CONSIDERATIONS FOR SCHEME PREPARATION
Presentation to
MUNICIPAL PDA FORUM:
19 OCTOBER 2012
Presented by
YVONNE OFOSU-KWAKYE: Spatial Planning
CONTENTS
1. The Scheme in Municipal Land Use Management
2. What is a Scheme?
3. Some Implications of a Policy-led Scheme
4. What does a Scheme Contain?
5. What Informs a Scheme?
6. Example of an Informant-based Planning Scheme
THE SCHEME IN MUNICIPAL LAND USE MANAGEMENT
Current SDFs
SDFs PROPOSED by the Spatial Planning and
Land Use Management Bill (2011)
National Spatial Development Perspective
(Policy Coordination & Advisory Services
Spatial Development
Framework
of the Provincial Growth and
Development Strategy (2011)
Spatial Development
Framework
of municipal Integrated
Development Plans
NATIONAL
SPHERE
PROVINCIAL
SPHERE
National SDFs
Regional SDFs
of the Presidency, (2007) ‘an indicative
planning tool for all spheres of government)
Provincial SDFs
Municipal SDFs
LOCAL
SPHERE
Land Use Management
Framework
Land Use Schemes
THE SCHEME IN MUNICIPAL LAND USE MANAGEMENT
• The scheme is informed by national, provincial
and municipal policies (e.g. the IDP and SDF)
• Relationship to the IDP – SDF:
- The scheme is one of the mechanisms for the
implementation of the IDP-SDF
- The scheme is one of the statutory mechanisms
for the implementation of the IDP-SDF
WHAT IS A SCHEME?
• A scheme is a tool for implementing spatially based
policy-driven change.
• It is also a regulatory mechanism by which the
preservation and changes to land use occur, and
also provides both opportunities and constraints to
development.
• The scheme proposal thus requires an identified set
of informants which would act as the basis for
planning at the “town-scale” (used in its broad sense)
IN LEGAL TERMS…?
• PDA SECTION 3: The purpose of a scheme is to
regulate land use and to promote orderly development
in accordance with the municipality’s integrated
development plan.
IN NORMATIVE TERMS…?
• The scheme balances the public interest with private
interest in line with the policy framework and the
preferred spatial logic for the municipality.
SOME IMPLICATIONS OF A POLICY-LED SCHEME
• A scheme is a mechanism that implements policy - it
brings inappropriate, historically-granted rights into line
with current policy priorities.
• A scheme must promote sustainable development (MSA
– Act 32 of 2000).
• A scheme is concerned with spatial restructuring: The
ultimate purpose of the NSDP in the South African setting
is to fundamentally reconfigure apartheid spatial
relations… (2006 NSPD page ii).
• Consequently, a scheme in the South African setting
cannot simply be the reflection of existing land use.
WHAT DOES A SCHEME CONTAIN?
PDA SECTION 5:
• Maps and accompanying clauses (and other provisions)
• Defines applicable area
• Defines terms in maps and clauses
• Specifies land uses and development that may be
- permitted;
- not permitted and;
- permitted with municipality’s permission;
• Non-conforming uses
WHAT INFORMS A SCHEME?
Performance Qualities
Sustainability
Equitability
Densification &
Infrastructure
Sense of Place
Settlement
edges
Heritage
Economic
opportunities
Public Spaces
Future growth
Economic Viability
Linkages
Design
WHAT INFORMS A SCHEME?...ctnd
FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION: Where should development GO and NOT GO?
1. Needs
2. Informants
3. Constraints
1. Agricultural Town, Service Centre, Industrial Town, determined by
socio-economic profile, resource base, etc
2. Informants include environmental studies, heritage studies,
economic / social studies, landscape characterisation, etc
3. Constraints would determine where types of land uses can and
cannot be located - e.g. topography, slope, floodlines, etc
4. Up-to-date Cadastre
5. Existing Land Uses
6. Impacts and Compatibility of Zones / land uses (gradation of activities)
Australian Example of an informant-based Planning Scheme
Business 3 Zone
Public Park and
Recreation Zone
Public Use Zone
Australian Example of an informant-based Planning Scheme
Business 3 Zone with a
Special Building Overlay and
Design & Development
Overlay
Public Park and Recreation
Zone with Design &
Development and Heritage
Overlay
Public Park and Recreation
Zone with City Link Project,
Design & Development and
Heritage Overlay
Public Use Zone with a State
Resource Overlay
CONCLUSION….
“If it doesn't make sense, it's
usually not true.”
― Judy Sheindlin
A scheme should be able to pass the test of LOGIC and
JUSTIFICATION
CONTACT DETAILS
Spatial Planning Directorate
2nd Floor, Southern Life Plaza
271 Church Street
Pietermaritzburg, 3200
Tel: +27(0) 33 355 6473
E-mail: mandisa.zungu@kzncogta.gov.za
Website: www.kzncogta.gov.za