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MINISTRY FOR COOPERATIVE GOVERNANCE AND TRADITIONAL AFFAIRS
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
QUESTIONS FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NUMBER PQ2016/315
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 19 FERUARY 2013
Mr B R Topham (DA) to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and
Traditional Affairs:
For each metropolitan municipality, how many commercial, industrial and
residential building plan submissions were made in the:
(a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15 financial years;
(b) How many building plan submissions were approved by each specified
municipality in the (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15 financial years;
(c) What is the response time to acknowledge receipt of building plans;
(d) How long does it take to finalise building plan submissions?
Reply:
1. The following table represents commercial, industrial and residential
building plan submissions per Metro in the 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15
financial years
|Building Plans:2013-14 |
|Metro |Commercial |Industrial |Residential |Total |
|City of Tshwane |94 |97 |12 323 |12 514 |
|Ekurhuleni |50 |190 |5062 |5302 |
|City of Johannesburg |104 |72 |11977 |12153 |
|City of Cape Town |330 |7904 |8234 |
|Nelson Mandela Bay |95 |86 |7734 |7915 |
|Buffalo City |83 |96 |2461 |2640 |
|Mangaung |45 |17 |2283 |2345 |
|eThekwini Municipality|927 |408 |9618 |10953 |
|Building Plans:2014-15 |
|Metro |Commercial |Industrial |Residential |Total |
|City of Tshwane |128 |87 |12 883 |13 098 |
|Ekurhuleni |33 |241 |5382 |5656 |
|City of Johannesburg |41 |79 |12963 |13083 |
|City of Cape Town |353 |8985 |9342 |
|Nelson Mandela Bay |87 |94 |9530 |9711 |
|Buffalo City |84 |86 |2370 |2540 |
|Mangaung |35 |24 |2069 |2108 |
|eThekwini Municipality|1363 |601 |12740 |14704 |
2. The following table represents building plans that were approved by each
municipality in the (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15 financial years
|Municipality |YEAR |
| |2013-14 |2014-15 |
|City of Tshwane |10Â 654 |9 554 |
|Ekurhuleni |4550 |5272 |
|City of Johannesburg |11247 |11934 |
|City of Cape Town |8407 |9859 |
|Nelson Mandela Bay |2475 |3724 |
|Buffalo City |2314 |2207 |
|Mangaung |3083 |2173 |
|eThekwini Municipality |5748 |6044 |
3. The table below represents the time indicated by each metro on the
response time to acknowledge receipt of building plans
|Municipality |Response time to acknowledge receipt of Building |
| |Plans |
|City of Tshwane |Application is acknowledged as soon as it is |
| |received and the necessary fees are paid. |
|Ekurhuleni |Upon submission and payment of necessary fees. |
|City of Johannesburg |Upon receipt and payment of necessary fees. |
|City of Cape Town |Application is acknowledged as soon as it is |
| |received and necessary fees are paid. |
|Nelson Mandela Bay |Upon submission the application is issued with an |
| |invoice. |
|Buffalo City |1 week |
|Mangaung |Immediately after submission and payment of the |
| |requisite building plan fees. |
|eThekwini Municipality |Immediately on submission and payment of the |
| |prescribed tariff where applicable. |
4. The information below represents response time each municipality takes
to finalise building plan submissions.
|Municipality |Time taken to finalise Building Plan Submissions |
|City of Tshwane |Building Plans 500m² and less: 30 days |
| |Building Plans 501m² and more: 60 days |
|Ekurhuleni | |
|City of Johannesburg |As per the legislated time period, namely |
| |30 days for building plans smaller that 500m² and 60|
| |days for plans larger than 500m². |
|City of Cape Town |Building Plans 500m² and less: 30 days |
| |Building Plans 501m² and more: 60 days |
|Nelson Mandela Bay |Eight (8) days from date of submission if |
| |application has all necessary supporting documents |
|Buffalo City |22 days |
|Mangaung |The general norm is as per the legislated time |
| |period, namely |
| |30 days for building plans smaller that 500m² and 60|
| |days for |
| |plans larger than 500m².  In most cases Mangaung |
| |Metropolitan Municipality complies. |
|eThekwini Municipality |In terms of timeframes expressed as a percentage the|
| |performance has been 98.1%Â (2013/14) and 99.9% |
| |(2014/15). |