About us

Arch Town Planners (Pty) Ltd was established in Stellenbosch in 2012 when Marike Bolz left her position as Senior Town Planner at AECOM to fulfil her dream of starting and managing her own company. Arch Town Planners is a professional Town Planning company which specializes in applying for and obtaining land use development rights through various application processes including rezoning, consent use, departures, removal of restrictive title deed conditions, technical approvals, appeals and subdivisions. Arch Town Planners also provides Project Management services during the planning phase of developments to assist the client to identify, appoint and manage qualified and experienced consultants, such as Environmental, Heritage and Agricultural consultants, Architects and Engineers to ensure that all legally required processes are followed, complied with and approvals obtained (such as environmental and heritage approvals) to allow for proposed developments. To help clients to identify the risks involved in development proposals, Arch Town Planners also undertakes Land Use Feasibility Studies to identify possible risks and provide solutions to unlock the maximum development potential of each site.

The Team

MARIKE BOLZ

Founder | Director | Registered Town Planner
MSc in Property Studies (UCT)
Master in Town and Regional Planning (SU)
BSc (Ordinary) (SU)

Marike has 18 years’ experience in Town Planning and Project Management services, with one of her key characteristics being relationship building which enables her to tap into an extensive network of expertise (both public and private). She embraces a challenge and loves problem solving. She is known by some as “the fixer”. Apart from loving her job she has a great sense of adventure and loves traveling and anything outdoors, mountain biking, trail running, hiking. The greater the challenge, the greater the adventure!

CARLIEN COETZEE

Candidate Town Planner
Masters in Town and Regional Planning (UP) (current)
B. Town and Regional Planning (UP)

Carlien is a young professional with growing experience in the field of Town Planning. In assisting Marike, she drives various land use management applications from appointment to approval. Before joining Arch Town Planners, she gained valuable experience in bookkeeping and accounting in the USA. Being young and ambitious, Carlien approaches each project on a result driven basis. She is also completing her Masters in Town and Regional Planning (UP) in 2024. When not sweating away at the office, she enjoys hand building ceramics and road cycling. Everything is possible when you put your mind to it!

Current and Recently Approved Projects

GREEN SCHOOL SOUTH AFRICA

Project Manager (Planning Phase) – First Transaction Capital (Pty) Ltd

THE WORX STELLENBOSCH

THE EDGE STELLENBOSCH

Consolidation, Rezoning, Departures and RoR – Cabzus (Pty) Ltd

STRUBENS ROAD MOWBRAY

Consolidation, Rezoning and Departures – One Life Properties (Pty) Ltd

PRIMA ROAD CAMPS BAY

RoR and Departures – Jaco Botha Architect

GITE GUESTHOUSE FRANSCHHOEK

Consent Use (Tourist Accommodation) – Juanita Hamman

MICROCHEM LABORATORY

Consolidation and SDP – Microchem Lab Services (Pty) Ltd

17 ON CLUVER STELLENBOSCH

Rezoning and Departures – Edu Cloete

Contact Us

Marike Bolz

072 480 5838

2nd Floor, Bakkershuis
152 Dorp Street
Stellenbosch