Dan Pech

Director

GDipPlan, BA(Pol/Mgt) (MPIA)


Dan is the principal town planning practitioner at DP Planning (Pty Ltd).


Dan is a creative, innovative and passionate development services and town planning professional. Dan has a broad portfolio of land use and development projects spanning 13+ years in state government, local government and the private sector.


Dan is a member of the Planning Institute of Australia and practises in Victoria.


Dan is passionate about giving clients practical advice and providing services that suit their needs.


Dan has assisted residential, commercial, industrial, farming and extractive industry clients across the Barwon South West, Grampians and Loddon-Mallee Regions and in regional cities, towns and rural areas between Geelong, Portland, Warrnambool, Hamilton, Horsham, Colac, Camperdown, Ballarat, Bendigo, Kyneton, Gisborne, and Swan Hill.


Outside of town planning, Dan has worked in hospitality, advertising/marketing and economic development. This breadth of experience gives him a unique and practical perspective on business and services to benefit his clients.

Strategic Planning

  • Land-use strategies
  • Planning scheme amendments
  • Place based plans
  • Policy reviews
  • Community engagement

Statutory Planning

  • Pre-application advice
  • Planning permit applications
  • Liquor license applications
  • Marine and coastal act consent applications
  • Quarry applications and Work Authority's
  • Management of multi-disciplinary project teams
  • Stakeholder engagement
  • Post-permit development services

Due Diligence

  • Feasibility
  • Approval pathways
  • Business case writing
  • Stakeholder analysis

Projects and Capabilities

We are experienced and qualified in a wide variety of town planning disciplines across commercial, industrial, residential, rural and extractive industries.


Where necessary, we collaborate with other consultants to meet the particular needs of our clients and projects.


Our work partners include specialists in land surveying, property law, building design and architecture, civil and traffic engineering, civil construction (subdivision), economics, waste treatment, stone resources and geology, bushfire, flooding, cultural heritage, built heritage, flora and fauna and landscape architecture.