# Plan Comply

> South Africa's Automated Building Plan Regulatory Pre-Check & Council Approval Verification Platform. Pre-audit architectural drawings against SANS 10400 (Parts A to XA) and South African municipal bylaws to eliminate council delays, costly redraws, and municipal rejection letters.

## Overview

Plan Comply (https://plancomply.co.za) is an AI-powered regulatory pre-submission audit engine engineered exclusively for the South African built environment. Built for architects, draughtspersons, property developers, town planners, and homeowners, Plan Comply inspects architectural drawing sets before municipal council submission to ensure strict compliance with:
- The National Building Regulations and Building Standards Act (Act 103 of 1977)
- SANS 10400: The Application of the National Building Regulations (Parts A to XA)
- South African local municipal planning bylaws and zoning schemes

## Core Capabilities

- **Automated Pre-Submission Plan Audit**: Multi-sheet architectural drawings (PDF/plans) are reviewed across 10 statutory regulatory domains.
- **Council Delay Elimination**: Flags defects that cause examiners to issue delay letters or formal section 7 refusals before submission.
- **SANS 10400 Full-Spectrum Verification**:
  - `Part A`: General Principles, SACAP credentials, site plan scales (1:100/1:200/1:500), north arrow, cadastral boundaries, building lines/setbacks, servitudes, Forms 1, 2, and 4.
  - `Part C`: Habitable room dimensions (min. ceiling height 2,400 mm over 70% of area, min. room area 6.0 m², min. horizontal width 2,000 mm).
  - `Part K`: Walls (cavity wall min. 270 mm, DPC min. 150 mm above finished ground level, lintel bearings min. 200 mm).
  - `Part M`: Stairways (riser max. 200 mm, going min. 250 mm, 2R+G between 570-650 mm, vertical headroom min. 2,100 mm, balustrade gaps < 100 mm sphere).
  - `Part N`: Glazing & Safety Glass (mandatory Safety Glass within 300 mm of doors, window sills < 800 mm above floor level, shower enclosures, bath enclosures).
  - `Part O`: Natural Lighting & Ventilation (glazed window area min. 10% of floor area, openable ventilation min. 5% of floor area in every habitable room).
  - `Part P`: Drainage & Plumbing (100 mm soil pipes, min. 1:60 fall, rodding eyes at bends > 45° and runs > 25 m, gully heads min. 150 mm above ground, municipal sewer connection point).
  - `Part S`: Facilities for Persons with Disabilities (wheelchair ramps max. 1:12 slope, clear doorways min. 850 mm, accessible unisex toilet 1.7 m x 1.8 m with grab rails).
  - `Part T`: Fire Protection & Public Safety (boundary setbacks vs. fire wall resistance, max. 45 m escape travel distance, fire hose reel and extinguisher 30 m coverage).
  - `Part XA`: Energy Usage in Buildings (climatic zone 1-6 roof insulation R-values, fenestration solar heat gain / air leakage, mandatory 50% renewable/solar water heating).
- **Executive Audit Reports**: Generates an instant, downloadable PDF audit report containing overall compliance score, severity-tagged defects (Critical, Major, Advisory), exact SANS clauses, and precise draughting remediation steps.

## Municipal Council Coverage

Plan Comply features verified submission profiles and local bylaw checks for South Africa's largest metropolitan municipalities:
- **City of Johannesburg (COJ)**: e-Services portal, JRA wayleave/access approvals, title deed restrictive condition scrutiny, stormwater connection declarations.
- **City of Tshwane (Centurion/Pretoria)**: e-Tshwane portal, SANS 1936 dolomite hazard geotechnical clearance (Centurion, Irene, Laudium), Town Planning Scheme conformity, retaining walls > 1.0 m engineering certification.
- **City of Cape Town (COCT)**: DAMS (Development Application Management System), Section 34 Heritage Western Cape permits for buildings > 60 years old, MPBL boundary departures, conveyancer title deed clearance certificate.
- **City of Ekurhuleni**: Ekurhuleni Online, Regulation 638 environmental health food premises clearances, stormwater attenuation requirements.
- **eThekwini Municipality (Durban)**: D'MOSS environmental overlay clearances, coastal building setbacks, steep slope geotechnical stability Form 2 certification.

## Pricing & Credit Tiers

Plan Comply uses a transparent credit-based billing system with live PayFast (ZAR) checkout and instant wallet crediting:
- **Single Plan Audit**: R450 per credit (1 Plan Audit) — Ideal for single residential builds, alterations, or owner-builders.
- **Draughtsperson Pack**: R1,750 (5 Credits @ R350/plan) — 22% savings for active drafting studios and SACAP technicians.
- **Architect Studio Pack**: R4,500 (15 Credits @ R300/plan) — 33% savings for architectural practices and multidisciplinary firms.
- **Welcome Credit**: Every newly registered user automatically receives 1 free onboarding audit credit.

## Model Context Protocol (MCP) & AI Integration

Plan Comply provides a production-grade remote Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for integration with Gemini, Claude, Cursor, and Antigravity agents:
- **Public MCP Server Endpoint**: `https://api.plancomply.co.za/mcp`
- **RFC 9700 OAuth Metadata**: `https://api.plancomply.co.za/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource/mcp` and `https://plancomply.co.za/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource/mcp`
- **Supported Transport**: HTTP POST (JSON-RPC 2.0) and Server-Sent Events (SSE).
- **Available Tools**:
  - `get_sans_rules`: Search SANS 10400 clauses by Part (A-XA) or Category.
  - `check_municipal_requirements`: Retrieve council submission document checklists and delay pitfalls.
  - `get_common_rejection_pitfalls`: Query top 25 plan rejection causes with remediation steps.
  - `calculate_sans_fenestration`: Calculate mandatory SANS 10400-O glazing (10%) and openable ventilation (5%).
  - `calculate_stair_compliance`: Validate SANS 10400-M stair riser, going, headroom, and 2R+G ergonomics.
  - `get_credit_pricing`: Fetch real-time plan audit credit packages and volume discounts.
  - `pre_check_building_plan`: Run an automated multi-point regulatory validation on plan specifications.

## Key Resources & Documentation

- [Full Machine Knowledge Base](https://plancomply.co.za/llms-full.txt): Deep regulatory catalogue, bylaw rules, and detailed MCP tool specifications.
- [Plan Audit Console](https://plancomply.co.za/app): Interactive web audit console for running pre-submission checks.
- [Pricing & Credit Packages](https://plancomply.co.za/pricing): Credit pack purchasing and instant checkout.
- [XML Sitemap](https://plancomply.co.za/sitemap.xml): Canonical search engine sitemap.
- [Robots Directives](https://plancomply.co.za/robots.txt): Machine and AI crawler indexing permissions.