Consent Use for a Cheche or Early Childhood Development Centre (ECD) in the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality: 

The City of Johannesburg Land Use Scheme, 2018 allows for a crèche or Early Childhood Development Centre land use rights for properties zoned Residential 1, 2, 3, 4, Agriculture and Undetermined, subject to a consent use application at the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. 

The number of children for the proposed crèche or Early Childhood Development Centre play an important part in the type of Consent Use Application at the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. 

Furthermore, important factors to consider with a crèche or Early Childhood Development Centre includes parking, maneuvering space and access. 

The process to obtain Consent Use for a crèche or Early Childhood Development Centre are done by virtue of the planning guidelines for land use management, being the City of Johannesburg Land Use Scheme, 2018 and the City of Johannesburg Municipal Planning By-laws, 2016. 

Consent use in the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality:

Background to Consent Use for a Crèche or Early Childhood Development Centre in the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality:

Consent use for a crèche or early childhood development Centre in the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality refers to the land use rights that may be exercised on a zoning designation by way of obtaining the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality’s consent.

Consent use for a crèche or early childhood development Centre in the City of Johannesburg is defined as secondary land use rights in terms of the City of Johannesburg Land Use Scheme, 2018.

The City of Johannesburg Land Use Scheme, 2018 governs land use rights that may be exercised on zoning designations in terms of the definitions specified in the City of Johannesburg Land Use Scheme, 2018 and Table B of the City of Johannesburg Land Use Scheme, 2018.

Consent use for a crèche or early childhood development Centre in terms of the City of Johannesburg Land Use Scheme, 2018 provides for additional land use rights as secondary or subservient land use rights.

In order to assess the consent use for a crèche or early childhood development Centre that may be exercised on a property in terms of the City of Johannesburg Land Use Scheme, 2018, it is recommended to contact a professional town planner or town planning firm to conduct due diligence on the specific property based on the interpretation of the City of Johannesburg Land Use Scheme, 2018 and various other policy guidelines as promulgated by the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.

Based on the proposed need for a consent use for a crèche or early childhood development Centre proposal and the interpretation of the City of Johannesburg Land Use Scheme, 2018 and the various applicable policy guidelines, the correct procedure may be followed to obtain consent use for a crèche or early childhood development Centre land use rights in the City of Johannesburg 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 early childhood development Centre can be legally executed based on the existing zoning and title deed restrictions.

The Consent Use for a crèche or Early Childhood Development Centre Process for Johannesburg:

Typically, consent use for a crèche or early childhood development Centre application requires a formal process to be followed as determined by the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, the City of Johannesburg Land Use Scheme, 2018, and the Johannesburg Municipal Planning By-law, 2016.

The process for consent use in a crèche or early childhood development Centre is summarized as follows:

The compilation of the application may include: 

• Consent use for a crèche or Early Childhood Development Centre Application fees paid to the City of Johannesburg 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 Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality guidelines for planning (City of Johannesburg Land Use Scheme, 2018 and the Johannesburg Municipal Planning By-law, 2016).  consent use for a crèche or early childhood development Centre.
• 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 Early Childhood Development Centre)
• 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 Joburg Municipality.

Submission of the consent use for a crèche or early childhood development centre to Johannesburg Municipality: 

• Consent Use Application submitted to the City of Joburg Metropolitan Municipality (City of Johannesburg Land Use Scheme, 2018 and the Johannesburg Municipal Planning By-law, 2016.) consent to use a crèche or early childhood development centre
• Consent Use Application scanned onto the system of the City of Joburg Metropolitan Municipality—consent use for a crèche or early childhood development centre
• The City of Joburg Metropolitan Municipality circulates the consent use application for comments: consent use for a crèche or early childhood development centre.
• Departments comment on the consent use application for a crèche or early childhood development centre.

Advertisement procedure for a consent in Johannesburg Municipality: consent use for a crèche or early childhood development centre 

• 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 Joburg Metropolitan Municipality.
• The general public will have twenty-eight (28) days to object to the application.

Following up on consent use for a crèche, or early childhood development centre, in Johannesburg 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 Johannesburg Municipality: 

• The City of Joburg Metropolitan Municipality compiles the necessary approval documents for the consent use of a crèche or early childhood development Centre.
• Consent to use a crèche or early childhood development Centre approved by the City of Joburg Metropolitan Municipality if no objections and/or negative comments were received.
• The client adheres to all conditions stipulated by the City of Joburg Metropolitan Municipality in the official approval letter for the consent use of a crèche or early childhood development Centre.
• The City of Joburg Metropolitan Municipality issues the final scheme documents.
• Bulk Service Contributions are payable at the different engineering departments in the City of Joburg Metropolitan Municipality.

Benefits of obtaining consent to use your property:

Consent use for a crèche or Early Childhood Development Centre and the land use rights that may be exercised on your property, as determined by the City of Johannesburg Land Use Scheme, 2018, allow for the optimal use of a subject property, which is in line with the City of Johannesburg Land Use Scheme, 2018 and the Johannesburg Municipal Planning By-law, 2016.

The consent use for a crèche or early childhood development Centre in the City of Johannesburg 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 Johannesburg Land Use Scheme, 2018.

How to find out about consent use for a crèche or Early Childhood Development Centre rights may be exercised on your property:

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