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

rendering of city streets and buildings
The DIY Form-Based Code: An Introduction
Norman Wright
28 Mins
detached accessory dwelling unit ADU in backyard
Accessory Dwelling Units: Understanding America’s Newest Housing Typology
Jason Neville
57 Mins
  • CIP
  • AIA CES
  • AICP CM
  • SACPLAN CPD
building program rendering
Educational Space Programming for a New or Renovated Facility
Carolyn Staskiewicz
30 Mins
Two hands holding up a digital globe.
The 21st Century Comprehensive Plan
David Rouse
64 Mins
  • CIP
  • AIA CES
  • AICP CM
site plan created in sketchup
SketchUp for Planners - Intermediate Part 3
Jaymes Dunsmore
50 Mins
  • AICP CM
  • CNU-A
  • SACPLAN CPD
plot map of United States creating in python for urban planning course
Python Geospatial Analysis and Mapping
Geoff Boeing
65 Mins
  • AICP CM
  • SACPLAN CPD
mountains and trees at dawn
Drawing in the Landscape: Painting Color
Darryl Jones
68 Mins
  • AICP CM
Boston buildings and bridge
The Elements of Citymaking: Design, Policy, and Finance
Jason Neville
57 Mins
  • CIP
  • AIA CES
  • AICP CM
  • SACPLAN CPD
office buildings surrounding small park
Property Cash Flow Analysis for Planners
Menka Sethi
72 Mins
  • AICP CM
  • CNU-A
The I-5 in Portland, Oregon.
Roadways for People, Part 1
Lynn Peterson, Elizabeth Doerr
79 Mins
  • CIP
  • AIA CES
  • AICP CM
bus created in sketchup
SketchUp for Planners - Intermediate Part 2
Jaymes Dunsmore
66 Mins
  • AICP CM
  • CNU-A
  • SACPLAN CPD
3D model created in CityEngine for urban planning course
CityEngine for Planners 1: Introduction
Elliot Hartley
47 Mins
  • AICP CM
  • SACPLAN CPD
watercolor of house and trees
Drawing in the Landscape: Water and Oil
Darryl Jones
44 Mins
  • AICP CM
storefronts with different building heights
Right-Sizing Zoning for Better Outcomes
Christy Dodson
129 Mins
  • AIA CES
  • AICP CM
building development under construction
Property Valuation for Planners
Menka Sethi
54 Mins
  • AICP CM
  • CNU-A
Two people using a measuring wheel on the side of a road
How to Scope for Plan Implementation
Kelly Porter
44 Mins
  • CIP
  • AICP CM
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

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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Podcasting for Planners

Instructor: Ma'ayan Dembo

Audio editing is a great way to tell a story, share information, create a digital record of events, or improve community outreach. In this course, learn the basics of podcasting and audio editing.

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Video for Planners

Instructor: Tim Halbur

Video can be a highly effective tool for communicating urban planning issues as well as increasing public knowledge and community engagement. This video course will walk you through the three steps of creating a video: capturing the footage, creating the video with editing software, and distributing video across the web. We’ll look at examples of urban planning departments that have used video well, and review different content types that you can use as a model.

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