申請人必須(a)(i) 為香港規劃師學會的正式會員；或(ii) 為其他已獲房屋署署長認可的專業城市規劃學會的正式會員，並在香港規劃師學會資格檢定考試第II部取得及格成績；(b)至少具備一年取得正式會員資格後從事規劃界別的合適工作經驗，或具備同等經驗。(c)在綜合招聘考試的能力傾向測試取得及格成績[請參閱註(5)]；以及(d)符合語文能力要求，即在綜合招聘考試兩張語文試卷(中文運用及英文運用)中取得「二級」成績，或具備同等成績[請參閱註(5)]。

Candidates should have (a) (i) Corporate Membership of the Hong Kong Institute of Planners (HKIP); or (ii) Corporate Membership of other professional town planning institutes recognized by the Director of Housing, and a pass in Part II of the HKIP Qualifying Examination; (b) at least 1 year's appropriate post-corporate membership experience in the planning field; (c) a pass result in the Aptitude Test in the Common Recruitment Examination (CRE) (see Note (5)); and (d) met the language proficiency requirements of “Level 2” results in the two language papers (Use of Chinese and Use of English) in the CRE, or equivalent (see Note (5)).