Western Cape Bioregional Planning Framework

Western Cape Bioregional Planning Framework

WESTERN CAPE, SOUTH AFRICA

This office was appointed by the Provincial Administration of the Western Cape to prepare a bioregional planning framework for the province to serve as a basis for the preparation of integrated development plans on provincial, district and local levels.

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To promote sustainable development in the Western Cape as is contemplated in the Western Cape Planning and Development Act, 1999 (Act 7 of 1999), it will be necessary to institute planning and management systems that would facilitate a balanced integration of conservation and development interests in land-use and settlement planning.

Aims to achieve the following:

a) Provide a standard format the implementation of bioregional planning with the aim to facilitate sustainable development throughout the Western Cape Province.

b) Support the municipalities in the preparation of their Integrated Development Plans (IDPs) and, in particular, their Spatial Development Frameworks (SDFs) and any Spatial Development Plans (SDPs).

c) Facilitate the land-use classification of the entire land surface of the Western Cape Province in a standard format in accordance with defined Spatial Planning Categories (SPCs), which are based on a broad spectrum of environmental parameters and a system of values and ethics.

d) Facilitate cross-boundary co-operation and co-ordination between municipalities in respect of issues that are of mutual interest for their respective areas of jurisdiction (refer to inter alia issues pertaining to land-use, biodiversity conservation, and resource utilisation).

e) Provide a framework that would inform any future municipal demarcation with the aim to reconcile future municipal boundaries with defined bioregional parameters.