Overstrand Municipality confirmed that it has not yet received an application for the proposed retirement development. As we noted in the February update: the advert promotes “Medical care services provided by Medicentre”, yet until any medical facilities are...
Site Inspections: A Site Inspection took place on Tuesday, 5 March 2025. Attendees: Denovan/Brenton/Steffan/Penolopé (OLM), Wayne/Amund (BBRA). Apologies: Cl. Theresa Coffee on Clarence/Parking This project can be dealt with quickly. However, before this can be...
Town-planning Issues / Engineering Services / Building Control) 17 January 2025 General remark: All the roads in the Betty’s Bay area were graded by the end of 2024. Since the beginning of 2023, this has been done at least once a year. Building Control: 27 building...
TOWN-PLANNING AND PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT (Town-planning Issues / Engineering Services / Building Control) Vehicles: Although work is done on the roads / storm water drainage system, the issue regarding vehicles remains volatile: Storm Water: One vehicle used for storm...
TOWN-PLANNING AND PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT (Town-planning Issues / Engineering Services / Building Control) 9 October 2024 Vehicles: Although work is done on the roads / storm water drainage system, the issue regarding vehicles remains volatile. Gravel: There is "gravel"...
The Betty’s Bay Conservancy (BBC) recently supported the BBRA’s application to lease Erf 4030 Betty’s Bay with the intention of establishing a community conservation area. It submitted a letter of support to the Overstrand Municipality and included some...
Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) are conducted on ALL new builds where the property is zoned Undetermined/Agricultural and where the size of the building + driveway + outbuildings is 300m2 or more. Water Usage Licence Assessment (WULA) is part of the process...
Did you know (Ed.): ESTATE AGENT BOARDS - 1) Any one property, be it VACANT LAND/an IMPROVED PROPERTY, may only have TWO FOR SALE BOARDS erected, a SOLE MANDATE on a CORNER PROPERTY may have TWO BOARDS, i.e. ONE/SIDE; 2) SOLD boards are allowed to remain on any...
BUILDING New building sites have to have the ablution facility in place prior to any team beginning to dig trenches etc. Gardens/ verges/ ditches: let's all be pro-active and prep our gardens/ ditches running past our properties before the big rains of June/ July hit...
Alterations: Any internal change that a property owner undertakes needs to be updated at and approved by the Overstrand Municipality. Should you wish to sell your home and the plan filed with Overstrand Municipality and the plan of your home do not match, you could be...