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SA's biggest property organisation is taking legal steps against the City of Johannesburg over what it calls an "unlawful" policy which forces developers to pay a once-off fee.

Despite commercial property body Sapoa threatening to challenge it in court and calling for investors to halt investment in the city.

Says the City of Joburg is acting beyond its scope and cautions investors and developers against investing in the area for now.

The Managed Growth Strategy – Issues and Opportunities Paper, helping the City of Greater Bendigo to determine how to manage future growth, has been

An improved framework to fund future community infrastructure will be considered by the elected Council at tonight’s Ordinary Council Meeting, to

Wednesday, 30 June 2021, 3:58 pm The Horowhenua District Council Development Contributions Policy comes into effect on 1 July 2021. It affects people developing new residential, commercial or industrial land and buildings. Prior to the introduction of the policy, the cost of financing infrastructure to meet the demands of growth was met almost entirely by ratepayers. Given we are in a period of unprecedented growth, it’s unfair to expect ratepayers to continue to subsidise the cost of growth...

Mayor John Leggett warmly welcomed the public’s input. “It’s been a challenging year for everyone so I’m pleased that people have found the time to tell us what they think about our Long Term Plan. Marlburians are passionate - 82 submitters want to speak to us in person at the hearings from 1 to 3 June.” The Consultation Document explains the Council’s key priorities and sets out its proposed major projects and levels of service over the next 10 years, and the impact on rates and de...

Press Release – Marlborough District Council Marlborough District Council received 128 public submissions on its 2021-31 Long Term Plan (LTP) Consultation Document. The submission period closed on Monday 10 May. Mayor John Leggett warmly welcomed the publics input. Its been a challenging … Marlborough District Council received 128 public submissions on its 2021-31 Long Term Plan (LTP) Consultation Document. The submission period closed on Monday 10 May. Mayor John Leggett warmly welcomed t...

Payment of Development Contributions: $5 The Department is developing payment functionality on each of the relevant ePlanning Digital Services to enable applicants to pay all relevant fees online prior to lodgement. Further details will be provided closer to 1 July 2021. /Public Release. This material comes from the originating organization and may be of a point-in-time nature, edited for clarity, style and length. View in full here. Why? Well, unlike many news organisations, we have no sponso...

Kevin Taylor, who had attended a meeting organised by Henson and traffic engineer Duncan Campbell to discuss changes to the central business district under the Taupō Town Centre Transformation (TTCT), said “to characterise my korero as defensive, means I am damned if I do, damned if I don’t.” The pair have been questioning the rationale in treating a number of intersections in the TTCT plans with traffic lights rather than roundabouts – which they say were signalled in earlier counci...