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Zoning Inquiries

This includes investigating existing zoning rights applicable to a certain property. This includes investigations into limitations and benefits associated with each use zone.

Permanent Departure

This aspect involves relaxation of development control parameters i.e. density, coverage, floor area, height, building lines, parking.

Consent Use

Slight increase of density/land use rights may require written consent, special consent widely known as consent/secondary/tertiary use application.

Subdivision & Consolidation

Property owners are always looking for flexible ways to maximise property potential. This can be achieved through subdividing or consolidating properties for selling in the property market. A professional land surveyor and conveyancer/notary are very crucial in both processes.

Excision

For areas with agricultural holdings, this process can be an alternative to lengthy town establishment process. This involves removing a property from agricultural holdings register to become a farm portion which is permissible for urban development.

Removal of Restrictive Title Conditions

Title Deeds were previously used as form of development control in the absence of land use schemes wherein restrictions, prohibitions and limitations are legal binding. With introduction of new land use schemes and other planning policies, it has become favourable to remove, suspend or amend some of the restrictive conditions.

Rezoning

Each property has a designated zoning which determines land use permissible, primary or secondary rights. In instances one intends to develop land use rights not accommodated by existing zoning, rezoning process is inevitable, e.g. change of use from residential to business etc.

Amendment of General Plan & Permanent Closure of Public Place

Due to evolving community needs, spatial vision of a locality may lead to amendment of approved general plans due to permanent closure of public place, subdivision or consolidation. Working hand-n-hand with professional land surveyor, we assist with this service.

Registration of Servitude

In instances where it is necessary for a person to have a legal right over someone else’s property, registration of servitude is important e.g. ROW servitude, borehole servitude etc.

Township Establishment/Division or Phasing of Township

Creation of proclaimed human settlements often involves township establishment process as preferred alternative to subdivision and rezoning to create multiple erven with various zonings. This process involves several investigation and due diligence from various built environment professionals.
 

Miscellaneous Applications

These are minor applications that can influence on major land use applications e.g. SPLUMA and Zoning Certificates, Extension of Time, withdrawal of land use application, Payment of development contributions in instalments, amendment of approval conditions, proclamation of approved applications, abandonment of approved amendment scheme, application by the new owner to continue with any development application, deviation from lsdf/sdf etc