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Northern Cape Provincial Spatial Development Framework

NORTHERN CAPE, SOUTH AFRICA

This company was appointed in 2012 by the Northern Cape Provincial Government to prepare a Spatial Development Framework which would serve as a common spatial vision and strategy for future development and management of the province.

The Northern Cape Province is a unique part of the globe. This is primarily due to its rich endowment of natural, cultural, economic and human resources. As a consequence, the province has become an international economic, scientific and environmental focal area, as is demonstrated by inter alia the designation of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project, UNESCO’s registration of the Richtersveld Botanical and Landscape World Heritage Site, and the growing investors’ interest in the Gamagara Development Corridor.

The Northern Cape Provincial Development and Resource Management Plan / Provincial Spatial Development Framework (PSDF) is the end-product of an 18-month planning process jointly commissioned by the Office of the Premier of the Northern Cape and the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform to address the challenges, implement innovative and best-practice strategies, give effect to global obligations, and foster partnerships in the Northern Cape.

Approved on 22 August 2012, the overarching functions of the PSDF are to serve as a:

a) Spatial land-use directive which aims to promote environmental, economic, and social sustainability through sustainable development.

b) Guideline for instilling a developmental state.

c) Basis for prioritising governmental programmes and projects.

d) Premise for governmental performance management.

e) Manual for integrated land-use planning.

The approval of the PSDF in terms of the Northern Cape Planning and Development Act 7 of 1998 means that the PSDF has statutory status as the common spatial vision and strategy around which to align the future development and management of the province. Compliance with the PSDF in this regard is therefore mandatory.