Any new building and any alteration that adds on to or changes the structure of an existing building must be approved by the relevant authority which in this instance, your local or district municipality.

Who has to submit building plans?

The short answer is everyone. Any new building and any alteration that adds on to or changes the structure of an existing building must go to the City’s (Planning) Development Management Department for approval.

If you redecorate your kitchen or re-plaster your house then you don’t need permission because you haven’t moved any walls around or altered the drainage system.

If you make a change to the structure such as adding on a carport or even just move the entrance door then you do require permission. When you submit a building plan for approval it is essential that you make sure that you have complied with the zoning regulations of the Town Planning Scheme.

The old way of doing things involved tons of paper, lots of walking, turning the office upside down to locate a document or sometimes having to recreate a file…sometimes with an irate client asking tons of questions as to why they need to send their stuff again. Introducing the NEW…..

Building plan management with electronic plan distribution with enterprise content management (ECM) for local and district Municipalities. Now a fully automated process as opposed to traditional paper trails with state of the art software incorporating some pretty awesome software features like:

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• Integrated process management
• Comprehensive reports
• Intelligent dashboard 
• Document Archiving
• Stage comment builder
• Messaging System
• Stage allocations
• Centralised document management
• Checklist builder
• Advanced search functionality
• Superior security features
• E-mail and SMS notifications
• Audit trails
• Cloud ready and web-based for easy deployment