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Welcome to the Geostratics Town and Regional Planning website.  The aim of this site is to supply information on the services provided by this company, such as rezonings,   subdivisions, township developments, as well as other property related advice.   Explore the services offered by this company by clicking on the services button.

Company Mission

It is our mission to:

  1. Ensure the responsible manipulation of landscape we live in through credible environmental evaluation and management, innovative planning and relevant research. 

  2. Promote sustainable solutions for future developments through a holistic approach to society in the landscape.

  3. Ensure professional excellence through projects we are involved with.

Business Units

Geostratics consists of three units namely Town Planning, Environmental assessment and management and Research. The units are however linked and can thus provide a holistic approach to projects.

TOWN PLANNING UNIT

This unit focuses on Land use management related projects  i.e. the change of land use requiring design and legal processing as well as the development of policy and Land use management systems.

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 Land use applications e.g. rezoning for tourism developments, township developments etc.

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 Broad scale planning e.g. structure plans, IDP’s, SDF’s

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 Property assessments

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Zoning scheme regulations

 ENVIRONMENTAL UNIT:

This unit combines environmental management with spatial planning and thus focuses on development projects, conservation planning and environmental management of such projects.

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Baseline sensitivity studies

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Environmental Impact Assessments

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Environmental Management Plans

 RESEARCH UNIT:

The research unit provides a support service to projects undertaken by the other units as well as undertaking research mainly with a demographic and asset register objective as stand alone projects.

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Local Economic Development Frameworks & Strategies

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Demographic and social profiles

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Field surveys

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Database development

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Spatial distribution studies

Resources

Expertise / Technical Skills

The team members all have appropriate qualifications, solid experience, and complementary skills in the above fields.  

Report Writing

The consultants have substantial report writing experience and the capacity to produce documents of a high technical standard.   Furthermore the consultants have the skill and capacity to liaise with officials and politicians and to facilitate public workshops.  The capacity exists to deal with Afrikaans, English and Xhosa. 

Research

Geostratics has the necessary technological and human resources to undertake extensive research projects requiring field work, database design, data collection and data capturing. 

Electronic capacity

Geostratics has the necessary hardware, software and expertise to deliver products in an electronic format.   

Personnel

Specific staff and specialist are dedicated to specific projects, ensuring specific expertise, consistency and continuity of the project.  

Public Participation

The team has the necessary experience and resources to facilitate workshops and do presentations in Afrikaans, English and Xhosa.

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Contact Information

Telephone
        +27 (0)21 851 0078
FAX
       +27 (0)21 852 0966
Cell
       +27 (0)82 4686 448
Postal address
        P.O. Box 1082, Strand, 7139
        South Africa
Electronic mail
       sarien@geostratics.co.za
      

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