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When we think about Cape Town, it’s natural for the incredible landscapes and rich cultural heritage of our city to spring to mind. For some, it may be views of the City Bowl from Signal Hill, or of the CBD looking down ...

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Once upon a time, in a land where Zoning Schemes did not yet exist, the character and form of urban and suburban areas were commonly regulated through Title Deed restrictive conditions. In modern times, the development o...

","url":"https://tplanner.co.za/town-planning-blog/f/good-old-fashioned-title-deed-restrictive-conditions","title":"'Good' Old-Fashioned Title Deed Restrictive Conditions","summary":"Once upon a time, in a land where Zoning Schemes did not yet exist, the character and form of urban and suburban areas were commonly regulated through Title Deed restrictive conditions. In modern times, the development o...","date_modified":"2024-03-31T19:09:40Z"},{"id":"https://tplanner.co.za/town-planning-blog/f/the-slow-painful-death-of-the-office","html_content":"

In the first half of 2020, a choice was made for us: we had to pack up our desks, move our work computers from our offices to our dining room tables, and learn how to use Zoom to meet with our colleagues. Over the next f...

","url":"https://tplanner.co.za/town-planning-blog/f/the-slow-painful-death-of-the-office","title":"The Slow, Painful Death of the Office","summary":"In the first half of 2020, a choice was made for us: we had to pack up our desks, move our work computers from our offices to our dining room tables, and learn how to use Zoom to meet with our colleagues. Over the next f...","date_modified":"2022-03-31T18:50:05Z"},{"id":"https://tplanner.co.za/town-planning-blog/f/the-great-semigration","html_content":"

In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, ‘semigration’ has become the buzzword of the day. Ask any property specialist (or at least any property specialist worth their salt) what the key semigration trend in South Africa is...

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Click on the below image to view a recent article highlighting the importance of car-free spaces for metropolitan residents, with a focus on Bellville CBD in Cape Town. Given the imperative of tackling climate change thr...

","url":"https://tplanner.co.za/town-planning-blog/f/car-free-spaces-for-cape-town","title":"Car-Free (Pedestrian) Spaces for Cape Town","summary":"Click on the below image to view a recent article highlighting the importance of car-free spaces for metropolitan residents, with a focus on Bellville CBD in Cape Town. Given the imperative of tackling climate change thr...","date_modified":"2021-12-15T09:31:53Z"},{"id":"https://tplanner.co.za/town-planning-blog/f/reduced-parking-requirements-for-the-cape-metropole","html_content":"

The City of Cape Town is calling on property owners, businesses, residents, and affected parties in general, to comment on reduced off-street parking requirements for certain parts of the Cape metropole. This includes ar...

","url":"https://tplanner.co.za/town-planning-blog/f/reduced-parking-requirements-for-the-cape-metropole","title":"Reduced Parking Requirements for the Cape Metropole","summary":"The City of Cape Town is calling on property owners, businesses, residents, and affected parties in general, to comment on reduced off-street parking requirements for certain parts of the Cape metropole. This includes ar...","date_modified":"2021-11-23T06:12:36Z"},{"id":"https://tplanner.co.za/town-planning-blog/f/cape-town-cbd-continues-to-blossom","html_content":"

Click on the below image to view the State of Cape Town Central City Report, published by the Cape Town Central City Improvement District (CCID).

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The City of Cape Town is calling on Capetonians to register to participate in the Municipal Spatial Development Framework review process. The MSDF is a spatial planning instrument, which guides decision-making on the typ...

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I’ve been working on a stack of administrative penalty applications over the past few years, contemplating how I feel about the legal requirement to submit them to the Local Authorities. On the one hand, the legal part o...

","url":"https://tplanner.co.za/town-planning-blog/f/administrative-penalty-pains","title":"Administrative Penalty Town Planning Pains","summary":"I’ve been working on a stack of administrative penalty applications over the past few years, contemplating how I feel about the legal requirement to submit them to the Local Authorities. On the one hand, the legal part o...","date_modified":"2021-08-24T10:20:53Z"}]}