Case Decision - 183014

17 November 2022                                                                                 Case Number: 20100

Mr JD Henning
9D’Hotman Place
Wentworth
Bluff
4052                                                                          

UNAUTHORISED ADDITIONS AND ALTERATIONS:  SUB 18 OF 3 OF LOT 1737, WENTWORTH, DURBAN, 4052

We acknowledge receipt of your application for a permit to carry out work on the above property. The KZN-Amafa and Research Institute (the Institute) reviewed the application on the 20TH of February 2022.

Please be advised as follows:-

(1)           The Institute was unable to consider the merits of the application as the work had already commenced, alternatively, has been completed;
(2)           As a result, a permit cannot now be issued;
(3)           We would like to draw your attention to the fact that your failure to obtain a permit prior¬ to the commencement of the work, is in contravention of the provisions of the KwaZulu-Natal Amafa and Research Institute Act (5 of 2018), and as such is a criminal offence for which you may be prosecuted;
(4)           However, the Institute has decided to condone your failure to obtain a permit, as required, on condition that the work was conducted strictly in accordance with V. Hobbs per drawing numbers: 9D’Hot1, dated January 2021 and that all the work shown on the application is completed within a calendar year of the date of this letter.
(5)           Prior written approval from the Institute is required for any deviation to the approved plans.
(6)           No legal action will be instituted against you in this instance.