Rezoning & Consent Use Notice – 46 Buckingham Avenue (Erf 568), Craighall Park
Deadline for objections: 5 November 2025
Application type: Guest house / boarding house – 12 rooms
A new land use application has been submitted for 46 Buckingham Avenue, Craighall Park. The owner is applying for:
- Removal of restrictive title deed conditions (Conditions (a), (b) and (c))
- Consent use to operate a guest house/boarding house with 12 rooms (11 guest rooms + 1 staff room)
- Intensive commercial accommodation use on a Residential 1 property
Why is this happening?
Under City planning laws, properties may only be used according to their approved zoning and title deed conditions. This application requests special permissions to permanently change what is allowed on this residential property. This triggers a public participation process, and residents now have a right to object or comment.
What is being proposed?
According to the applicant’s documents:
- Conversion and extension of buildings to create 12 bedrooms
- Operation of a commercial guest house/boarding house
- On-site parking for visitors
- Long-term and/or short-stay accommodation
- Claims that this is “compatible with the surrounding neighbourhood” and that title deed protections are “obsolete”
Why this affects residents
The CRA has identified significant concerns, including:
- High intensity use for a single residential property – 12 rooms could mean over 20 occupants plus staff and visitor movement daily.
- Commercial creep into a low-density residential street.
- Traffic, parking and safety impacts on Buckingham Avenue – already narrow and congested.
- Unclear operational plan – no limit on length of stay, unclear whether this will operate like a boarding house rather than a guest house.
- Insufficient information – no traffic assessment, no waste management plan, no neighbour impact study.
- Removal of title deed protections – would permanently strip away residential protections on the property.
- Scale and density concerns – The City’s own zoning certificate confirms Residential 1 zoning and 1 dwelling per erf currently applies.
CRA Position
For these reasons CRA will be submitting a comprehensive objection, supported by professional town planning advice.
However, residents must submit their own objections individually. A single CRA objection is not enough – the City counts each objection as a separate voice of public participation.
Key details
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| Property | 46 Buckingham Avenue, Craighall Park |
| Erf Number | Erf 568 |
| Application Type | Removal of restrictive title conditions + consent use |
| Proposed Use | Guest House / Boarding House (12 rooms) |
| Objection Deadline | 5 November 2025 |
| Council Ref Numbers | 20/13/2746/2025 and 20/01/3614/2025 |
How to object
Your objection must:
- Be in writing
- Include your name, address, and erf number
- State clearly: “I object to this application”
- Include reasons (even 3–4 bullet points is enough)
Send your objection by email to the below addresses:
- objectionsplanning@joburg.org.za
- kevin@sja.co.za (Applicant – SJA Town Planners)
- townplanning@cra.org.za
Email subject line:
Objection – Erf 568 Craighall Park – 46 Buckingham Avenue
Reasons you can include
Pick 3–5 that matter to you personally:
- The scale (12 rooms) is excessive for a residential street
- Risk of noise, traffic and parking spillover
- No traffic or engineering reports provided
- Business creep into a quiet residential part of Craighall Park
- Title deed protections must remain in place
- Boarding house-style occupation could attract unmanaged activity
- No operational plan submitted to protect neighbours
- Application is incomplete and premature
Links to the application documents are below:
CRA’s detailed guidelines on how to object are below: