GEORGE NEWS - Please note that the 5th floor of the Main Municipal Building, the Housing offices next to the clinic, old SANLAM building including container stores will be closed for the remainder of the week due to Covid-related measures.
Impact on Service Delivery:
1. The municipal team who work on water leaks, building structures etc will not be available for two weeks due to isolation measures being implemented.
2. Delays in the execution of decisions on land development applications.
The Planning and Human Settlements departments extends their apologies to clients for any inconvenience caused. Please note that our staff can still be reached via the electronic means communicated. See further details below for contact numbers.
Human Settlements Urgent queries to:
Basic services (water and sanitation) emergencies informal settlements, please phone 044 801 9183 and/or 044 802 2026.
Water leakages (indigent cases), please phone 044 801 9453.
For assistance with emergency structures following disaster (fire, flooding etc), please phone 044 802 2029.
Planning and Development Urgent queries to:
Town Planning 044 801 9477
Building Office 044 801 9194
All general property enquiries- 044 801 9472 and email address dmgelderbloem@george.gov.za
Local Economic Development: Business queries 079 366 2621
Local Economic Development: Other queries 073 621 0099
IDP office: Ronel Le Fleur 071 870 7887 rlefleur@george.gov.za
Ward committee operations: Paulina Saaiman 060 579 6829 Pasaaiman@george.gov.za
Tourism queries to George Tourism 044 801 9295
Town planning related matters can be directed via email to the below officials or by phoning 044 801 9477.
Property Transfer Certificates:
Marina Welman mhwelman@george.gov.za
Zoning Certificates: Lorraine Malangeni lxmalangeni@george.gov.za
Zoning Rectifications: Jeanne Fourie (jfourie@george.gov.za) and Ilane Huyser (ihuyser@george.gov.za)
Illegal Land Use Complaints: Robin Hector rlhector@george.gov.za
Online building plans
Click here to submit your online building plan application.
Detailed instructions for the use of the portal can be downloaded from the Documents section on the George Municipality website
Phone 044 801 9194 or email sinsaunders@george.gov.za for more information.
Online land use applications
The department has launched an internet-based land use application system to enable the electronic submission and processing of land use applications.
The necessary documents and detailed instructions are available in the Documents section on the George Municipality website.
All Administrative Officers are now available and can be contacted to follow up on the status of all land use applications and/or outstanding information as follows:
* Primrose Nako (pnako@george.gov.za / 044 801 9416) for all erven ending with an even number (i.e. 0, 2, 4, 6, 8);
* Marissa Arries (marries@george.gov.za / 044 801 9473) for erven ending with an odd number (i.e. 1, 3, 5, 7, 9);
* Marina Welman (mhwelman@george.gov.za / 044 801 9171) for farm numbers (farm no./portion no.).
The public should note that registered mail will not be used to notify surrounding neighbours of applications. Instead, the applicant will be required to place an A2 (or 2 x A3) size notice on the street boundary of their property in a position that is visible to passing traffic for a period of 30 days.
Notice of the application will also be displayed on the George Municipality’s website and social media pages.
The public is encouraged to download the Municipal App to your mobile device by clicking on the following link to receive notice of all applications advertised. The Municipal App can be used to log land use application queries and illegal land use complaints.
For any queries or more information on the above please contact the front desk by telephone on 044 801 9477 or send an email to jfourie@george.gov.za and ihuyser@george.gov.za.
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