Hi all
TL;DR: Does anyone know company/people/someone that specializes in permanent departures in Cape Town, regarding setbacks. Specifically we are concerned with a street setback on a corner lot.
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Long version:
Bought a home that is on a corner lot.
The house is SR1 zoning.
400Sqm, ± 14.2m x 28.5m.
This kind of shape for the lot (ignore the building they are showing that has no relevance to us, just imagine this kind of corner lot)
The existing house is 100sqm. To super impose the house, as purple, over that existing image from the DMS
Our objective: Build another level up (2 storey).
However the DMS requires a 3m setback from the street, we have a 2m setback.
We'd like to apply for a permanent departure, but it is unclear if we should even bother, is it likely we would get a departure?
What would the ideal document motivating for the departure look like, and so on.
The house is not registered in the heritage register:
But it does appear in the 1935 aerial photos.
In the area it does not really represent the most historically accurate house, so it isn't a surprise it isn't on the register.
We would however like it to look more like older homes in the area (but again 2 storey on 100sqm of ground space).
I really dislike the DMS suggestions of 3.5m setback from the street with a 0m boundary to the neighbour.
Like what neighbour wants a double storey house with 0m setback next to them? (and we can't have windows on that side on the ground floor which is also not great for us).
Anyway long story, appreciate any help/input
TL;DR: Does anyone know company/people/someone that specializes in permanent departures in Cape Town, regarding setbacks. Specifically we are concerned with a street setback on a corner lot.
---
Long version:
Bought a home that is on a corner lot.
The house is SR1 zoning.
400Sqm, ± 14.2m x 28.5m.
This kind of shape for the lot (ignore the building they are showing that has no relevance to us, just imagine this kind of corner lot)
The existing house is 100sqm. To super impose the house, as purple, over that existing image from the DMS
Our objective: Build another level up (2 storey).
However the DMS requires a 3m setback from the street, we have a 2m setback.
We'd like to apply for a permanent departure, but it is unclear if we should even bother, is it likely we would get a departure?
What would the ideal document motivating for the departure look like, and so on.
The house is not registered in the heritage register:
But it does appear in the 1935 aerial photos.
In the area it does not really represent the most historically accurate house, so it isn't a surprise it isn't on the register.
We would however like it to look more like older homes in the area (but again 2 storey on 100sqm of ground space).
I really dislike the DMS suggestions of 3.5m setback from the street with a 0m boundary to the neighbour.
Like what neighbour wants a double storey house with 0m setback next to them? (and we can't have windows on that side on the ground floor which is also not great for us).
Anyway long story, appreciate any help/input