Development Planning
Overview
Johannesburg’s long-term strategy, outlined in the Joburg 2030 document, sets out goals for the city – including reducing urban sprawl, improving bylaw enforcement, creating a well-defined north-south and east-west development axis, improving sectoral clustering and fostering a well-defined urban boundary.
These goals directly influence the work of the City’s department of development planning and urban management, which has as its vision for Johannesburg “a spatial form and functionality that embraces the principles of integration, efficiency and sustainability, and realises tangible increases in accessibility, amenity, opportunities and quality of life for all communities, especially the poor”. The department is the key to spatial and settlement transformation within Johannesburg, creating:
a city with an urban form that is efficient, sustainable and accessible; a city with a quality urban environment providing for integrated and sustainable settlements and well-designed urban spaces; an appropriate and efficient land use system that facilitates investment and continuous regeneration; effective urban management to ensure maintenance of appropriate standards of safety, cleanliness and orderliness across the city; and an efficient and affective spatial information service that meets the standards of a world-class African city.
According to its mandate, the department is responsible for the City’s seven regions. The regional directors report directly to the department’s executive director. Both the National Spatial Development Perspective and the Provincial Spatial Development Perspective inform the department’s strategic planning for the city. These plans call for development and investment to be structured along nodes and mobility routes, to improve urban efficiencies and functionality.
How do I submit the plan?
Submit Applications Online
Visit cpms.joburg.org.za to submit Building Plans; Demolition Applications; Section 7(6) Applications; Hoarding Applications and SDP Applications
Register Your Profile
On the home page, go to “How to” and follow the “how to register guide” to create your profile. This guide will help you register correctly.
User Manual Available
Find the user manual on the website. It will assist you in navigating the system and making submissions.
Check Plan Status
To check the status of your building plans, visit our eServices website for updates.
STANDARD DOCUMENT CHECKLISTS FOR BUILDING PLAN SUBMISSION
Building Development Management
Overview
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.
Obtaining Approval for Building Plan
Before you build
Title Deeds and Zoning Certificate
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Checklist
Conducting Inspections
Who has to submit building plans?
You submit the completed forms, together with the building plans and supporting documentation to the same counter on the ground floor of the Metro Centre, 158 Loveday Street, Braamfontein, between 8am and 3pm.
To check the status of your building plans please visit our e-Services website.
What if no building inspector notices your illegal alterations?
They could come back to haunt you years later – when you try to sell the house and the prospective buyer asks to see approved plans.
What if someone fails to submit a plan?
Where can I get an application form?
Costs
Application Forms
Construction Permits
Land Use Management
Land Use Management
What is Land Use Management?
Land Use Management is the system of legal requirements and regulations that apply to land in order to achieve desirable and harmonious development of the built environment.
Every property in the city has a set of regulations to control development. These regulations are determined by the zoning of the property. Property zoning is set out in the applicable Town Planning Scheme, which determines such aspects as possible land use, floor area, coverage, building lines, parking provisions etc.
Legal Administration
e-Application Forms
Legal Administration Forms
Development Contributions Policy
Records
About Us
What is Records Management?
Records management is the management of information resources in a manner that makes information easily accessible, securely protected, stored and disposed of when no longer required for administrative, legal, executive and operational purposes.
Records management controls the entire life cycle of the records, from creation or receipt, to maintenance, use and eventual disposal. Records management also provides a basis for accountability and protecting the rights of individuals through the Promotion of Access to Information Act (2 of 2000) and the Constitution (Sec 195, 1996).
Sound records management implies that records are managed in terms of an organisational records management programme governed by an organisational records management policy.
- To offer a comprehensive office administration service to clients of Development Planning.
- To maintain an efficient and effective filing and archiving system for the management of active and inactive town planning records.
- To operate in a manner that promotes service delivery and Batho Pele to the public and internal clients that enhances client satisfaction.
- To develop and manage an organisation wide Records Management awareness programme and file plan.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I access information at Planning Records?
Due to observation of the covid19 Protocols, you can access records through email requests emails below:
- Glenfordh@joburg.org.za
- Danielthu@joburg.org.za
How long does it take to access records?
- It takes a day or two.
- It takes a week or two if the record is at the National archives in Pretoria.
How much does it cost to make copies?
As records we are able to make the following copies at cost below:
- A4 size: R9.50
- A3 size: R18.00
Build Development Management/Building Control
Charges copies ranging from A1, A2, A0 to A at change their own prices depending on paper sizes.