Midrand fights

CONCERNED Midrand residents are spending thousands of rand on litigation fighting developers who are allegedly flouting regulations when erecting high density developments.

This comes as the City of Joburg finalised a new land use scheme, which replaces 16 historic town planning regulatory schemes.

With the new land scheme the city council aims to expedite the re-organisation of spatial planning by allowing the development of low-cost housing next to workplaces and other economic opportunities.

However, residents have raised concerns that the council is failing to plan for new infrastructure to accommodate high-density development, particularly in the Midrand area.

Marianne Nel, a representative of a group of residents in Midrand, said the building regulations were deliberately ignored by developers because of a lack of consequences.

Nel said the group was embroiled