LSSA National Wills Week 2023
The LSSA National Wills Week will take place from 11-15 September 2023.
Author: Ryan Brothwell
All municipalities will have to be compliant under the new Spatial Planning and Land Use Management Act (SPLUMA) by October 2020, says real estate company Seeff.
Seeff said that legislation introduces a new ‘SPLUMA certificate’ which the National Deeds Office will now require from the local municipality in which a property is located before any property transaction can be concluded.
Oliver Moorcroft, Seeff’s managing director in Polokwane, said that the law was established to create a uniform set of planning legislation in order for municipalities to apply land use control.
He added that the introduction of the new SPLUMA certificate is to ensure that the zoning of the property matches the land use and to determine that all the buildings on the premises are in accordance with approved building plans which should be filed at the municipality.
Moorcroft said that to obtain a SPLUMA certificate from the local municipality, a seller should have the following in place:
Moorcroft said that the process to apply for your certificate should be started as soon as the property is listed as it could be a time-consuming exercise taking up to three months.
“Sellers would need to apply for this certificate at their local municipality, but unfortunately the costs associated with obtaining the certificate has not been finalised yet,” he said.
“Not all municipalities have been applying this Act in its entirety and everyone should be compliant by October.”
Moorcroft said that while there are many benefits with regard to SPLUMA for buyers and the city council, it may be a challenging and time-consuming process for sellers to obtain these certificates from municipalities that are already under pressure - especially when physical inspections to the property are also needed.
“Therefore it is important that sellers start the process as soon as possible,” he said.
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