Welcome to
Cornerstone Town Planning
Based in South Perth, we offer a dedicated and innovative boutique consultancy service. We understand that each client has specific requirements. That’s why we take a personalised approach to every project, working collaboratively with our clients to develop solutions that meet their particular needs.
Our Principal Town Planner oversees every project, is accessible to represent and guide you through the approvals process. We are collaborative and people focused.
We can assist you with your project from initial investigations, design and project approvals through to construction.
Perth’s Town Planning Specialists
Since 2023, we’ve been helping property owners and developers navigate the sometimes challenging and complex planning framework. Led by Aaron Lohman, our principal town planner with over twenty-five years of industry experience across government and private practice, we are innovative, and solution driven.
Our experience ranges across mid to high rise apartments and mixed-use buildings, build to rent proposals, industrial warehouse and logistics, shopping centres, office, regional infrastructure projects, strategic planning and subdivision.
Our principal town planner has worked with Perth’s preeminent architects, urban designers and landscape architects to deliver quality and exemplar built form projects within the inner City of Perth and surrounds.
Site Analysis & Due Diligence
Often finding the right site can be challenging, development proposals are becoming increasingly complex and difficult to navigate in terms of their applicable planning framework.
We examine the planning framework in detail giving you honest assessments that help you make informed decisions.
Cornerstone Town Planning can identify development constraints and opportunities that require the input of industry experts. We can engage the environmental, hydrological, building, civil engineers and the like to inform our analysis so that you fully understand the development opportunity and get the right advice.
Engagement with key stakeholders is often critical in understanding development opportunity. Cornerstone Town Planning can assist with identifying and engagement with key stakeholders to inform your due diligence.
Whether it’s a greenfield opportunity or established property with development potential, we help our clients make informed decisions and identify any risk or issues that may arise.
Development Feasibility Studies
Have a development idea but not sure if it’ll work? We help turn concepts into achievable development.
Our feasibility studies look at all your options – including ones you might not have considered.
We maintain relationships with specialists across Perth, so we can coordinate comprehensive studies without you managing multiple consultants.
Development Applications
There are a variety of different pathways to development approval in Western Australia.
We provide expert advisory and services to guide your development proposal. Cornerstone Town Planning is experienced in managing development applications through Local Government, the Western Australian Planning Commission, Development WA and Development Assessment Panels.
Our development application services include the preparation of development applications, coordination of sub-consultant teams, advocacy, representation at design review panels and managing applications through to determination.
Our experience ranges across the residential, retail, commercial, office, industrial and the infrastructure sector as such we are well position to assist you with your next project.
Subdivision Applications
From infill residential, Greenfields or rural subdivisions Cornerstone Town Planning can assist you from the initial design phase through the clearing of conditions of approval and creation of titles.
From green title to survey strata land subdivision Cornerstone Town Planning can assist.
We also work with industrial experts in surveying, civil engineering, hydrology and bushfire management to ensure you next project is successful.
Strategic Planning
Cornerstone Town Planning is experienced in the preparation of strategic planning proposals to facilitate future development.
We can assist you with preparation of Local Structure Plans, Local Development Plans, and Scheme Amendments that pave the way for future development These processes take time, but they’re often the key to unlocking value and strategically positioning land for development.
We can also appoint, coordinate and manage expert consultants to assist in the preparation supporting reports and assessments. We only work with the industries best and experienced consultants.
Cornerstone Town Planning can also assist in the preparation and lodging submissions on strategic planning documents such as District and Local Structure Plans. Early engagement in strategic planning is essential to ensure your land is best positioned for future development.
State Administrative Tribunal Matters
With Cornerstone Legal as our sister company, we provide both planning expertise and legal representation in one package. We can assist in lodging an application for review, mediation and through to a final hearing. Whether that be for challenging a condition of approval, or a refused application we have the knowledge and experience to assist.
Our principal town planner has extensive experience as both expert witness and advocate in tribunal proceedings. We are experts in mediation, with the majority of applications lodged with the State Administrative Tribunal resolved through the mediation process. We aim to secure the best outcome for you through the mediation process to minimise project delays.
Our partnership with Cornerstone Legal gives us resources that most town planners simply do not have. Thus, we are well positioned to assist you with land compensation and acquisition matters.
Development Agreements
Together with Cornerstone Legal, Cornerstone Town Planning is able to assist with the preparation of cost sharing and development agreements between landowners.
Often these agreements are vital to ensuring the success of planning and development projects and we strive to ensure the terms, responsibilities and financial contributions are equitable on behalf of our clients.
Why Local Knowledge Matters
Whether you are dealing with Perth’s urban renewal priorities, coastal planning requirements in western suburbs, or rural subdivision in the Peel region, or a regional infrastructure project, local experience counts.
The team at Cornerstone Town Planning is based in WA and has in experience in working across the greater Perth and Peel regions, the South West and Wheatbelt.
Ready to Get Started?
Property development does not have to be a complicated. With the right town planner, even complex projects become manageable. We are here to help you understand your options, minimise cost and timing delays, and get the approvals you need.
Every successful development starts with good planning. Let us discuss what’s possible with your project.