Environment & Planning Division
Environmental and town planning concerns permeate legal and public-policy decision making in South Africa. Most development projects of any size must deal with complex environmental and land use regulations developed by national, provincial, and local governments.
The Environment & Planning Division provides an extensive service that will assist clients in securing development proposals, compliance with the legislation, challenging application refusals and evaluating and coping with the environmental risk inherent in many commercial transactions today.
Areas of assistance include:
- Spatial land use and planning.
- Rates and valuation objections and disputes.
- Compliance with statutory environmental legislation.
- Location and licensing of all development proposals.
- Advice in relation to pollution incidents, clean-up claims and liability.
- Environmental compliance and responsibilities.
- Hazardous and solid waste management and transportation.
- Water and air quality issues.
- Obtaining, or objecting to, environmental and development approvals.
- Litigation of environmental and planning disputes, and representation at statutory tribunals dealing with environmental and planning matters.
- Assistance with corporate SHE audits.
- Energy RFPs.
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