Who is a town planner and what do they do? The town planner develops a conception of how a town, or other area of land, for example, could be developed and conserved, to support more general planning policies and the use of public services and transport. S/he may find job opportunities in planning organisations, departments of property developers, research institutes, in the state or local administration, in building companies. Chartered town planners may start their own business after they obtain officially and professionally recognised qualifications.
What are the activities of the town planner job? Prepares the development projects, supporting documentation for planning purposes and the planning documentation for zones, residential units and large territorial units. S/he prepares town planning studies as supporting documentation for the application for planning permission or as preparation of the planning process; s/he prepares town planning directives and conditions for buildings and building complexes, including how they should look. S/he reviews the plans of a particular area or a building site, prepares a proposal for planning permission concerning the location of a building, prepares plans concerning building closures, conservation areas and so on..
He coordinates and monitors activities aimed at the creation of a quality environment in residential areas. Town planners offer advice to others on the development and conservation of land and develop long term plans, for ten years or more, for a local or regional area on the basis of which decisions can be made as to what new building and of what type, should be allowed and what transport and other services must be developed.
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Where is it done and under what conditions? Town planners work in the office, sitting down. Their working environment is clean, well lit. From time to time they may visit sites to inspect or monitor what is going on there, or travel around the area or to a planning enquiry meeting.