Consent Use for a Cheche or Place of Childcare in the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality: 

The Tshwane Town Planning Scheme, 2008 (revised 2014), allows for a crèche or Place of Child Care land use rights for properties zoned Residential, Agriculture, and Undetermined, subject to a consent use application at the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality.

The number of children for the proposed crèche or Place of Childcare plays an important part in the type of consent use application at the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality.

Furthermore, important factors to consider with a crèche or Place of Childcare include parking, maneuvering space, and access.

The process to obtain consent use for a crèche or Place of Childcare is done by virtue of the planning guidelines for land use management, which are the Tshwane Town Planning Scheme, 2008 (revised 2014), and the City of Tshwane Municipal Planning By-laws, 2016.

Consent use in the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality:

Background to Consent Use for a Crèche or Place of Childcare in the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality:

Consent use for a crèche or Place of Childcare in the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality refers to the land use rights that may be exercised on a zoning designation by way of obtaining the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality’s consent.

Consent use for a crèche or Place of Childcare in the City of Tshwane is defined as secondary land use rights in terms of the City of Tshwane Land Use Scheme, 2018.

The Tshwane Town Planning Scheme, 2008 (revised 2014), governs land use rights that may be exercised on zoning designations in terms of the definitions specified in the Tshwane Town Planning Scheme, 2008 (revised 2014), and Table B of the City of Tshwane Land Use Scheme, 2018.

Consent use for a crèche or Place of Childcare in terms of the Tshwane Town Planning Scheme, 2008 (revised 2014) provides for additional land use rights as secondary or subservient land use rights.

In order to assess the consent use for a crèche or Place of Childcare that may be exercised on a property in terms of the City of Tshwane Land Use Scheme, 2018, it is recommended to contact a professional town planner or town planning firm to conduct a due diligence on the specific property based on the interpretation of the Tshwane Town Planning Scheme, 2008 (revised 2014) and various other policy guidelines as promulgated by the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality.

Based on the proposed need for a consent use for a crèche or Place of Childcare proposal and the interpretation of the Tshwane Town Planning Scheme, 2008 (revised 2014), and the various applicable policy guidelines, the correct procedure may be followed to obtain consent use for a crèche or Place of Childcare land use rights in the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality.

It’s important to always first consult with a professional town planner to ensure that the proposed consent use for a crèche or Place of Childcare can be legally executed based on the existing zoning and title deed restrictions.

The Consent Use for a Crèche or Place of Childcare Process for Tshwane:

Typically, consent use for a crèche or Place of Childcare application requires a formal process to be followed as determined by the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, the Tshwane Town Planning Scheme, 2008 (revised 2014), and the Tshwane Municipal Planning By-laws, 2016.

The process for consent use in a crèche or Place of Childcare is summarized as follows:

The compilation of the application may include: 

• Consent use for a crèche or Place of Childcare Application fees paid to the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality for the consent use application
• Covering letter
• Consent Use Application Form
• Motivation Report I is in line with the provisions of the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality guidelines for planning (Tshwane Town Planning Scheme, 2008 (revised 2014) and the Tshwane Municipal Planning By-laws, 2016).  consent use for a crèche or Place of Childcare
• Locality plan
• Zoning plan
• Land use plan
• List of neighbors
• Zoning certificate
• Existing Annexure (if applicable)
• Proposed Annexure (Consent Use Development Controls Proposal for Consent Use for a Creche or Place of Childcare)
• Registered title deed
• Power of attorney
• Company/Close Corporation/Trust resolution (if applicable)
• CM29 form/CK1 or 2 form/list of members of trust (if applicable)
• Consent from the bondholder (if applicable) must be submitted with the application to the City of Tshwane Municipality.

Submission of the consent use for a crèche or Place of Childcare Centre to Tshwane Municipality: 

• Consent Use Application submitted to the City of City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality (Tshwane Town Planning Scheme, 2008 (Revised 2014) and the Tshwane Municipal Planning By-laws, 2016.) consent to use a crèche or Place of Childcare
• Consent Use Application scanned onto the system of the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality —consent use for a crèche or Place of Childcare
• The City of Tshwane Municipality circulates the consent use application for comments: consent use for a crèche or Place of Childcare
• Departments comment on the consent use application.

Advertisement procedure for a consent in Tshwane Municipality: consent use for a crèche or Place of Childcare

• Notices are compiled by our offices.
• Notice boards (in English) are placed on site and should be maintained for a period of at least 21 consecutive days.
• Notification sent to surrounding property owners by registered post
• Photographs are taken of the notice boards on site.
• An affidavit is completed as confirmation that the notice boards were erected and maintained on site.
• Proof of advertisements is sent to the City of Tshwane Municipality.
• The general public will have twenty-eight (28) days to object to the application.

Following up on consent use for a crèche or Place of Childcare in Tshwane Municipality: 

• Following up on comments and the status of the application on a regular basis
• Corresponding with departments, if necessary
• Meetings with engineers, if necessary

Finalization of Consent in Tshwane Municipality: 

• City of Tshwane Municipality compiles the necessary approval documents for the consent use of a crèche or Place of Childcare.
• Consent to use a crèche or Place of Childcare approved by the City of City of Tshwane Municipality if no objections and/or negative comments were received.
• The client adheres to all conditions stipulated by the City of Tshwane Municipality in the official approval letter for the consent use of a crèche or Place of Childcare.
• The above process is done by means of a PCP Process (application for proof of compliance) where the owners submit proof to Councill that he has complied with all the requirements and conditions of approval. 
• City of Tshwane Municipality issues the final scheme documents.
• Bulk Service Contributions are payable at the different engineering departments in the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality.

Benefits of obtaining consent to use your property:

Consent use for a crèche or Place of Childcare and the land use rights that may be exercised on your property, as determined by the Tshwane Town Planning Scheme, 2008 (Revised 2014), allow for the optimal use of a subject property, which is in line with the Tshwane Town Planning Scheme, 2008 (Revised 2014) and the Tshwane Municipal Planning By-laws, 2016.

The consent use for a crèche or Place of Childcare in the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality may be required to legalize existing businesses or structures on a subject property, expand current business operations, or purchase new properties with the intention to realize the consent use potential in terms of the City of Tshwane Land Use Scheme, 2018.

How to find out about consent use for a crèche or Place of Childcare rights may be exercised on your property:

• Contact a professional town planner.
• Provide property details.
• Provide a consent-use proposal to the town planner.

Contact Urban Arrow today for your Cheche or Place of Childcare Application.