My name is Tony Comrie. I own aup town planning. You can read more abot me here - but in short - I've been a town planner for 24 years. I have post-grad qualifications town planning. I worked for 15 years in Melbourne - Australia's busiest, largest, most competitive and dynamic property development market - in state and local government, as a consultant, and for development businesses - and worked in the lw before becoming a town planner. 

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People say a lot of bad things about town planners - they over-rate themselves and what they do, charge too much, don't explain things property, use jargon, and often they won't take on work....and I got to say - I agree with all of this.

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First, town planning, really isn't that hard. There's no reason for charging as much as they do. ​Second, people who use 'jargon' because they're trying to hide something or don't understand it themselves. ​Third, why knock back work....and this sounds a bit sad, town planning is so dull a lot of the time when I get a good challenge I go with it. I root around in the planning scheme, review court decisions, etc., - even if you don't ask me to - just to find answers.

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So, here's my guarantee:

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​You ask us if uou can get a planning permit for "[x]" - we'll tell you exactly why you can or can't - and a lot more - in a way you'll understand, and if we do use 'jargon' words - call us knobs (see mission statement - left). 

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​If you, say: "all the planners I've asked so far just said 'no' straight up", or "it can't be done and hung up" - or just never got back to me [after getting over the fact we weren't your first  choice] we'll say "send us the address; we'll look it for free and get some advice out to you as soon as we can".

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And when we do quote for something - shop us around, ask other consultants......I'm betting they can't or won't get anywhere near our fee.