Facilitating council approvals for projects of any size, from multi-structured commercial developments to single tenancy applications. View our projects

Our planning experience across commercial sectors

Our team delivers specialised town planning support for commercial projects across a broad range of industries, ensuring statutory, regulatory and operational requirements are met.

  • Aged care + healthcare: Aged care, medical + allied health consulting + centres
  • Tourism + hospitality: Hotels + restaurants, accommodation, cellar doors + tourism activity diversification
  • Manufacturing, food + beverage production: Food processing + factories, beverage production including wineries, distilleries + breweries
  • Retail: Automotive, supermarkets, shopping centres + precincts
  • Primary production: Agricultural buildings, horticulture, viticulture, floriculture + other primary production activities
  • Specialised sectors: Childcare + education, horse racing + stabling, heritage, funeral homes + crematoria, cat + dog boarding + day care
  • Mixed used + integrated developments

All projects. All sizes. One expert network.

Maximise your commercial property development potential

Successful property development starts with strategic town planning. Our team manages diverse commercial property development projects, from new multi-structured, mixed-use developments to single tenancy applications.

We combine technical insight with in-depth knowledge to maximise each site’s potential. We pride ourselves on getting it right the first time to ensure the best return on your investment.

“By far the easiest part of all our work is the council approvals, Flex Planning are incredibly transparent. Their knowledge... makes them our first choice in any projects."

Hahndorf Market

Healthcare + aged care town planning support

We strategically balance regulatory compliance, operational efficiency, and community needs to streamline our town planning services in the healthcare, allied health, and aged care sectors.

Our expertise ensures that medical and allied health facilities, aged care and senior’s living developments are delivered in alignment with South Australia’s planning frameworks. By working with healthcare providers, developers, and aged care operators, we secure approvals for spaces that are functional, compliant and optimised for accessibility, sustainability, long-term service delivery and future growth opportunities.

Our health and aged care planning services include:

  • Pre-lodgement advice and feasibility assessments: Review of zoning and site constraints to identify development potential and feasibility.
  • Development application management: End‑to‑end management of development applications, including planning statements and reports, public notification, responses to representations, and presentation to Council Assessment Panels (CAP) and the State Commission Assessment Panel (SCAP).
  • Stakeholder management: Liaison with Council, State Government bodies, contributory consultants, and representors to negotiate and facilitate approval outcomes.
Contact us to discuss your health or aged care requirements.

Hospitality + tourism town planning support

From pubs and restaurants to cellar doors and accommodation, good development starts with strategic town planning. As your town planning provider, we work collaboratively with developers, operators and investors to ensure your venue meets statutory and regulatory requirements to secure approvals and optimise the viability of the project and overall guest experience. 

For existing operators, our expertise lends itself in supporting diversification of offerings in the tourism and hospitality sectors including events, experiences and adaptive venue offerings, helping unlock opportunities that drive visitation, commercial performance and long term appeal.

Our tourism and hospitality planning services include:

  • Pre-lodgement advice and feasibility assessments: Review of zoning and site constraints to identify development potential and feasibility.
  • Development application management: End‑to‑end management of development applications, including planning statements and reports, public notification, responses to representations, and presentation to Council Assessment Panels (CAP) and the State Commission Assessment Panel (SCAP).
  • Stakeholder management: Liaison with Council, State Government bodies, contributory consultants, and representors to negotiate and facilitate approval outcomes.
  • Liquor licensing: Managing approvals specific to licensed venues.
Get in touch to explore your venue or licensing requirements.

Motor industry town planning support

The automotive sector relies on well-planned spaces that support dealership and service centre success.

We can manage the planning process and secure the right approvals for your new or expanded dealership or service centre – ensuring that with approvals in place you can operate practically, flexibly and with ease.

Our automotive planning services include:  

  • Pre-lodgement advice and feasibility assessments: Review of zoning and site constraints to identify development potential and feasibility.
  • Development application management: End‑to‑end management of development applications, including planning statements and reports, public notification, responses to representations, and presentation to Council Assessment Panels (CAP) and the State Commission Assessment Panel (SCAP).
  • Stakeholder management: Liaison with Council, State Government bodies, contributory consultants, and representors to negotiate and facilitate approval outcomes.
Contact us to get your automotive development into gear.

“Not only are they fantastic with communication throughout the process, but if required they happily and thoroughly handle all of the legal and licensing requirements, building applications etc. and of course their design creativity, professionalism, and attention to detail are first class.”

Graham Jarrett, Owner, Jarrett Motor Company

Wine, spirits + beer industries town planning support

We help South Australia’s renowned wineries, distilleries, and breweries balance efficient production and processes,  sustainability and diversification into other sectors such as tourism and hospitality

From wine producers and distillers to brewers, and hospitality operators, we ensure you have approvals in place that align with your current and future plans, operational efficiency requirements, brand identity and visitor experience.

Our beverage production sector town planning services include: 

  • Pre-lodgement advice and feasibility assessments: Review of zoning and site constraints to identify development potential and feasibility.
  • Development application management: End‑to‑end management of development applications, including planning statements and reports, public notification, responses to representations, and presentation to Council Assessment Panels (CAP) and the State Commission Assessment Panel (SCAP).
  • Stakeholder management: Liaison with Council, State Government bodies, contributory consultants, and representors to negotiate and facilitate approval outcomes.
  • Liquor licensing: Managing approvals specific to licensed venues.
Contact us to discuss your winery, distillery or brewery project.  

An efficient, collaborative approach to commercial town planning

Our clients want an efficient, streamlined development process that ensures cost-effective results driven by a knowledgeable, multi-skilled team. Our goal is simple: An agile, streamlined development process that delivers the best outcome for your commercial property. 

Our team of highly skilled planning professionals work closely with Fore Design. Working within our shared office space allows constant communication at each stage of a project, minimising time wastage and late surprises. 

We offer an integrated service but we also collaborate with your existing architects and designers to ensure a cost-effective and timely outcome.

Commercial Town Planning Projects