The Witness

The Witness: "Town planning: Board upholds appeals after four-year battle
23 Mar 2009"
A group of Prestbury residents, many of them pensioners, have won a four-year battle with the Msunduzi Municipality over town planning violations that saw the municipality allow two industrial-type businesses to be established in a residential area.

The Town Planning Appeals Board has upheld the residents’ objection and found the municipality’s decision to allow the businesses to continue to be a flouting of the province’s town planning ordinances.

For the residents, the issue highlights the flaws and inconsistencies in how the municipality manages town planning in the city.