Synopsis:
Application for leave to appeal the Supreme Court of Appeal's judgment which confirmed the approval of building plans of the first respondent's property in Camps Bay, Cape Town. The matter concerned the interpretation of section 7(1)(b) of the National Building Regulations and Building Standards Act 103 of 1977 and whether a review ground could be raised after the 180-day rule prescribed in section 7(1) of the Promotion of Administrative Justice Act 3 of 2000. The Court found that it would not be in the interests of justice to revisit the interpretation of section 7(1)(b) of the Building Act. The Supreme Court of Appeal's determination of section 7(1) of PAJA could not be faulted. The impugned building plans did not contravene the title deed restrictions. The application for leave to appeal was dismissed and the applicants ordered to pay costs jointly and severally. Judgment: Brand AJ (unanimous).
