01 / Website information
Urban Development Group provides this website as general information about its architecture, urban design, development thinking, project work and early-stage decision tools. UDG aims to keep published information accurate and current, but project, municipal, market and regulatory information can change.
02 / Professional services require a separate appointment
Using the website, sending an enquiry, downloading a screening output or interacting with Datum Scout does not appoint UDG and does not create an architect-client, consultant-client or other professional-services engagement. Scope, deliverables, fees, programme, responsibilities and terms must be agreed separately in writing.
03 / Screening tools
The feasibility, budget, professional-fee and brief tools are for early-stage scenario testing. They depend on the assumptions entered and cannot substitute for project-specific cost advice, valuation, tax, finance, quantity-surveying, legal, planning, engineering or architectural services.
The 2026 fee generator references SACAP Board Notice 885 of 2026, Government Gazette 54218, dated 27 February 2026. The published guideline describes project-cost and time-based fee methods. Any stage allocation or scope percentage used by the UDG screening interface is an interface assumption for scenario testing, not a claim that SACAP prescribes that percentage. Actual appointments must confirm complexity, scope, additional services, disbursements, VAT and contractual terms.
04 / Planning, cadastral and building-regulation information
Property rights and constraints must be verified from authoritative, current sources for the actual property. The public eThekwini document centre may revise its sub-schemes and official GIS services may be incomplete, unavailable or subject to interpretation. UDG therefore does not publish cached numeric zoning controls as guaranteed current rights.
SANS standards and other licensed technical standards are protected publications. The website does not reproduce them as an unlicensed substitute. Building-regulation or compliance guidance must be checked against the applicable legislation, licensed standard, municipal requirements and project facts.
05 / Datum Scout
Datum Scout is an early-stage decision and evidence-navigation aid. AI-generated or deterministic outputs can be incomplete or wrong. The interface deliberately marks missing evidence as UNVERIFIED and is not authorised to grant rights, approve plans, establish title conditions, certify compliance or replace a registered professional.
06 / Project images and visual studies
The site distinguishes UDG project evidence from visual studies, CGI explainers and sector/environmental references. A visual study should not be read as evidence that a represented building has been commissioned, approved or built unless the page expressly says so.
07 / Copyright and intellectual property
Unless another owner is identified, the website design, written material, diagrams, graphics, code presentation, project material and UDG-created visual content are protected by applicable intellectual-property law. You may view the site for ordinary personal or business evaluation. Reproduction, republication, adaptation, automated extraction for a competing service, or commercial reuse requires the relevant rights-holder's permission.
Third-party source documents, standards, mapping services, libraries, fonts and APIs remain subject to their respective rights and terms.
08 / External links and live sources
Links to government, municipal, mapping, messaging or other external services are provided for context and convenience. UDG does not control their availability, content or privacy practices. A live-source link does not convert UDG's interpretation into an official determination.
09 / Responsibility for decisions
Use reasonable judgment before acting on screening information. To the extent permitted by law, UDG is not responsible for loss caused by treating an early-stage website output, stale external data, an AI response or an unverified assumption as a project-specific professional determination. Nothing in these terms excludes a responsibility that cannot lawfully be excluded.
10 / Contact and governing law
These website terms are governed by the laws of South Africa. Questions can be sent to info@udgroup.co.za or +27 82 767 9460.