Goal

The goal of the Directorate of Development Planning and Local Economic Development is to provide strategic direction to the municipality with regards to development issues and to ensure that the municipality's vision and strategies are achieved in the fields of development planning and transport planning and operations.

Objectives

• Provide spatial and development plans, and the management thereof within the context of the Integrated Development Plan.
• Facilitate and manage the development and ongoing enhancement of strategy, policies and processes pertaining to city planning, land surveying, land administration, housing, architecture, transport planning, transport operations and traffic engineering.
• Facilitate and manage a number of interrelated spatial, housing, land and transport investment plans and programmes.
• Formulate and implement appropriate policies and strategies to sustain urban and rural development.
• Allocate, manage and optimise resources, and drive performance within the key focus areas of development planning and transport planning and operations.

Departments

The directorate comprises two main departments:

• Development Planning
• Transport Planning and Operations

The primary goal of the department is to ensure holistic development planning for Buffalo City Municipality.

The department comprises five divisions:

• City Planning
• Land Surveying
• Land Administration
• Housing
• Architecture

Divisions

• Transport Planning and Development
  
• Public Transport Services
• Traffic Engineering

Goals

To ensure a transport planning and operations management function

Nature of Services
Transport Planning and Development

• Compilation, design, implementation and monitoring of an integrated transport plan.
• Compilation, design, implementation and monitoring of roads infrastructure master plan.
• Compilation, design, implementation and monitoring of a transportation policy.
• Compilation of the annual Buffalo City Municipality Integrated transport Plan.
• Transport planning assignments.
• Public transport facilities and transport infrastructure planning.
• Facilitating public participation including a Transport Forum.

Public Transport Operations

• Public transport operations at Public transport facilities.
• Transport law and policy enforcement (via the Provincial Transport Inspectors).
• Public transport regulations
• Management of operating license strategy
• Coordination of inter-governmental concurrent transport functions.
• Public transport service contract administration.
• Public Transport security plans.
• Public transport information systems and records.
• Public transport communication - public relations.
• Public Transport Forum.
• Minibus taxi liaison.
• Public participation.
• Liaison with stakeholders.

Bus Service

• Administer and manage the City bus service (transferred from Amatole District Municipality).

Bus Timetable

Traffic Engineering

• Computerised area and traffic control system development and management.
• Traffic signal plans - development, provision and maintenance of new signalised intersections.
• Signage management - installation and maintenance of new signalised installations.
• Traffic counting and statistical analysis.
• ITS- Intelligent Transport Systems.
• Traffic monitoring.

Zoning Scheme Regulations

Zoning scheme regulations [1MB PDF]

Conversion table [111KB PDF]

Spatial Development Plan

Quenera Local Spatial Development Framework Plan

Public Transport Framework Plan
[641Kb PDF]

Land Use application form [240Kb PDF]

Application for an adertising sign
[47.2 KB PDF]

City of East London
Central beach front local structure plan

Acknowledgement[239Kb PDF]

Background[312Kb PDF]

Analysis[218Kb PDF]

Synthesis[249Kb PDF]

Proposals[3.9MB PDF]

Recommendations[700Kb PDF]

Appendix 1[700Kb PDF]

Appendix 2[1.2MB PDF]

Appendix 3[6.7MB PDF]

Development plan for the Marina Glen/Eastern beach and easten beach caravan park area

Introduction[1.66MB PDF]

Planning Context[2MB PDF]

The study area:Brief Overview[1.73MB PDF]

The study area:Detailed Site Analysis[1.73MB PDF]

Development Scenario

Conclusion and Recommendations[881Kb PDF]

Sleeper site development framework:East London

Introduction

The Site

The Sleeper site in its urban Context

Development Framework: Policy and Proposals

Phasing

Realising the vision

Appendix1

East london airport:Noise Contours
The calculation for the noise contours for East london aiport

Purpose of the study and introduction

General Information

Methodology of the study

Discussion of the results

Summary of the aircraft noise impact

Conclusion

Appendix A

Report of the director of planning and engineering services
Local structure plan: Beachfront

Background and Recommendations

Background to the beachfront policy plan

Draft:Comprehensive urban planning for the King Williams Town Final report:December 2000

Introduction:Comprehensive urban planning with land development objectives

Points of Departure

Vision,Goal and Objectives

Existing situation and analysis:Regional setting

Human/Cultural resources and social development

Economic resources and local economic development

Natural resources and environmental developments

Urban and rural spartial development

Synthesis of Key Development Issues and a Proposed Planning Strategy

Development Scenarios

Plan Proposal

Implementation

Buffalo Flats Local Development Objectives

MELD Corridor Development framework:Final Report

Introduction and report outline

Positive attributes about the Meld corridor

Corridor development issues and constraints

Conceptual approach to the Meld corridor

Structuring ideas

Intergrated corridor development framework

Special development areas

Highway center major node

Mountain ruth major node

Anoldton Major Node

Chester Major Node

Minor Nodes

Implementation strategy

Expected results of implementation of Meld Corridor Framework

Nahoon beach framework plan:June 1992

Local Structure Plan: Nahoon Mouth-April 1993

Introduction and Analysis

Public Participation

Synthesis

Development Proposals

Recommendations

North End local structure plan:February 1992

Introduction and Analysis

Synthesis

Policy

Policy recommendations

Vincent Berea Precint:Local spartial development framework

Quigney N.W. Structure plan

Introduction and Historical background

Analysis

Aims of planning policy and Synthesis

Annexure D:Connection Zone

REPORT NO. 551 O/2: November 1998

Executive Summary

Introduction

Problem Statement

Conceptual Statement

Development plan and proposals

Conclusion

West bank local spartial development framework

Appendices

Tourism questionnaire

Important resource characteristics of the RHFA'S in the west bank study area

Settlement models

Possible farms identified for acquisition: Eastern node

Possible farms identified for acquisition: Central node

Possible farms identified for acquisition: Southern node

Land suitable for model 3 settlement

Identified housing projects

Town planning threshold

Buffalo city cemetery study

Mdantsane/Portsdam development plan

Final report: November 1998

Development content

Social and economic elements

Physical elements

Local authority/engineering services

Transportation aspects

Administration,land and legal issues

Mdantsane/Portsdam development plan:PDF Maps

Sub-regional context

Population distribution

Developable land units

Informal settlement status

Zonal Subsection

Existing land use

Sewer Network

Water Network

Road Structure

Proposed road hierachy

Administrative land tenure

Regional Context

Plan No1:Study area

Key development issues

Plan No3:LEDSF

Existing electric network

Housing development

Infranstructure transport proposals

Overall Proposal

Mount Ruth Nodal Precint:Development plan-1 September 2005

Introduction

Planning area

Planning and policy context

Existing situation

Development potential analysis

Conceptual alternatives

Economic development concept

Urban design report

List of plans

Environmental implications

Transportation systems assessment:Status quo report

Existing traffic volumes

Pedestrian volumes

Pedestrian Interviews

National route2:Concept planning report

Layout 1-Newlands road

Layout 2-Billie road

List of stakeholders

Urban econ report

Sweco diagrams

Draft Report:Pre-application environmental screening