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Town Planning Applications and Building Plan Approval Management

This course strengthens the municipal development application function, from rezoning and township establishment through to building plan scrutiny and occupation certificates. Participants learn to process land use and building applications lawfully, within statutory timeframes, and in a way that supports investment while protecting the public interest. The programme addresses common African bottlenecks such as application backlogs, unauthorised building work and weak coordination between planning and building control units.

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What you will be able to do

  • Process land use applications such as rezoning, subdivision and consent use lawfully.
  • Scrutinise building plans for compliance with regulations and municipal conditions.
  • Manage application workflows to meet statutory decision timeframes.
  • Coordinate planning, building control and engineering inputs on applications.
  • Enforce action against unauthorised land use and illegal building work.
  • Report on application turnaround, backlogs and revenue from development fees.

Course outline

  1. 01Development Application Framework and Roles
  2. 02Land Use Applications and Decision Making
  3. 03Building Plan Scrutiny and Approval
  4. 04Managing Timeframes and Application Workflows
  5. 05Coordination Between Planning and Building Control
  6. 06Enforcement Against Unauthorised Development
  7. 07Turnaround Reporting and Development Fees

Who should attend

Town planners, building control officers, development application administrators and land use management officials in municipalities.

Dates, venues and fees

DatesVenueDaysFeeCalendarRegister
28 to 30 Sep 2026Mozambique3US$1,500Closed
29 Sep to 1 Oct 2026Nairobi3US$1,500Register
30 Sep to 2 Oct 2026Dar es Salaam3US$1,500Register
5 to 7 Oct 2026Kigali3US$1,500Register
6 to 8 Oct 2026Kampala3US$1,500Register
7 to 9 Oct 2026Accra3US$1,500Register
12 to 14 Oct 2026Lagos3US$1,500Register
13 to 15 Oct 2026Cairo3US$1,500Register
14 to 16 Oct 2026Mauritius3US$1,500Register
19 to 21 Oct 2026Dubai3US$1,500Register
20 to 22 Oct 2026Online3US$900Register
16 to 18 Nov 2026Johannesburg3R13,000Register
17 to 19 Nov 2026Cape Town3R13,000Register
18 to 20 Nov 2026Durban3R13,000Register
23 to 25 Nov 2026Pretoria3R13,000Register
24 to 26 Nov 2026Windhoek3US$1,500Register
25 to 27 Nov 2026Gaborone3US$1,500Register
30 Nov to 2 Dec 2026Maseru3US$1,500Register
1 to 3 Dec 2026Mbabane3US$1,500Register
2 to 4 Dec 2026Lusaka3US$1,500Register
7 to 9 Dec 2026Harare3US$1,500Register
8 to 10 Dec 2026Lilongwe3US$1,500Register
9 to 11 Dec 2026Blantyre3US$1,500Register

Fees are per delegate. South African venues are priced in rand; other locations and online in US dollars. Fees exclude 15% VAT where applicable. Group bookings of three or more delegates from the same organisation qualify for a reduced rate; contact us for a quotation.

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Next session
5 to 9 Oct 2026
Venue
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5 day programme
FromR18,000
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