Category: Town Planning

Is It Legal To Build a House Underground? Do You Need Planning Permission for a Basement?

Is It Legal To Build a House Underground? Do You Need Planning Permission for an Underground House? Is it illegal to build an underground house, basement, bunker, cellar or any type of underground room in your backyard? If it wasn’t illegal, you may as well as ask, is it legal to build a house above-grade …

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How Big is the Average Backyard for a Single Family Home?

Contents : How Big is the Average Backyard for a Single Family Home? Examples of Homes with Big and Small Backyards What is The Minimum Size of Backyard?   A backyard is a lot or piece of vacant land behind your house (also known as the rear yard). You also have the front yard which …

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Building Plan Approval Fees and Town Planning Costs in South Africa

Are you planning to build a residential, commercial, industrial or educational facility in South Africa? Just like in any construction project around the world, building costs will include town planning fees charged by the municipality. Before you commence building a new house, extension , addition or making alterations to your existing dwelling on your residential …

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Building Permit – Application for Building Plan Approval

Before you begin building a house on purchased land, you have to get a Building Permit also known as Building Plan Approval. There are building permits for different types of structures and residential developments. Also building requirements may differ from one place to another within a country, region or district. In the United States, you …

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