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DEVELOPMENT LAW THE WHY WAS THE DEVELOPMENT STBB’s Development Law Unit (DLU) came into existence during April 2015. FIRM LAW UNIT FORMED? The ground-breaking initiative was timed to coincide with changing legislation and processes relating to land Established in 1900, STBB is a firm of approximately development, implemented 100 business-minded lawyers practising from 11 offices from 1 July 2015 onwards, throughout South Africa. such as the coming into effect of the Spatial Planning and By understanding our clients’ needs and objectives, Land Use Management Act we strive to deliver cost-effective legal solutions for all (on national level) and the business and personal matters. We are committed to gradual implementation of the developing close working relationships with our clients, Land Use Planning and Land enabling us to succeed consistently on their behalf. Use Management regulation (Western Cape). The DLU was warmly received by developers, town planners and environmental practitioners and also welcomed by the Western Cape Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning. 2 STBB
DEVELOPMENT LAW WHAT IS ITS In the DLU, we have combined TYPICAL • Advising and drafting FUNCTION? various specialist legal fields INSTRUCTIONS of constitutions for home to form a single unit, thus owners associations as giving us the ability to furnish well as management and our clients with specialist conduct rules for body advice in a comprehensive and corporates and also integrated manner. The property obtaining the required development sector in South CSOS approval. Africa is multifaceted, strictly • Registrations of non-profit regulated and complex. companies for home owners The only effective manner in associations if required. which the legal field can play its • Advising on structures, role in this sector is to integrate exclusive use areas and the required legal expertise phasing of developments. intelligently, which is exactly • Assisting with due diligence what STBB’s Development Law investigations. Unit has done. • Assisting developers with all aspects of general and Importantly, the DLU functions special meetings in terms as a watchdog for our of the constitution and developers from inception rules of the association of a project until successful and body corporate during completion and, in the process, the development period. strengthens the developer’s position. Objections against developments, review letters LEGAL FIELDS • Property law from authorities and minutes of OF EXPERTISE • Planning law meetings are strictly scrutinised COVERED • Environmental law and advice is furnished BY THE UNIT • Local government law throughout the development • Construction law application process. • Water law • Associated legal fields: In light of the various specialist constitutional law, legal fields represented by the administrative law, members of the DLU, we believe expropriation, etc. that we are better placed and • Commercial Contracts equipped than any other law firm to furnish sound legal advice to property developers, development consultants (town planners, environmental consultants, engineers, architects, etc.), local authorities and financial institutions. 4 STBB
DEVELOPMENT LAW THE The Helderberg Development WHERE IS THE Although permanently based in HELDERBERG Law Unit has 3 senior DLU TEAM Helderberg, the DLU does not DLU TEAM professionals addressing BASED? function separately or distinctly all requirements of land from the other departments development in the various or disciplines in STBB, but applicable areas of law. forms part of any legal team where it can add value. It is Directors already rendering high-quality specialist legal advice in the • Annetjie Coetsee field of development law in an • Annemarie Van Vuuren integrated manner with other • Ghislaine Barends legal fields practised by the STBB professional team. Associates STBB 1st Floor Titanium House • Hein Nauschutz HELDERBERG 19 Gardner Williams Avenue Paardevlei, Somerset West Telephone: +27 21 850 6400 Fax: +27 21 852 1770 Visit www.stbb.co.za to make the DLU the starting point of your development and let us undertake the journey to success together. 6 STBB
