About South Consulting
Jan Truter is a professionally registered Town and Regional Planner with more than 35 years' post-graduate experience in town and regional planning, land administration, and project management across the public and private sectors.
His professional experience includes extensive involvement in land use management, statutory planning applications, land reform, forestry land administration, renewable energy projects, and rural development initiatives (particularly in the commercial agricultural and agri-tourism sectors).
Professional Experience
Town Planner & Project Manager
South Consulting | 2007 – Present
Boutique town and regional planning practice specializing in land development applications in rural areas.
Consultant
Dept of Water Affairs & Forestry | 2004 – 2007
Technical advisor - privatization of state owned enterprises, land and land use administration, transformation.
Project Specialist
SAFIKA DHV | 2001 – 2004
Project Management, Land Reform, Systems design.
Chief Town and Regional Planner
Department of Housing | 2000 – 2001
Special Projects - Urban regeneration, infrastructure.
Deputy Director
SA Government Service | 1988 – 2000
Town layouts and regional planning; Land Reform: Policy development, farm worker housing and tenure security systems design, legislative drafting.
Jan Truter
Principal Planner & Founder
- SACPLAN: Professional Planner (A/1411/2011)
- SAACPP: Member SAAACPP-S-S001
- SAPI: Member 10043
- Experience: 35+ Years Post-Graduate