Lodge a land use
application. Submitted by registered planners.

Good overall. Msunduzi is not the easiest muni in this country to deal with but the team kept me updated each step. The planner is on Whatsapp which I honestly prefer over email, things just move faster.

Bought a small erf in Pinelands last year hoping to put up two cottages at the back for my mom and my sister. The City sent me from pillar to post for almost two months - one official said rezoning, the next one said consent use, another wanted a departure. I was losing my mind honestly. My cousin sent me the link to this thing one Sunday evening. By Wednesday a planner phoned me back, told me it's actually a consent use plus a minor departure, nothing more, and that was that. Lodged it inside two weeks. Approved with the usual conditions about three months later. I just wish I'd found them before I paid the first firm a deposit.

Lodged a special consent for a small guest house on the property in Walmer through this platform. The motivational report read like something a senior in the industry would write - because it actually was. NMBM came back with two queries, the planner handled both directly with the case officer, and we got approval just before the December season which was the whole point of starting in winter. Brilliant.