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WESTERN CAPE PROVINCIAL LEGISLATION OVERVIEWS
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Western Cape Land Use Planning Act, No. 3 of 2014

Long title


To consolidate legislation in the Province pertaining to provincial planning, regional planning and development, urban and rural development, regulation support and monitoring of municipal planning and regulation of public places and municipal roads arising from subdivisions; to make provision for provincial spatial development frameworks; to provide for minimum standards for, and the efficient coordination of, spatial development frameworks; to provide for minimum norms and standards for effective municipal development management; to regulate provincial development management; to regulate the effect of land development on agriculture; to provide for land use planning principles; to repeal certain old-order laws; and to provide for matters incidental thereto.

Table of contents

SECTION TITLE

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

CHAPTER I. INTERPRETATION
1. Definitions

CHAPTER II. FUNCTIONS OF MUNICIPALITIES AND PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT
2. Functions of municipalities
3. Functions of Provincial Government

CHAPTER III. SPATIAL PLANNING

Part 1. Provincial spatial development framework
4. Provincial spatial development framework
5. Compilation, adoption, amendment or review of provincial spatial development framework
6. Initiation of amendment of provincial spatial development framework

Part 2. Provincial regional spatial development frameworks
7. Provincial regional spatial development frameworks
8. Compilation, adoption, amendment, review or withdrawal of provincial regional spatial development frameworks
9. Initiation of amendment or withdrawal of provincial regional spatial development frameworks

Part 3. Municipal spatial development frameworks
10. Municipal spatial development frameworks
11. Adoption or amendment of municipal spatial development frameworks
12. Intergovernmental steering committee
13. Procedure without intergovernmental steering committee
14. Submission of municipal spatial development frameworks
15. Consistency between municipal spatial development frameworks

Part 4. Transitional and general arrangements 
16. Structure plans
17. Continuation of spatial development frameworks
18. Publication of spatial development frameworks
19. Compliance or consistency with, and deviation from, spatial development frameworks or structure plans
20. Records of spatial development frameworks
21. Integration of other plans, policy or frameworks

CHAPTER IV. MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT

Part 1. Zoning schemes
22. Zoning scheme for municipal area
23. Purpose of zoning schemes
24. Contents of zoning schemes
25. Compilation or amendment of zoning schemes
26. Intergovernmental steering committee
27. Procedure without intergovernmental steering committee
28. Submission of zoning schemes
29. Coming into operation of zoning schemes
30. Permitted utilisation of land 
31. Records of zoning schemes
32. Continuation of zoning schemes

Part 2. Existing town planning and zoning schemes
33. Existing town planning and zoning schemes

Part 3. Zonings and other use rights
34. Use rights
35. Rezonings, departures or consent uses

Part 4. Subdivision 
36. Subdivision of land

Part 5. Public places
37. Public places

Part 6. Consolidation of land units
38. Consolidation of land units

Part 7. Restrictive conditions
39. Removal, suspension or amendment of restrictive conditions

Part 8. Conditions
40. Conditions
41. Amendment of conditions

Part 9. Procedures and decision-making
42. Minimum information to be submitted
43. Publication of notices
44. Serving of notices
45. Provincial comment on land use applications
46. Maximum time for decision-making
47. Comments by organs of state
48. Fees for land use applications
49. Basis of assessment of land use applications
50. Notification of municipal decisions
51. Appeals against municipal decisions
52. Provincial comment on appeals

CHAPTER V. PROVINCIAL DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT
53. Provincial approval of land development
54. Decision of Head of Department
55. Basis of assessment of land development applications
56. Appeal to Provincial Minister
57. Lapsing of land development approvals

CHAPTER VI. LAND USE PLANNING PRINCIPLES
58. Application of land use planning principles
59. Land use planning principles

CHAPTER VII. EXEMPTIONS AND AUTHORISATIONS
60. Provincial exemptions and authorisations
61. Exemptions relating to subdivisions and consolidations

CHAPTER VIII. PLANNING ADVISORY COMMITTEE
62. Planning Advisory Committee
63. Composition of Committee
64. Term of office and conditions of service
65. Meetings of Committee

CHAPTER IX. GENERAL PROVISIONS

Part 1. Assessment of land use planning matters
66. Assessments and recommendations by registered planners

Part 2. Integrated procedures and decisions
67. Integrated procedures and decisions

Part 3. Enforcement, offences and penalties
68. Powers to inspect and enforce
69. Warrant
70. Notice to remedy contraventions
71. Contents of notice
72. Remedying contraventions
73. Review by Provincial Minister
74. Offences and penalties

Part 4. Delegations
75. Delegation of powers and assignment of duties

Part 5. Regulations and guidelines
76. Regulations and guidelines

Part 6. Repeal of laws, and savings and transitional provisions
77. Repeal of laws
78. Savings and transitional provisions

Part 7. Short title and commencement
79. Short title and commencement
Sch. SCHEDULE. LAWS REPEALED BY SECTION 77
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