South African Association of Consulting Professional Planners (SAACPP)

The Association representing Planning Practitioners in private practice was established in 1986 with a view to promoting the consulting profession and protecting the interests of its members and to set and maintain an appropriate standard of professional service rendered to those who make use of professional planners in the property development field.

The SAACPP is a Recognised Voluntary Association as contemplated in the Planning Professions Act, 2002 (Act 36 of 2002) and functions in collaboration with and under the auspices of the Statutory South African Council for Planners (SACPLAN), appointed by the Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform to protect the interests of the broader public and those who make use of the services of Professional Planners in South Africa.

Membership of the SAACPP is made up of firms, companies or partnerships active within the private planning sector.  Each SAACPP member is required to have in its employ at least one Principal who is a Registered Professional Planner as contemplated in the Planning Professions Act, 2002 (Act 36 of 2002).  From this it follows that the services rendered by members of the SAACPP remain under statutory professional scrutiny by SACPLAN and, in turn, requires of members to hold appropriate professional indemnity insurance to safeguard those who make use of their professional services.

MISSION OF THE SAACPP

To create a better quality of life for South Africans, the SAACPP has as its mission, to enhance the profession of consulting planning through:

*  continued maintenance and promotion of professional, moral and ethical standards amongst members;

*  the promotion of competent and efficient professional practise amongst members;

*  the rendering of an effective planning service to the community;  and

*  the promotion of the professional interests, rights and responsibilities of consulting planners.

SAACPP office contact details:

NORTH REGION

Contact:  Peter Dacomb

Tel: +27 12-3621741 Fax: +27 12-362 0983

E-mail: info@saacpp.org.za

Webpage: www.saacpp.org.za

Physical address:

Corner Brooklyn Road and First Street, Menlo Park

Postal address:

P O Box 36086,

Menlo Park, 0102

SOUTH REGION

Contact: Simon Beamish

Cell: 083 255 7656

Fax: 086 585 6607

Email: simon@sibane.co.za

Postal address:

P O Box 44459, Claremont

Cape Town, 7735

SAACPP (South Region) Committee Members