The Office of the Premier of the Free State and the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform jointly appointed Dennis Moss Partnership to prepare a Provincial Spatial Development Framework for the Free State (PSDF)
The Free State PSDF is a policy document that promotes a ‘developmental state’ in accordance with national and provincial legislation and directives. It aligns with the Free State Provincial Growth and Development Strategy which has committed the Free State to ‘building a prosperous, sustainable and growing provincial economy which reduces poverty and improves social development’.
The PSDF includes comprehensive plans and strategies that collectively indicate which type of land-use should be promoted in the Province, where such land-use should take place, and how it should be implemented and managed. In broad terms, the PSDF:
• Indicates the spatial implications of the core development objectives of the Free State Provincial Growth and Development Strategy.
• Serves as a spatial plan that facilitates local economic development.
• Lays down strategies, proposals and guidelines as it relates to sustainable development.
• Facilitates cross-boundary co-operation between municipalities, adjoining provinces, and bordering countries.
• Serves as a manual for integration and standardisation of the planning frameworks of all spheres of government in the Province.
The Free State Provincial Growth and Development Strategy states that sustainable economic development is the only effective means by which the most significant challenge of the Free State, namely poverty, can be addressed is. The PSDF gives practical effect to sustainable development, which is defined as development that meets the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
The PSDF is prepared in accordance with bioregional planning principles that were adapted to suit the site-specific requirements of the Free State. It incorporates and complies with the relevant protocols, conventions, agreements, legislation and policy at all applicable levels of planning, ranging from the international to the local.
The PSDF builds upon achievements and learns from mistakes of the past, reacts to the challenges of our time, incorporates the traditional knowledge of the people of the Free State, and builds upon international best-practice and technology.
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