Planning Consultancy Services

Solutions Zane Land Use Planning Services is a town planning consultancy established in April 2009 by principal Mark Swain. The practice operates from Randwick in Sydney and provides statutory and strategic planning services throughout New South Wales. The firm focuses on achieving sustainable development outcomes through efficient navigation of the NSW planning framework.

Statutory and Strategic Planning Services

The practice provides development application preparation and coordination for residential, commercial, industrial and special purpose developments under the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979. Services include:

• Development applications with Statements of Environmental Effects for single dwellings, dual occupancies, residential flat buildings and mixed-use projects
• Due diligence reports, feasibility studies and planning advice for development sites
• Heritage development applications and formal objections under Clause 4.6 of Standard Instruments
• Land and Environment Court appeals, Section 34 conferences and expert witness representation
• Planning proposals for rezoning applications and site-specific Local Environmental Plans

Professional Experience and Credentials

The principal holds membership with the Planning Institute of Australia and has over 17 years of local government planning experience in Sydney councils and Tweed Shire Council. The practice has completed development projects across eastern Sydney regions including Randwick, Waverley, Woollahra and Georges River council areas since 2009. The firm has experience with heritage-listed properties, affordable housing developments and complex approval processes.

Service Areas

Solutions Zane operates throughout New South Wales with particular expertise in the Sydney metropolitan region. The practice regularly works in eastern suburbs councils and extends services to regional areas including Central Coast, Hunter Valley and southern NSW regions. The firm adapts planning strategies to suit both urban infill development and regional growth centre requirements across different local government areas.