lay down the planning guidelines,
policies, development code and space requirements for various
socio-economic activities . (Singh, 2014, p.6)
-Upon receiving the approval from City Council, construction
preparation could be start based on the master plan.

29. EXAMPLE OF A CASE STUDY OF
MASTER PLAN

36. REFERENCES
• Brisbane Town Planning (2012) Town Planning Brisbane Process
Retrieved from ( March 3 2015 ) http://www.brisbanetownplanning.com.au/townplanningbrisbane.html
• Sokanu, Urban Planner (2015) What does an Urban Planner do?
Retrieved from ( February 23 2015) https://www.sokanu.com/careers/urban-planner/#what-does-an-urban-
planner-do
• Unknown (2013-2015) Town Planner: Duties, Responsibilities and Job Information
Retrieved from (February 15 2015) http://education-
portal.com/articles/Town_Planner_Duties_Responsiblities_and_Job_Information.html
• AGCAS editors (2014) Town Planner Job Description
Retrieved from (February 15 2015) http://www.prospects.ac.uk/town_planner_job_description.htm
• Unknown ( - ) Town Planning Specialist
Retrieved from (February 23 2015) http://www.hpurbandevelopment.nic.in/ToR%20RAY.pdf

37. REFERENCES
• Makuch, S.M., (2004) Canadian Municipal and Planning Law, 2nd edition. Ottawa: Carswell.
• Singh,V.P. (2014). Ton Planning.
Retrieved from (6 March 2015) http://www.alistapart.com/articles/cite-living
• Town and Country Planning Organisation, Ministry of Urban Development & Poverty Alleviation
Government of India. (2004). Guide to Preliminary Planning Surveys of Urban Areas Including Land Use
Classification. New Delhi.