Tanifuji Urban Planning Practice
Before acquiring or leasing land
Assess zoning, land-use controls, access, statutory restrictions, and development feasibility before making a commitment.
Land-use and planning advisory for consequential development decisions in Taiwan.
Tanifuji advises developers, investors, and multidisciplinary project teams on zoning and statutory constraints, regulatory risks, permitting pathways, and site feasibility before they commit to land acquisition, project design, or investment.
Layer 01 — Site Review
Site analysis framework
Zoning · AccessConstraints · Process
When to Engage Tanifuji
Planning advice is most valuable before a decision becomes costly to reverse.
Before advancing design or seeking investment approval
Determine whether the proposed development is compatible with applicable planning, land-use, and permitting requirements.
When the regulatory pathway is unclear
Identify the authorities with jurisdiction, required procedures, approval risks, and critical-path issues.
When a multidisciplinary team requires planning input
Integrate planning and land-use analysis across legal, engineering, land administration, environmental, and project management disciplines.
What We Help Clarify
Clarity on the questions that determine whether a site should proceed.
Can this land be developed?
What land-use restrictions apply?
Which planning and permitting procedures are required?
Which authorities have jurisdiction?
What are the material red flags?
What should be reviewed before land acquisition, leasing, or design begins?
About
Tanifuji Urban Planning Practice
Tanifuji is an independent Taiwan-based urban planning practice advising on land-use planning, site feasibility, permitting strategy, industrial, energy, and infrastructure development, and spatial analysis.
We work with developers, investors, public agencies, landowners, and multidisciplinary project teams to assess whether a site can support its intended use and to clarify the statutory, spatial, and procedural conditions that may affect acquisition, design, and development.
Taiwan’s land and planning system is highly localized. Urban planning, national spatial planning, non-urban land-use controls, environmental constraints, infrastructure conditions, and administrative review often converge at the same site. Tanifuji translates these conditions into decision-ready analysis, enabling clients to identify material risks, evaluate viable options, and define a practical path forward.
Advisory Services
Focused advice for sites with complex legal, spatial, and procedural constraints.
Land-Use & Planning Due Diligence
Early-stage assessment of zoning, statutory controls, and development feasibility before land acquisition, leasing, design, or investment.
- Zoning and land-use controls
- Urban planning and non-urban land-use restrictions
- Acquisition-stage red flags
Site Feasibility & Spatial Strategy
Assessment of site suitability, access, surrounding land-use context, infrastructure conditions, and spatial compatibility.
- Site suitability assessment
- Access and infrastructure conditions
- Surrounding land-use context
Permitting & Regulatory Pathway Advisory
Analysis of required procedures, authorities with jurisdiction, approval sequencing, and process risks.
- Authority and approval matrix
- Permitting pathway analysis
- Critical-path issues
Urban Planning & Land Development Advisory
Advice on urban planning procedures, land development strategy, and development concept review.
- Land development strategy
- Urban renewal and regeneration considerations
- Land-use change and permitting strategy
GIS, Mapping & Spatial Analysis
Integration and analysis of spatial data to clarify constraints, compare alternatives, and strengthen the evidence base for planning decisions.
- Cadastral and zoning overlays
- Constraint mapping
- GIS-based site comparison
Professional Coordination & Technical Briefing
Planning analysis and briefing support for multidisciplinary teams addressing complex site and regulatory issues.
- Consultant coordination
- Planning issue memoranda
- Technical briefings
Selected Deliverables
Decision-ready outputs for acquisition, design, permitting, and multidisciplinary coordination.
Land-use and planning due diligence memorandum
A concise record of planning status, material risks, unresolved questions, and recommended next steps.
Review of zoning and statutory restrictions
Identifies applicable controls and explains their implications for intended use, development scale, and approval strategy.
Site constraints map
Presents cadastral, access, infrastructure, environmental, and regulatory constraints in a consolidated spatial view.
GIS-based site comparison
Compares candidate sites using consistent spatial criteria so trade-offs are visible and defensible.
Permitting pathway and authority matrix
Maps responsible authorities, required submissions, procedural dependencies, and the critical sequence of approvals.
Development feasibility red-flag assessment
Highlights conditions that may materially affect viability, timing, cost, or acquisition assumptions.
Selected Engagements
Representative engagements are described in terms of the decisions they informed, with client identities withheld.
Industrial Site Strategy
Feasibility review before committing to a site
- Decision Context
- Whether a candidate industrial site should advance to commercial and technical evaluation.
- Scope of Advice
- Zoning, access, infrastructure conditions, and statutory development constraints.
- Decision Support
- A structured red-flag assessment with recommended next steps and areas for further investigation.
Energy & Infrastructure
Regulatory pathway for facility siting
- Decision Context
- How planning controls and site conditions could affect the siting of an energy or infrastructure facility.
- Scope of Advice
- Land-use compatibility, spatial constraints, authorities with jurisdiction, and approval sequencing.
- Decision Support
- A clearer basis for consultant coordination and early-stage project planning.
Acquisition Due Diligence
Planning risk review before land acquisition
- Decision Context
- Whether identified planning conditions could materially affect acquisition or development assumptions.
- Scope of Advice
- Planning status, statutory restrictions, cadastral context, and GIS-based constraint mapping.
- Decision Support
- A concise record of material risks, unresolved questions, and recommended professional follow-up.
Practice Leadership
Professional Responsibility
Tanifuji’s engagements are structured around clearly defined scopes, documented assumptions, and appropriate professional review. Material limitations and responsibilities are established at the outset to support well-informed decision-making.
Joshua Huang
黃照軒 主持技師
Principal Urban Planner
Joshua Huang advises developers, investors, infrastructure companies, and multidisciplinary project teams on land-use planning, statutory constraints, permitting pathways, and site feasibility in Taiwan.
His work focuses on identifying material planning risks, testing development assumptions, and clarifying viable pathways before clients commit to land acquisition, project design, or investment.
By combining planning expertise, spatial analysis, and a practical understanding of project implementation, he helps clients make informed and defensible decisions before those commitments become difficult or costly to reverse.
Professional Credentials
Licensed Urban Planning Engineer, Taiwan
Professional Engineer License No. 010074
Practicing Member
Taiwan Urban Planning Engineers Association
Government Procurement Professional
Public Construction Commission, Executive Yuan
Insights
Planning intelligence for early-stage land and development decisions.
Who Regulates Land Use in Taiwan? A Guide to Administrative Roles
An introduction to how responsibility for land-use regulation in Taiwan is allocated among central and local governments, planning authorities, and sectoral regulators.
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When Does the Two-Hectare Threshold Matter for Non-Urban Land Development in Taiwan?
A practical explanation of how project type, cumulative development area, land-use zoning, and parcel classification determine whether a proposed development on non-urban land is subject to development permission requirements.
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What to Review Before Acquiring Land in Taiwan
A decision-focused overview of Taiwan’s land-use controls, site constraints, and approval pathways before committing to a land acquisition.
Read articleCapability Statement
A concise profile for developers, law firms, consultants, public agencies, and international project teams assessing whether Tanifuji is the appropriate advisor for a land-use, planning, or development feasibility engagement.
Contact
Discuss an Engagement
Share the site, decision context, or land-use, planning, or permitting issue you are considering. Tanifuji will confirm whether the matter falls within our scope and suggest an appropriate next step. Initial inquiries are handled in confidence.
service@tanifuji.com.tw +886 2 2457 9559 6F, No. 156, Yuanyuan Road, Nuannuan District, Keelung City 205005, Taiwan