What help do I offer?
If you are undertaking a small scale development project:
I can provide preliminary advice on design and planning, by preparing environmental statements, and helping you to navigate your way through official regulations and compliance requirements.
If you are worried about a proposed development that may affect you:
I can help you understand plans, laws and documents such as Development Applications, Environmental Plans and technical reports. If you strike problems with officialdom, I can provide guidance on dealing with the relevant government and regulatory bodies.
How do I operate?
- We sit down and talk things over.
- I familiarize myself with your place, your environment, your site, your needs.
- We work together to create an action plan.
- I work on the action plan – perhaps with other parties – to produce a result (eg a submission to your council, or a concept plan) which answers your needs.
Some ways I can help:
I can:
- Assist you to interpret complex architectural and engineering proposals.
- Help you visualize the possible impact of a development in the urban setting and/or landscape.
- Help you to read and understand architectural plans and details.
- Assist with understanding and interpreting complex planning laws.
- Help you interpret official documents, such as development applications, Environmental Impact Statements, planning proposals, scientific and engineering reports, and complex multidisciplinary reports.
- Advise you as to how best to approaching government agencies and officials, including consent authorities and regulatory bodies - who to talk to and how to make contact.
