Neighbourly strife

Jackhammers

● Pietermaritzburg advocates turned to the courts to stop workers next door using these to demolish concrete slabs between 10am and 4pm on weekdays.

Serengeti Rise

● A high-rise building in Currie Road, Durban, was given the green light by the Constitutional Court in a battle between the developers and neighbours, who claimed it was out of keeping with the area.

Bylaw

● A municipal bylaw stipulates that objections to new buildings by neighbours based on privacy, view or value issues will be considered in terms of what is reasonable within an urban context; such objections are not automatic reasons for refusal of an application.