Usually, the building line area (also referred to as a structure constraint area) may be used for outdoors parking and landscaping.

Bulk - a colloquial description of the quantum of developable flooring location that may be established on a subject residential or commercial property in regards to the provisions of a statutory land use plan. (i.e. the sum of the areas of all floors of a structure on the subject residential or commercial property).

Coverage - a term typically defined in a land usage scheme which describes the footprint of a building structure on a subject residential or commercial property, seen from directly above the subject residential or commercial property. Simply put, the coverage is a portion of the acreage of the subject residential or commercial property, originated from determining such location within the confines of the outer delineation of the footprint of all building structures on the subject residential or commercial property seen from straight above the subject residential or commercial property (i.e. a 40% protection on a site of 1000m two will be 400m ² of location covered by buildings).

CPD - Continued Professional Development

Density - in preparing terms, this generally refers to the occupational density which may be allowed on a subject residential or commercial property, typically revealed as a number of house systems per hectare of land. As an example, a density of 20 systems per hectare on an erf determining 1000m ² will equate into an efficient 2 dwelling systems that may be erected on the land in question.
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DALRRD - Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development. This Department is the custodian of the Spatial Planning and Land Use Management Act, 2013 (SPLUMA) and the managing authority of the preparation occupation.

EIA - Environmental Impact Assessment, a procedure pondered in the National Environmental Management Act, 1998 (Act 107 of 1998) (NEMA), which procedure is utilized to acquire the authorisation of the relevant environmental authority (either provincial or national), to perform a specified activity on a subject residential or commercial property as may be managed in terms of the policies to NEMA.

FAR/FSR - Floor Area Ratio or Floor Space Ratio. A ratio usually revealed as a numerical figure (i.e. 0.5) being an element that might be multiplied with the land location of a subject residential or commercial property (usually in square metres), the product of which will define the gross floor location that might be put up on the subject residential or commercial property in terms of a land use plan (also commonly referred to as "bulk or bulk factor"). As an example, the FAR of 0,5, when used to a site of 1000m ², will equate into a developable gross floor location of 500m ².

General Plan - this is a SG Diagram reflecting numerous erven and streets or partitioned erven or farm portions on a single diagram (or a single set of diagrams).

GLA - in specific land usage plans this is defined as "gross leasable location" or "gross leasable flooring location" or "gross lettable location". Simply put, the area of the building efficient in being the subject of a lease arrangement in between the lessor and the lessee. This will usually leave out non-leasable areas of the structure (communal passageways, stairwells, entryway foyers, energy rooms, and so on). Usually, when GLA belongs to a land usage plan, it is typically only pertinent to the computation of the required variety of parking bays to be offered on a subject residential or commercial property.

IDP - Integrated Development Plan as contemplated in, inter alia, the City government: Municipal Systems Act, 2000 (Act 32 of 2000). This is the operative "business plan" of the municipality indicating how it will spend its money (and where). A spatial development structure highlights the spatial implications of the IDP.

Line of No Access - the zoning maps which form part of a land usage scheme may include a recommendation to a so-called "line of no gain access to", representing a line (normally along the border border of the subject residential or commercial property) along which no access may be provided to the subject residential or commercial property from the external roadway system. Typically, such lines of no access use to provincial and national roadways and higher order roadways within the community jurisdiction.

LUS - Land Use Scheme as specified in SPLUMA 2013 (comparable to a town planning scheme).

NEMA - National Environmental Management Act, 1998 (Act 107 of 1998)

Ordinance - might refer to the Town Planning and Townships Ordinance, 1986 (Ordinance 15 of 1986), alternatively the Division of Land Ordinance, 1986 (Ordinance 20 of 1986)

PPA - Planning Professions Act, 2002 (Act 36 of 2002).

PI - Professional Indemnity Insurance
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Rezoning - a colloquial description of the procedure of attending to the amendment of a land use plan (or any of its arrangements), to alter the land usage rights and advancement constraints suitable to the subject residential or commercial property.

ROD - a Record of Decision as contemplated in NEMA, being the written choice handed down by an environmental authority, following an ecological effect assessment procedure (it might be favorable or unfavorable).

RORA - Removal of Restrictions Act. There are 2 variations namely:

• The National Removal of Restrictions Act, 1967 (appropriate to all provinces aside from Gauteng). • Gauteng Removal of Restrictions Act, 1996 (Act 3 of 1996) (just suitable to Gauteng)

R.O.W - this is a yoke and describes a "access". Simply put, it controls access over one residential or commercial property in favour of the next residential or commercial property (similar to a personal street).

RPL - Recognition of Prior Learning. The concept of taking prior experimental learning into account, regardless of that a person may not hold a certified tertiary credentials in the relevant field of endeavour.

SAACPP - South African Association of Consulting Professional Planners

SACPLAN - The South African Council for Planners set up in regards to the Planning Professions Act, 2002 (Act 36 of 2002).

SAPI - South African Planning Institution

SDF - Spatial Development Framework as pondered in SPLUMA, 2013 and the City Government: Municipal Systems Act, 2000 (Act 32 of 2000). A visual illustration of the forward looking policy of a town (its future desired state of development in its location of jurisdiction), being an extension of the community IDP.

SDP - a Website Development Plan. This is a plan usually specified in a land use plan which holistically shows the designated advancement on a subject residential or commercial property, showing the position of the proposed building structures to be put up, access provisions, the provision of parking, landscaping, the imposition of structure lines, the position of yokes and related features. An SDP generally precedes the submission of a building strategy.

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Township establishment - an integrated process of converting a residential or commercial property registered as a farm part( s) into urban land (a town or suburb) which may include subdivided erven/lots/stands and might include streets and public open spaces. Simultaneously, the residential or commercial properties positioned within the ambit of the town will be paid for land usage rights (zoning) to control and handle the usage of land as approved by the decision-making authority.

Splay - this usually refers to the corner part of the crossway in between two roadways, with such corner "splayed" to accommodate the curvature of the actual road surface area, aimed at working out the turning motion of motor lorries moving from the one roadway to the other at such intersection.

Servitude - in planning terms, this generally refers to a part of the subject residential or commercial property over which an engineering service (water lines, power line, sewage facilities, and so on) are routed and where such services are safeguarded by recommendation to a yoke diagram (depicting the location so afflicted). Typically, bondage areas might not be intruded upon by constructing structures and the information of such yokes are usually explained in a notarial deed of thrall registered in the workplace of the Registrar of Deeds.

SG diagram - a diagram authorized by the Surveyor General in regards to the Land Survey Act, representing the boundaries of a residential or commercial property or a bondage or other acreage. This may include a General Plan of an area or a subdivided area where several erven or partitioned parts are assessed one diagram.

Zoning Certificate - a certificate handed down by a municipality licensing that a subject residential or commercial property on its records goes through a specific set of land use and advancement controls (zoning arrangements). The certificate will typically verify the land usage zoning classification under which the subject residential or commercial property is held, with due reference to development restrictions such as height restrictions, coverage constraints, flooring area restrictions, parking requirements and so on.