What is Rezoning in South Africa? #
Rezoning is the legal process of amending a municipal town planning scheme to change the permitted land use rights of a specific property. This statutory application alters a property’s zoning category, permanently dictating its allowable primary use, maximum building height, coverage, and development density.
Rezoning vs. Consent Use vs. Removal of Restrictions #
Before you commit to a full Rezoning application, it is critical to determine if a lighter mechanism will suffice:
- Consent Use: Ideal for secondary rights. For example, running a “Place of Instruction” (creche) or a “Guest House” on a property that remains primarily…
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Botswana: You have two cows. But that\’s not surprising because you have pretty much every type of non-extinct mammal in your country.
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Fun South African Fact: Vilakazi Street in Soweto has been home to two Nobel Peace Prize winners. A tour through Soweto will always stop at Vilakazi Street to reveal a number of heritage sites of great importance to democratic South Africa. Both Nelson Mandela and Archbishop Desmond Tutu lived here at some point in their lives. In 1984, Archbishop Desmond Tutu received the Nobel Peace Prize in recognition for his non-violent fight against the apartheid regime. Nine years later in 1993, Nelson Mandela shared the Nobel Peace Prize with then-president F.W. de Klerk as an award for their role in bringing about the peaceful end of apartheid. Nelson Mandela then went on to become South Africa’s first democratically elected president in 1994.