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Assistant Town Planner / Planning Officer (State)

The standard senior-graduate entry into a state Town & Country Planning department, development authority, or municipal corporation. You prepare and scrutinise development plans, enforce land-use and building regulations, process layout approvals, and support master-plan work. Specialisation tags: Urban, Regional (general); Transport/Environmental/Housing/Infrastructure where the cadre is specialised. The single most common formal government destination for an M.Plan.

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