The Department of Planning & Development & Economic planning is divided into three Units being:
Development Planning
- Town Planning,
- Building Control,
- Environment, and Economic Development
2.1 Strategic Planning
2.2 Integrated Development Plan, and
2.3 Forward planning.
DEVELOPMENT PLANNING
The unit amongst others is responsible for the following key activities:
A.1 -Town Planning
- Land management,
- Land legal matters,
- Rural Development,
- Land administration,
- Property valuation,
- Property Development, and
- Geographic information systems.
A-2 Building control
- Building regulations,
- Building control,
- Development monitoring,
- Land invasions office, and
- Implementing office for LED infrastructure
A-3 Environmental management
- Strategic environmental management,
- Coastal management, and
- Approval of Environmental impact assessments.
A-4 Housing
- Beneficiary management,
- Monitoring of housing development,
- Housing sector plan developments,
- ECONOMIC PLANNING
The unit amongst others is responsible for the following key activities:
B-1 SMME DEVELOPMENT
- Capacity building of existing SMME’s,
- Monitoring of existing projects,
- Business development,
- Business retention,
- Investment planning, and
- Formation of cooperatives
B-2 Agriculture
- Poverty alleviation,
- Promotion and development of cooperatives
B-3 Tourism
- Promotion of local tourism,
- Development of local SMME’s,
- Development of accommodation sector,
- Participate in national and international conferences, and
- Heritage Development.
B-4 Forestry
- Monitoring of forestry developments,
- Partnership with strategic partners,
- Identify new opportunities and land availability
- Strategic Planning
- Development of the five years plans,
- Development of municipal sector plans