Town Planning
Spatial development frameworks, land use schemes and planning policy that give land and development decisions a clear basis under SPLUMA.
Town planning servicesTown Planning · GIS · Project Management
Planning, spatial evidence and project delivery for land and infrastructure decisions.
Roberts Analytics is a founder-led consultancy in Johannesburg, offering government and private-sector clients land use planning, spatial analysis and project management for the built environment.
A specialist practice built on professional expertise
Roberts Analytics was established by Robert Ndebele, a registered Professional Planner whose career spans town planning, government development projects and capital programme advisory. Clients work directly with the founder.
- Professional Planner (Pr Pln)Registered with the South African Council for Planners
- MBA, University of WarwickCompleted as a Chevening Scholar
- MTech Construction ManagementUniversity of Johannesburg
- BTech Town and Regional PlanningUniversity of Johannesburg
- More than a decade of experienceAcross town planning, development and infrastructure programmes
- Industrial Advisory Board memberDepartment of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Johannesburg
Services
Three disciplines, available individually or combined in a single assignment.
GIS
Spatial analysis and mapping that show where development can go, what constrains it and what it will affect.
GIS services
Project Management
Planning, scheduling and monitoring for built-environment projects and infrastructure programmes, so that decision-makers know where scope, time and cost stand.
Project management services
The expertise behind the practice
Robert Ndebele
Founder · Professional Planner (Pr Pln)
Robert has more than a decade of experience in town planning, government development projects and infrastructure programme advisory. He has managed multidisciplinary planning and development assignments from scoping through delivery, and advised on the governance, scheduling and performance of large capital programmes.
Qualifications
- MBA, University of Warwick (Chevening Scholar)
- MTech Construction Management, University of Johannesburg
- BTech Town and Regional Planning, University of Johannesburg
- Professional Planner, SACPLAN
Areas of expertise
- Strategic spatial and development planning
- Programme planning, scheduling and governance
- Portfolio and performance reviews
- Feasibility and investment-readiness assessment
- Procurement support and cost modelling
How the three disciplines work together
Decisions about land and infrastructure depend on direction, evidence and delivery. We provide all three.
Direction
Town planning
Sets the spatial and regulatory direction: what may happen on land, where, and under which rules.
Evidence
GIS
Provides the spatial evidence: mapped constraints, opportunities and impacts that planning and investment decisions can rely on.
Delivery
Project management
Turns decisions into coordinated work that is scoped, scheduled, monitored and reported.
That is what Analytics means in our name: decisions informed by technical knowledge, spatial intelligence and disciplined project thinking.
How we approach assignments
A clear sequence from the first conversation to the decision the work supports.
Understand the assignment
The decision to be made, its context, constraints and stakeholders.
Agree scope and outputs
Deliverables, programme and responsibilities defined before work starts.
Do the technical work
Planning, spatial analysis or programme work, carried out to the agreed scope.
Review and integrate
Outputs checked against the brief and aligned across disciplines.
Support the decision
Presentation, consultation support and help with implementation.
Discuss your project
Tell us about the assignment, its location and its timing. We will reply by email to arrange a conversation.