Zonely | City of Cape Town Residential Zoning Clarity

Pricing & Products

Choose the level of planning-risk check you need before you buy, build, sign, or pay for drawings.

Choose by decision depth

Start with Snapshot for key limits and red flags. Choose Full Report when the decision is more serious.

Snapshot is usually enough when you want a quick property-specific check. Full Report is the better fit when you are close to buying, signing, designing, or spending more money and want a deeper check on what could block the plan.

Which paid option fits your next step?

Use this to choose the right planning-risk check for your property.

Free

Free Check

First property screen

Always available

Free

Best for: First screen

What you get:

  • Zoning code/description, erf number, and erf size
  • Basic property context (address, ward, sub-council when available)
  • Basic alerts and clear next-step options

Not included: property-specific interpretation, key limits, checklist, or the Title Deed Analysis add-on.

Best first paid step

Snapshot

Quick planning-risk check

Fastest paid option

R149

Best for: Quick paid check before plans, offers, or drawings

What you get:

  • Plain-English zoning interpretation for this property
  • Key building rules at a glance (building lines, height, footprint, parking)
  • Red-flag check: what public layers were checked and what needs follow-up
  • Existing building footprint and site-coverage clue from public GIS
  • A "Can I do this here?" checklist for common plans
  • A clear "still to check" list with recommended next steps

Title deed analysis is available as a separate add-on.

Get a Snapshot

Best for serious decisions

Full Report

Deeper report before bigger decisions

Best when more money or risk is involved

R750

Best for: Buying, signing, designing, or larger spend

What you get:

  • Deeper overlay analysis and planning constraints review
  • Which overlays apply and what they mean (codes shown when available)
  • Buildable area guidance and diagrams tailored to the erf
  • Property-specific checklist and next actions
  • Deeper zoning rules summary for higher-stakes decisions

Best when you want a deeper check on what could block the plan before you spend more money. Title Deed Analysis is a separate add-on.

See Full Report

Some properties (for example split-zoned or unsupported zoning cases) may use a Specialist Zoning Report instead of the instant Snapshot path.

Special cases

Some properties need a safer route than the normal instant ladder.

If a property is split-zoned or outside the normal instant route, the Specialist Report is the right paid path.

For split or unusual zoning

Specialist Zoning Report

R2399

Use this when a complex property still needs a reliable answer on what could block your plans before you buy, sign, or design.

Best when

The property is split-zoned or outside the normal instant route.

Why it matters

This gives you a safer property-specific answer before more money moves.

  • A specialist reviews the exact zoning position for the property.
  • You get a plain-English summary, key constraints, red flags, and next steps.
  • Best when the normal instant products are not the safe route.
  • Delivery target: within 48 hours, with secure checkout and PDF by email.
Get Specialist Report

48-hour turnaround • Secure checkout • PDF by email

For teams

Use team pricing if you need reports often and want a setup that works better than buying one by one.

  • Better pricing for regular work.
  • Support and billing that fit ongoing use.
  • A better fit for architects, agents, and developers.

Compare options

Compare Free Check, Snapshot and Full Report

See the full side-by-side breakdown. Free Check is the first screen. Snapshot is the quick paid planning-risk check. Full Report is the deeper check when the decision is more serious.

Swipe sideways to compare all 3 options.

What changes

What changes as you go deeper

Snapshot is the usual next step after Free Check. Full Report is the deeper option when you need more certainty.

Free

Free

Free Check

First property screen

Best first paid step

R149

Snapshot

Quick planning-risk check

Best for serious decisions

R750

Full Report

Deeper report before bigger decisions

Best for

First screen

Zoning and erf basics before you go deeper

Before plans, offers, or paid design work

Key limits, red flags, and next checks

Before buying, signing, or bigger spend

Deeper check on what could block the plan

How it goes deeper

Shows how each step checks more of what could block your plans

First screen

Free Check + key limits, red flags, and next checks

Snapshot + deeper planning-risk review

Zoning + erf basics

Zone label, erf number, erf size, core parcel context

Included

Included

Included

Plain-English planning interpretation

Basic context only

Included

Property-specific summary

Included

Deeper and more complete

Key limits at a glance

Height, building lines, parking, footprint guidance

Not included

Included

Included (deeper)

Red flags and planning-risk checks

Basic alerts only

Quick red flags

What could need follow-up

Deeper analysis

More complete planning constraints review

What still needs checking

No

Included

Practical next-step guidance

Included

Deeper action guidance

Title deed analysis

Separate add-on (not included by default)

No

No

Optional add-on

Buildable diagrams

No

No

Included

Output format

On-page result card

Paid Snapshot

Usually available straight away

Detailed report

A fuller paid report for bigger decisions

Some properties (for example split-zoned or unsupported zoning cases) may use a Specialist Zoning Report instead of the instant Snapshot path.

If you are not ready for Full Report yet

Start with Snapshot first. It is the lower-commitment paid option when you still want a practical check on key limits and red flags before deciding whether to go deeper.

When this main ladder is not the right path

Split-zoned or unsupported properties may need the Specialist Zoning Report instead of the normal instant Snapshot route, so the answer does not pretend a complex property is simple.

Teams and high-volume users

Team pricing sits separately because it is built around ongoing work, billing, and support needs rather than a simple one-off purchase.