DEVELOPMENT LAW THE NEWSLETTER DEVELOPMENT LAW UPDATE With the launch of this SHOULD YOU WISH prestigious unit, we also introduced a new publication, TO SUBSCRIBE the Development Law Update. It is a monthly newsletter TO RECEIVE THIS INFORMATIVE which provides a snapshot of important news, cases and legislative happenings reported each month and which impact development law, municipal and PUBLICATION planning law, environmental law, property and conveyancing. FOR FREE EVERY The Development Law Update keeps developers, planners, MONTH, PLEASE surveyors, architects and municipal land planning EMAIL US AT INFO@STBB.CO.ZA. officials informed of daily judgments and legislative developments on all levels of government as they happen. OR SIGN UP AT STBB.CO.ZA/ SUBSCRIBE 8 STBB
DEVELOPMENT LAW CONTACT US WESTERN CAPE GAUTENG Cape Town Office Bedfordview Office 8th Floor, 5 St Georges Mall, Cape Town 105 Boeing Road East, Bedfordview Tel: 021 406 9100 | Fax: 021 419 7909 Tel: 011 453 0577 | Fax: 011 453 9721 Blouberg Office Centurion Office 24 Blaauwberg Road, Table View F&S House, c/o John Vorster Drive Tel: 021 521 4000 | Fax: 021 521 4001 & Lenchen Avenue North, Centurion Tel: 012 001 1546 | Fax: 086 241 7535 Claremont Office 2nd Floor, Buchanan’s Chambers, Fourways Office Cnr Warwick Street & Pearce Road, Claremont Ground Floor, Block A, The Pivot, Tel: 021 673 4700 | Fax: 021 673 4701 Montecasino Boulevard, Fourways Tel: 010 001 2632 Fish Hoek Office 26 1st Avenue, Fish Hoek Illovo Office Tel: 021 784 1580 | Fax: 021 782 6224 Ground Floor, Boundary Place, 18 Rivonia Road, Illovo Helderberg Office Tel: 011 219 6200 | Fax: 011 219 6238 1st Floor, Titanium House, 19 Gardner Williams Avenue, Paardevlei, Somerset West EASTERN CAPE Tel: 021 850 6400 | Fax: 021 852 1770 Tyger Valley Office East London Office 5 High Street, Rosenpark, Tyger Valley 16 Donald Road, Vincent, East London Tel: 021 943 3800 | Fax: 021 914 1080 Tel: 043 721 1234 | Fax: 043 721 0592 10 STBB
DEVELOPMENT LAW IN AN ENDEAVOUR A PROFESSIONAL AT ANY OF OUR • • • All Conveyancing Commercial Law Commercial Property Law TO PROVIDE BRANCHES WILL BE ABLE TO • • Constitutional Law Construction Law THE OPTIMUM RECOMMEND AN • Correspondent Services APPROPRIATE • Divorce, Child and Family Law PROFESSIONAL ATTORNEY/ • Insolvency Law STAFF MEMBER • Insurance Law TO MEET YOUR SERVICE TO OUR • Labour Law NEEDS, GIVEN • Litigation and Dispute THEIR AREA Resolution CLIENTS, WE OF EXPERTISE AND THE • • Mergers and Acquisitions Motor Vehicle Accident and HAVE VARIOUS LOCATION MOST CONVENIENT • Personal Injury Claims Municipal Planning Law DEPARTMENTS • Non-Resident Services FOR YOU. • Property Development and Environmental Law SPECIALISING IN • • Residential Property Law Tax SELECT ASPECTS • Wills, Trusts and Deceased Estates OF LAW. 12 STBB
DEVELOPMENT LAW RECENT WESTERN CAPE 27 Burgundy – Cape Town DEVELOPMENTS 28 Chapel Towers – Cape Town 1 Evergreen Bergvliet BY STBB 29 The Paragon – Observatory 2 Evergreen Broadacres 30 Devonvale Golf Estate (Life Right Development) – Stellenbosch 3 Evergreen Fish Hoek: 31 Fountain Edge Serina Retirement Village – Somerset West (Life Right Development) 32 Storage Strand – Strand 4 Evergreen Somerset West (Life Right Development) 33 Storage Broadlands – Strand 5 9 Suddie Close 34 Firgrove Industrial Park – Firgrove 6 Evergreen Diep River (Life Right Development) 35 Pearl Valley – Paarl 7 Croydon Gardens 36 Royal Palms – Paarl 8 No 1 Harbour Arch 37 Stadsig – Wellington 9 Dartingo (Pty) Ltd 38 The Yacht Club – Cape Town – Langebaan 39 Madison Square – Cape Town 10 Cedar Hill Estate 40 The Winchester – Observatory – Somerset West 41 Pine Ridge 11 Albirize (Pty) Ltd – Parow 42 The Eden – Observatory The Sandown – Milnerton 43 21 on Wellington – Wynberg 12 Paardevlei Square 44 10 Victoria Walk – Somerset West 45 81 on Kenilworth Road 13 Paardevlei Lifestyle – Kenilworth – Somerset West 46 Avendia – Parow 14 25 Marsden Road – Woodstock 47 Point 15 35 on Grove – Claremont 48 Greenwich Square – De Waterkant 16 22 On Earl – Hout Bay 49 Millbrook – Rondebosch 17 48 on Coronation 50 One on Scott – Cape Town 18 54 on Dean – Newlands 51 De Zicht – Milnerton 19 72 Chester Road 52 Storage Paarl – Paarl 20 81 on Kenilworth Road – Kenilworth 53 Meadowlane – Sitari 21 The Sentinel – Cape Town 54 The Jade – Somerset West 22 Ten on Q – Sea Point 55 Hunton – Somerset West 23 The Iron Works – Salt River 56 The Huntsman – Somerset West 24 Two 16 on HL – Cape Town 57 Fynbos – Milnerton 25 Rondevlei – Weltevreden Valley 58 28 on St James 26 Wex 1 – Woodstock 59 17 on Cluver – Stellenbosch 14 STBB
DEVELOPMENT LAW 60 Lady Blake – Wellington 94 Nouveau Estate 61 Wilde Paarde Country Estate – Constantia – Paarl 95 Valley Walk – Hout Bay 62 Sitari 96 The Riverdale 63 Malibu Village – Hout Bay 64 Forest Village 97 The Vera – Vredehoek 65 Rochester Village – Heathfield 98 The Aster – Oranjezicht 66 The Onyx – Cape Town 99 The Cedar – Oranjezicht 67 The Palms – Ottery 100 55 on Southdale – Edgemead 68 The Glengariff – Cape Town 101 106 Upper Park Road – Woodstock 69 The Signature – Cape Town 102 Albirize (Pty) Ltd – Parow 70 Elements on Main 103 Avenida, Burgundy 71 Elements on Battery – Cape Town 72 The Brittany 104 Buchanan Square 73 Tuynhuys – Woodstock 74 Summerley Court 105 Burnley Lodge (Retirement) – Kenilworth 106 Central Park – Century City 75 Schonenberg Estate 107 Chapel Towers – Cape Town – Somerset West 108 Clifton Terraces 76 Schonenberg Retirement – Atlantic Seaboard Village – Somerset West 109 Diemersfontein Country 77 The Premier and Wine Estate 78 Madison Place 110 Eighty Eight on Harfield 79 Sixty 6 on K 111 Figtree Estate – Durbanville 80 Seven on S 112 Forty on L – Cape Town 81 Seven on T 113 Four on C – Sea Point 82 12 on V 114 Hillside – Strand 83 Fifty8 on V 115 Kerzner Estate – Hout Bay 84 Blackstone – Brackenfell 116 Langebaan Country Estate 85 Evergreen – Noordhoek – Langebaan 86 Evergreen – Muizenberg 117 Langezandt 87 The Block – Bellville 118 Little Glen Views 88 Somerset Gardens – Atlantic Seaboard – Somerset West 119 Mirage – Cape Town 89 Oak Park – Bellville 120 Oakley Villas 90 Die Wingerd – Kuilsriver 121 Oasis Retirement Resort 91 Sandown Grove – Parklands – Century City 92 The Arum – Vredehoek 122 Palme Vue 93 Vida Unico – Langeberg 123 Palm Royale 16 STBB
DEVELOPMENT LAW 124 Palm Springs GAUTENG 125 Palme D’Or 1 Protea Glen Extension 27 126 Palme Grove – Chartwell 127 One on Scott – Cape Town 2 Picollo Close (Rynfield Ext 106) 128 Park Lane – Century City – Chartwell 129 Riverstone Mews – Wynberg 3 Elwood (The Reeds Ext 49) 130 Silver Meadows – Carthwell 131 Silwerstrand – Robertson 4 One on Whitely – Melrose North 132 Stonehill Place – Cape Town 5 Devland Ext 1 133 Strand Close – Strand 6 Lufhereng – CityDev & Ndlu 134 Strand Gardens – Strand 7 Azaadville Gardens 135 Strubens Mews – Observatory – Old Mutual 136 Summerley Court 8 Lehae Ext 1 – CityDev (Retirement) – Kenilworth 9 Thornbury Gardens – Pretoria 137 Ten on Q – Sea Point 10 Embassy Towers – Sandton 138 The Adelphi – Sea Point 11 Savannah City 139 The Aldro – Wynberg 12 Melrose Arch 140 The Chelsea – Greenpoint 13 Whitfield Ridge – Barzani 53 141 The Crystal – Camps Bay 14 The Governors – Albertville 142 The Eight – Claremont 15 African Monarch Private 143 The Hyde – Sea Point Conservancy 144 The Premier 16 Excelsior Estate 145 The Six – Cape Town 17 The Boulevard 146 The Wentworth – Kenilworth 147 Three Fountains – Kenilworth EASTERN CAPE 148 Two 16 on HL – Cape Town 149 Twelve on V – Sea Point 1 The Ridge 150 Wycombe Place – Constantia 18 STBB
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