but also provides their requirements for you to meet
in order to obtain promulgation of your township or
an occupation certificate of your new- or extended
building.
Obtaining the conditions of establishment,
then, represents a key achievement in your process
to develop or redevelop a fixed property as this
means that your council has acknowledged their
responsibility in providing for your development.
to keep track of which departments have assessed
your application. Often, this is done by making
appointments with the relevant personnel within
a department and meeting with them in order to
discuss your application and to obtain a commitment
from them that they shall peruse your application
and advise you of their decision within a short period.
The municipal departments which need to consider
the application are:
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the town-planning department
the electricity department
the water department
the gas department
the roads department
the sanitation department
the health department
the parks department
the transport department
the municipal treasury
Each of these departments are required to provide
you with their conditions of establishment – a vital
document which, once combined into an integrated
document, not only indicates the council’s approval
in-principle of your new- or extended- development
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Public hearings
Sometimes it is necessary and, indeed, expedient
to hold public hearings amongst the community in
which you wish to develop so as hear, acknowledge
and respond to any objections that may be
forthcoming from the community.
Written recordals of these public meetings should
be made and, if the community is content to waive
their objections, signatures of the communityrepresentatives should be obtained for subsequent
submission to the council.
Obtaining the approval of the surrounding
community and over-coming their (legitimate)
objections is a further milestone in the development
process as this means that your town-planning and
construction process will not be delayed by the
objection-process allowed for in our town-planning
law.
In my experience, asking the community to
nominate representatives and holding a morning
seminar in order to explain your proposed
development to the community representatives and
obtain their support is a definitive way of overcoming
this hurdle.
The last few steps
Three final steps towards the completion of your
town-planning application process is obtaining the
new zoning rights of your property from your local
authority, the opening of a new land register and
the drafting and acceptance of the new title deeds
associated with your sub-divided or consolidated
land portion.
RESOURCES
Courtwell Consulting
Commercial Handbook 2016
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