Site planning is the process by which planners and designers decide how a particular project site will look. Planning departments typically require developers to submit site plans to receive construction permits. Planetizen Courses will teach you how to create, review, and evaluate plans for clarity and compliance with local regulations.

Site Planning Courses

parking structure created in sketchup
SketchUp for Planners - Modeling Complex Forms and Structures
Jaymes Dunsmore
70 Mins
  • AICP CM
  • CNU-A
  • SACPLAN CPD
3d model created in CityEngine for urban planning course
CityEngine for Planners 2: Coding in Computer Generated Architecture (CGA) and Exporting
Elliot Hartley
70 Mins
  • AICP CM
  • SACPLAN CPD
rendering of neighborhood
The DIY Form-Based Code: Research and Development
Norman Wright
66 Mins
Building exteriors downtown dixon illinois
Zoning for Incremental Development
Christy Dodson
101 Mins
  • CIP
  • AIA CES
  • AICP CM
exterior of office buildings
Office Property Valuation Case Study for Planners
Menka Sethi
83 Mins
  • AICP CM
  • CNU-A
Philadelphia Neighborhood
Green Infrastructure
David Rouse
56 Mins
  • CIP
  • AIA CES
  • AICP CM
illustratin of street with buildings and trees
Design in Planning: An Overview
Jason Kambitsis
58 Mins
  • SACPLAN CPD
3d model built in CityEngine for urban planning course
CityEngine for Planners 4: Sharing Your Work
Elliot Hartley
77 Mins
  • SACPLAN CPD
land use design created in geodesign community viz
GeoDesign with CommunityViz: Land Use Designer
Chuck Donley
86 Mins
  • SACPLAN CPD
Denver union station with city skyline aerial photo
Introduction to Transit Oriented Development
John Hersey
51 Mins
  • CIP
  • AIA CES
  • AICP CM
  • SACPLAN CPD
exterior of apartment building
Multi-Family Property Valuation Case Study for Planners
Menka Sethi
67 Mins
  • AICP CM
  • CNU-A
Cityscape view of buildings, roads, highways, and sea
Decking Highways: Reconnecting Communities
David Dixon
51 Mins
  • CIP
  • AICP CM
map showing land use
Regional Scenario Planning: An Overview
Garlynn Woodsong
47 Mins
  • SACPLAN CPD
drawing of master plan colored in marker
Hand Drawing Master Plans
Daniel Garcia
70 Mins
  • AIA CES
  • AICP CM
  • SACPLAN CPD
rendering of city aerial
The DIY Form-Based Code: Testing and Refining
Norman Wright
81 Mins
Rendering of a mixed use development with a theatre, restaurant, and residential units above
Suburban Remix: Creating the Next Generation of Urban Places
David Dixon
63 Mins
  • CIP
  • AIA CES
  • AICP CM
  • SACPLAN CPD
model created in sketchup
SketchUp 2016 for Planners: Introduction
Jaymes Dunsmore
44 Mins
  • AICP CM
  • CNU-A
  • SACPLAN CPD
Construction inside a large two-story mall.
Reinventing Malls: Planning Alchemy—Turning Gray Fields Into Gold
David Dixon
48 Mins
  • CIP
  • AICP CM
grid overlay on landscape drawing
Drawing in the Landscape: The Adventure Begins
Darryl Jones
36 Mins
  • AICP CM
closeup of a hand holding a pencil and architectural drawings on a desk
The Site Plan
Brad Neumann
55 Mins
city created in sketchup
The DIY Form-Based Code: Publishing and Expanding
Norman Wright
87 Mins
interpretive sign in the foreground with nature and hills in the background
Interpreting Places and Spaces
Adam Fine
56 Mins
  • CIP
  • AIA CES
  • AICP CM
map illustration created in illustrator
Illustrator for Planners - Introduction
Mike Ernst
99 Mins
  • AICP CM
  • CNU-A
  • SACPLAN CPD
3-d model site plan created in sketchup
SketchUp 2016 for Planners: Site Planning
Jaymes Dunsmore
39 Mins
  • AICP CM
  • CNU-A
  • SACPLAN CPD

Top Site Planning Instructors

Jaymes Dunsmore

Jaymes is a planner and urban designer who recently completed a Master in City Planning and...

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Kristin Faurest

Kristin Faurest is a public garden education and outreach professional, author, and landscape architecture educator, committed...

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Kevin Credit

Kevin is the Assistant Director for Urban Informatics at the Center for Spatial Data Science at...

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Menka Sethi

Menka Sethi is an accomplished consultant and professor in the field of real estate development and...

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Norman Wright

Norman Wright is the Director of Neighborhood Services for Adams County, Colorado. In his career as...

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Darryl Jones

Darryl Jones is an artist and filmmaker based in Oakland, CA.

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David Dixon

David is well known for helping create new, mixed-use urban districts (in both cities and suburbs)...

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Elliot Hartley

Elliot Hartley is an internationally recognised geodesign and Esri CityEngine expert.

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Mike Ernst

Mike Ernst is an urban planner and designer whose work has focused on participatory planning, community...

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David Rouse

David is a consultant, educator, and author with over 40 years of experience in urban and...

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Christy Dodson

Christy is an Urban Designer at Code Studio, with a background in architecture and planning.

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Jason Neville

Jason is an experienced urban planner, redevelopment professional, and affordable housing developer.

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Carolyn Staskiewicz

For nearly 16 years, Carolyn has been involved in a multitude of educational facility planning efforts...

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Chuck Donley

Mr. Donley is an urban and regional planner who specializes in creating CommunityViz applications. He brings...

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Jeff Speck

Jeff Speck is a city planner who advocates internationally for more walkable cities.

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Kelly Porter

Kelly Porter is the Assistant Director for City of Fort Worth Transportation and Public Works Department...

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Elizabeth Doerr

Elizabeth Doerr is a writer with expertise and awareness around social and racial justice issues and...

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Lynn Peterson

Lynn Peterson is a nationally recognized transportation and land use integration expert.

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Adam Fine

Adam is the Director of experiential graphic design at Nova Scotia-based Fathom Studio and has worked...

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John Hersey

John is a planner with two decades of experience critically evaluating and advancing transit-oriented development as...

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Brad Neumann

Brad Neumann is a MSU Senior Extension Educator who serves as an educational resource for local...

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Daniel Garcia

Daniel Garcia is a freelance urban designer. His most important works deal with the auto-constructed city...

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Geoff Boeing

Geoff Boeing has a Ph.D. in City and Regional Planning from the University of California, Berkeley.

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JJ Zanetta

JJ is an architectural illustrator working in traditional and digital media.

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All Site Planning Courses

Historic Preservation: How-to Guide Sign Up

Historic Preservation: How-to Guide

Instructor: Meredith Johnson

This course discusses how planners contribute to the preservation of historic resources.

4.55
73 Mins
CIP
AIA CES
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD
The Government’s Role in Historic Preservation Sign Up

The Government’s Role in Historic Preservation

Instructor: Meredith Johnson

This course takes an in-depth look at the role of federal, state, and local governments in historic preservation. The course examines regulations, funding, and tax relief.

4.50
61 Mins
CIP
AIA CES
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD
Introduction to Historic Preservation Sign Up

Introduction to Historic Preservation

Instructor: Meredith Johnson

This course will introduce planners to the basics of historic preservation including the beginning of the historic preservation movement, the legal precedent for preservation, and the theories that determine how preservation occurs. This course will use case studies to further illustrate the topics discussed.

4.57
38 Mins
AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD

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