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Physical Planning Act.

Country/Territory
South Africa
Document type
Legislation
Date
1991 (1993)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
An Act to promote the orderly physical development of the Republic, and for that purpose to provide for the division of the Republic into regions, for the preparation of national development plans, regional development plans, regional structure plans and urban structure plans by the various authorities responsible for physical planning, and for matters connected therewith.
Subject
Land & soil
Keyword
Land-use planning Institution Environmental planning Public participation Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Offences/penalties Policy/planning
Geographical area
Africa, South Atlantic, Southern Africa
Abstract

This Act provides for physical planning in South Africa at national and local level. It assigns functions to the Minister of Regional and Land Affairs for achievement the objects of this Act and grants power to the Minister to divide the Republic into two or more development regions and to divide a development region into two or more planning regions. The Minister shall ensure that physical planning is promoted and coordinated on a national and regional basis. The Minister may cause a national development plan to be prepared for the Republic and a regional development plan to be prepared for a development region or any portion of such region. In order to cause a policy plan to be prepared, the Planning Authority concerned may establish a planning committee to prepare a draft of that policy plan for an area defined by the Planning Authority. The Act also, among other things, provides for urban structure plans, defines legal consequences of various plans, defines offences and grants regulation-making powers to the Minister.

Full text
English
Website
www.mangaung.co.za

References - Legislation

Amends

Physical Planning Act.

Legislation | South Africa | 1967 (1991)

Keyword: Land-use 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Repealed by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