Building Plans & Sectional Plans

Newsletter - Edition #4

January 2023

Happy New Year 

We wish to welcome back all of our clients for the new year 2023, and would like to thank all for their support during 2022.

We would also like to welcome back our hardworking staff and we say thank you for the effort and work put in the past year.

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New Business

We are very happy to announce the new & long lasting relationship with our new buildings who have joined our family towards the end of 2022.

• Sherbrooke BC
• Ronique Estate
• Rhodesfield BC
• Packwood Towers
• Lizbrand BC
• Gold Reef Park
• Villa Shermara
• Morehill Gardens
• Greenstone View

Topic of the Month...

(Building Plans & Sectional Plans)
Understanding the Difference Between Building Plans and Sectional Plans.

Building Plan
A Building Plan usually reflects all details of the proposed building, including but not limited to the height, width, floor area, position of doors and windows etc.
Current Legislation requires that no person shall without the prior approval in writing of the local authority, of the area wherein the property is situated, erect any building in respect of which a plan and specifications are to be drawn and submitted usually this.

In practice this entails that erecting, adding to or converting an existing building may not be done without the approval of the local authority. So, all plans for new buildings, as well as those for additions to or conversions of existing buildings must be drawn up by an architect/draftsman who has been appointed by the registered owner of the property and submitted to the local authority for approval before building can start.
Before the local authority approves a building plan, they will consider among other things the following; the building is within the parameters of the property, whether the buildings shown on the plans comply with the restrictions and requirements as per the zoning of the property.

Sectional Plan
A Sectional Plan displays the layout/outline of buildings of an existing or proposed Sectional Title Scheme. Sectional Plans are prepared by a land surveyor or architect in accordance with the provisions of the Sectional Titles Act.
A Sectional Plan must be registered at the Offices of the Surveyor General. All Sectional Title Developments, including duets, must have both Approved Building Plans and Sectional Plans.
Should owners, trustees, the body corporate or any person wish to make any alteration whatsoever to the structure of a building in a sectional scheme, must be cognisant of the fact the both the Building Plan together with the Sectional Plan will have to be amended, approved and duly registered and should therefore consult an architect, land surveyor or conveyancer/property law Attorney before starting with the alteration of the building.

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