Building plans, drawn and approved.

Registered professionals draw your plans and take them through council. We are based in Pretoria and work across Gauteng: additions, rental rooms, carports, as-built plans for a sale, a new house.

WhatsApp us your project How it works

What are you building? Find out if it needs plans.

Rental rooms Carport Granny flat Garage conversion Boundary wall Swimming pool Patio roof Enclosing a stoep Lapa Wendy house Solar panels Internal walls Selling my house A new house

Example: a new room drawn inside the building lines, then approvedSite plan

How it works

From the first message to the council's decision.

Tell us what you want to build
A WhatsApp message is enough: what you want to build or sort out, and the suburb. Photos or an old plan help if you have them.
We look at the stand and the rules
Zoning, building lines, the title deed conditions and what your council will ask for. If something needs a town planner first, we tell you what we find before drawing.
Plans drawn and signed
Measured, drawn to SANS 10400 and signed by a professional registered with SACAP in the right category for the job.
Submitted and followed up
We submit to your municipality, answer the plan examiner's comments and follow the file with the council.

What we draw

Every set is signed by a professional registered with SACAP in the category the job needs.

New house plansDesign and municipal plans for a new house, from a first sketch to approval.Additions and alterationsExtensions, extra rooms, second storeys, garage conversions and new openings.As-built plansDrawings of what is already there, for a sale, a bond or to fix unapproved work.Rental rooms and backyard unitsBackyard rental rooms and small rental blocks, with the zoning sorted first.Granny flats and second dwellingsA cottage, flatlet or second dwelling on your stand.Carports, patios and lapasRoofed structures at the house, and whether yours is minor building work.Minor works applicationsSmall jobs the council may treat as minor building work, such as sheds, low walls, solar geysers and roof replacements. We do the sketch and the application.Boundary walls and swimming poolsWalls, retaining walls and pools, including the safety rules.Plan submission and approvalSubmission to your council, the examiner's comments, and following the file through.Unapproved building workGetting work that was built without plans approved after the fact.Occupancy certificatesThe certificate that says a finished building may be used.Building lines, consent and rezoningWhen the plans need a town-planning approval first. Usually done by registered town planners.

Every council in Gauteng

Each one has its own system, checklist and fees. Here is what each publishes.

City of TshwanePretoria, Centurion and the north. Plans go in on NAPS in some regions.NAPS on e-Tshwane City of JohannesburgOnline only, through CPMS, from registered professionals.CPMS City of EkurhuleniKempton Park to Nigel. Plans go in by hand at a regional office.In person at a regional office Mogale City Local MunicipalityKrugersdorp, Muldersdrift, Magaliesburg. Plans go in by hand in Krugersdorp.By hand, Furncity Building, Krugersdorp Rand West City Local MunicipalityRandfontein and Westonaria. Little is published online, so confirm with the council before you submit.Merafong City Local MunicipalityCarletonville and Fochville. Little is published online, so confirm with the council before you submit.Emfuleni Local MunicipalityVereeniging and Vanderbijlpark. Fees by 50 m² band.Midvaal Local MunicipalityMeyerton, Henley on Klip, Walkerville. Forms published online.Lesedi Local MunicipalityHeidelberg and Ratanda. Little is published online, so confirm with the council first.

Before you start

Plain answers, with the law and the council documents they come from.

How to get building plans approved in GautengThe steps from idea to approved plans, in the order they actually happen, and where each one goes wrong.Building plan submission checklistPick your project and your council for the list of documents a building plan submission needs. Print it or keep it on your phone.Selling a house without approved plansWhether you need approved plans to sell, what the courts have said about it, and how to sort it out before it costs you the sale.How long does building plan approval take?What the law says, what councils have published about their real times, and what you can do to avoid the usual delays.Zoning and building lines explainedWhat your zoning allows, what building lines and coverage are, and when you need a relaxation, consent or rezoning before plans can pass.Getting copies of your approved building plansHow to get the approved plans for your house from the council, and what to do when they cannot be found, as with most older Joburg plans.

All guides What plans and building cost

Tell us what you want to build

A WhatsApp message with the suburb and a line about the project is enough to start. If you have photos, an old plan or the erf number, send those too.

Questions people ask

Who draws the plans?

A professional registered with SACAP, the council for the architectural profession, in the category the job needs. That is what the law and the councils require.

Do you work outside Pretoria?

We are based in Pretoria and work across Gauteng. Each council's rules are on our council pages.

What does it cost?

It depends on the size and kind of work, and the council adds its own plan fees. Our cost guide shows published market prices and each council's fees.