From master planning to structure planning and policy planning, Fyfe offers a diverse range of planning services to its clients.
Areas of specialisation
We provide clear, commercially focused planning advice at the earliest stages of your project to support confident decision-making. By identifying risks, constraints, and opportunities upfront, we help you understand what can be achieved on a site and the most efficient pathway to get there.
Our approach is pragmatic and outcome driven, giving you the insight needed to move forward with certainty, reduce risk, and maximised development potential.
- Rapid assessment of site potential, including permissible uses and development capacity
- Review and interpretation of zoning, overlays, and applicable planning controls
- Identification of key constraints, including environmental, heritage, infrastructure, bushfire, and flooding considerations
- Coordination of our internal specialist consultants to inform feasibility assessments
- Clear advice on planning risks, fatal flaws, and approval challenges
- High-level yield analysis and development scenarios to inform design and investment decisions
- Identification of approval pathways, interdependencies, key risks, and likely timeframes
- Strategic advice on development options to optimise site outcomes
- Input into acquisition decisions with straightforward, commercially focused recommendations
- Development of approvals strategies, including staging and critical pathways
- Early identification and management of risks to avoid delays and cost escalation as you progress your projects to completion.
We help unlock the full potential of land by navigating complex planning frameworks and driving strategic outcomes. Through proactive engagement and well-positioned planning strategies, we support rezonings, policy changes, and master planning to create value and deliver long-term development opportunities.
Our approach aligns your project with government priorities and planning policy, reducing risk and improving the likelihood of successful outcomes.
- Site-specific investigations to identify opportunities, constraints, and development potential
- Strategic planning advice aligned with local and state policy frameworks
- Identification of risks, constraints, and key issues influencing development outcomes
- Early engagement with government and key stakeholders to de-risk approval pathways
- Positioning of projects to align with policy objectives and government priorities
- Development of structure plans, master plans, and land use strategies to guide long-term outcomes
- Advice on staging, land use optimisation, and development sequencing
- Preparation of robust planning justification reports to support policy change and approvals
- Preparation and management of rezoning, code amendment, and planning scheme amendment applications
- Ongoing management of the approvals process through to successful outcome
We build and manage the relationships that keep your project moving. Through proactive and strategic engagement, we align stakeholders, resolve issues early, and reduce approval risk helping to avoid delays and achieve smoother planning outcomes.
Our approach is focused on clear communication, early intervention, and practical negotiation to support timely and commercially viable approvals.
- Identification of key stakeholders, authorities, and approval bodies relevant to the project
- Development of tailored stakeholder and community engagement strategies
- Early engagement with local councils, state agencies, and referral authorities
- Coordination with infrastructure providers and servicing authorities
- Ongoing management of stakeholder relationships throughout the project lifecycle
- Representation at meetings, workshops, briefings, and public consultations
- Strategic handling of community and stakeholder issues, including sensitive or complex matters
- Negotiation of planning outcomes, design changes, and approval conditions
- Resolution of issues and conflicts to avoid delays and maintain project momentum
- Continuous communication and alignment to support efficient approvals and project delivery
We work with our clients to streamline the approvals process to secure timely, commercially viable outcomes for your project.
We have extensive experience in a wide range of land use planning, including major developments, mixed-use infill developments, residential, industrial, commercial and regional developments. Our focus is on reducing uncertainty, managing risk, and proactively engaging with authorities to keep applications moving through the system efficiently.
Our planning approvals and development application services include:
- End-to-end management of development applications across all asset types, from lodgement to determination
- Preparation of high-quality, approval-ready planning reports and supporting documentation
- Coordination of specialist consultants, engineers and architects to ensure a complete and robust application package ready for lodgement.
- Proactive management of referral authority feedback, responses to requests for information, and emerging approval risks
- Strategic negotiation with councils and agencies to resolve issues and support positive outcomes
- Negotiation of practical, workable approval conditions aligned with project delivery objectives
- Ongoing communication and representation throughout the assessment process
Through our multidisciplinary approach, we act as a single point of contact for your projects, providing clear guidance and continuity across the entire approvals pathway.
We manage subdivision projects from concept through to title, coordinating all technical disciplines to ensure approvals are efficient, practical, and meet our clients requirements. Our focus is on turning approved concepts into real outcomes on the ground.
We take a hands-on role throughout the process, with our multidisciplined teams ensuring alignment between design, servicing, and authority requirements to keep projects moving through to final title.
- Early advice on subdivision feasibility, design opportunities, and delivery strategy
- Preparation and lodgement of subdivision applications for greenfield and infill developments
- Coordination of multidisciplinary consultants, including surveyors, civil engineers, and servicing authorities
- Advice on staging, infrastructure sequencing, and yield optimisation
- Management of subdivision approvals, conditions, and authority requirements
- Strategic negotiation of infrastructure contributions and servicing outcomes to improve project viability
- Ongoing coordination with councils, referral bodies, and service providers
- Management of clearances and compliance requirements through the approvals process
- Resolution of technical and approval issues to maintain project momentum
- Coordination through to plan sealing, final approvals, and title registration
We have extensive experience supporting the planning and environmental approvals for large-scale renewable energy and infrastructure projects, from early site feasibility studies through to the post-approval stage. We have built strong relationships with a range of key stakeholders, including state and local government authorities and agencies.
Our planning team coordinates and manages the range of specialist technical assessments required to inform project designs and support the planning application for renewable projects including Solar, Wind, and BESS.
Our planning services for renewable energy projects include:
- Early site feasibility/desktop assessments
- Project design workshops
- Preparing planning applications, including managing technical studies and documentation.
- Managing applications through to a decision
- Supporting community and stakeholder engagement
- Post-approval assistance to address permit condition requirements.
We help protect the value and integrity of your development by ensuring it remains compliant with planning approvals and regulatory requirements throughout construction and operation. Our advice is practical, commercially focused, and designed to minimise risk while maintaining flexibility as projects evolve.
We support clients in managing compliance obligations, resolving issues efficiently, and making informed decisions when changes to approvals are required.
- Review and interpretation of development approvals, conditions of consent, and regulatory obligations
- Planning compliance advice during construction and operational phases of development
- Planning audits and due diligence reviews for existing or completed developments
- Identification of non-compliance issues, risks, and exposure areas
- Advice on unauthorised works and practical pathways to regularisation or rectification
- Preparation and management of modification or amendment applications to existing approvals
- Ongoing regulatory and planning risk management advice to support asset performance and lifecycle management
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