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Physical Planning Act.

Country/Territory
South Africa
Document type
Legislation
Date
1967 (1991)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
An Act to promote co-ordinated environment planning and the utilization of the Republic's resources, and for those purposes to provide for control of the zoning and subdivision of land for industrial purposes; for the reservation of land for industrial purposes; for the establishment of controlled areas; for restrictions upon the subdivision and use of land in controlled areas; for the compilation and approval of guide plans; and for restrictions upon the use of land for certain purposes unless reserved for use for such purposes; and for other matters incidental thereto.
Subject
Land & soil
Keyword
Land-use planning
Geographical area
Africa, South Atlantic, Southern Africa
Abstract

If the Minister is satisfied that an area should be declared a controlled area or part of an existing controlled area, he may by notice in the Gazette declare that area, a controlled area, or part of a controlled area. No person shall use land in a controlled area otherwise than for a purpose for which it was being used immediately prior to the date as from which the area concerned was or is declared a controlled area or part of a controlled area; or use land, in a controlled area, which at any time after the date of declaration was not used for a purpose contemplated in the said paragraph (a), or for any other purpose authorized by or under this Act, for a continuous period of two years, except under the authority of a permit and for the purpose and in accordance with the conditions specified therein.

Full text
English

References - Legislation

Amended by

Rural Development and Land Reform General Amendment Act, 2011 (No. 4 of 2011).

Legislation | South Africa | 2011

Keyword: Land tenure, Cadastre/land registration, Common property, Lease, Institution, Survey/mapping

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Physical Planning Act.

Legislation | South Africa | 1991 (1993)

Keyword: Land-use planning, Institution, Environmental planning, Public participation, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Offences/penalties, Policy/planning

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Repealed by

Spatial Planning and Land Use Management Act, 2013 (No. 16 of 2013).

Legislation | South Africa | 2013

Keyword: Basic legislation, Land-use planning, Institution, Environmental planning, Public participation, Policy/planning, Court/tribunal, Agricultural land, Land tenure, Cadastre/land registration, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Enforcement/compliance, Offences/penalties, Access-to-information, Community management, Integrated management

Source: FAO, FAOLEX