The Ministry for Rural Development and Land Reform invites members of the public to submit comments on the Draft Spatial Planning and Land Use Management Bill which the department published in the government gazette on 6 May 2011. The department invites any interested person or body to provide comments on the Draft Spatial Planning and Land Use Management Bill, 2011.
Once enacted, the bill will replace the Development Facilitation Act No 67 of 1995, Removal of Restrictions Act No 84 of 1967, the Physical Planning Act No 88 of 1967 and other laws. The Bill will impact on all national, provincial and pre-1994 pieces of legislation on land use management and land development.
The primary objects of the Bill are to: provide for a uniform, effective, efficient and integrated regulatory framework for spatial planning, land use and land use management in a manner that promotes the principles of cooperative government and public interest; provide for and determine development principles, compulsory norms and standards for land use management; maintain essential standards for land use management, spatial development and land use; promote cooperative governance; socio-economic benefits; sustainable and efficient use of land; establish planning tribunals; and redress the imbalances of the past and ensure that there is equity in land use and land use management.
Reference is made to establishing “planning tribunals” with a view to redressing past “imbalances”, ensuring equitable land use and management.
Written comments and consultative inputs on the Bill must be submitted by no later than 6 June 2011 to:
- Sunday Ogunronbi, SOGunronbi@ruraldevelopment.gov.za, 0866 928 882 (fax)
- Rajesh Makan, RMakan@ruraldevelopment.gov.za, 012 321 6854 (fax)
- Lindiwe Mabona, SPLUMB@ruraldevelopment.gov.za, 012 321 6808 (fax)
Members of the public are encouraged to submit written comments from the date the Bill is published in the Government Gazette. Public consultations are currently been conducted by the department and will end on 6 June 2011
