Welcome to CityScope Town Planners

CityScope Town Planners is a firm of town planning and property development consultants, based in Pretoria, Gauteng. We offer innovative, cost effective and practical solutions to a wide range of property development projects across Southern Africa. These plans and solutions are based on spatial best practices, economic viability, sound engineering infrastructure, responsible environmental and social principles as well as sustainability.

CityScope Town Planners has 25 year’s experience as town planning consultants, 13 years of which under its current name and ownership. We assist you in unlocking the potential of your property no matter the scope or scale of your need. 

Caveat Emptor (Beware the buyer)

Submitted by Christo on Mon, 2013-05-13 10:15

In a High Court matter in the Northern Gauteng Division last week, it was yet again highlighted how easily a property owner can unknowingly find himself in deep trouble by, on the one hand unscrupulous developers and on the other, belligerent neighbours. We will refrain from naming people or places, but the facts are as follows.

Constitutional Future of the Development Facilitation act

Submitted by Christo on Fri, 2012-03-16 16:35

Some readers may be aware of the judgement handed down by the Constitutional Court on 18 June 2010 in the application by the City of Johannesburg Metro (CJM) and the eThekwini Metro (Greater Durban) for the confirmation of an order made by the Supreme Court of Appeal, declaring Chapters V and VI of the DFA unconstitutional. The question is now: What is the status of the DFA, particularly in view of many applications currently being in the cooking pot?

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