Buffalo City Municipality is constantly planning, reviewing and implementing the way forward. In terms of national legislation, municipalities are required to produce an annual integrated development plan and budget. These outline the municipality's priorities and spending plans to achieve certain goals. Some of the documents that drive these processes can be found by clicking on the links below:
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IDP 2008 - 2009
Tariff Book
Financial Reporting
Annual Report
Performance management
Buffalo City development strategy-Draft
International Centre for Aids Care and Treatment Programmes[PDF, 9.2MB]
Medium Term Revenue & Expenditure Budget
Buffalo City Development Strategy - Draft [PDF: 5.4MB]
BCM Budget Policy
BCM Tariff Policy
Tourism Masterplan
Quenera Local Spatial Development Framework Plan
Welcoming the World in 2010 [PDF: 160KB]
Report on the 2005 Customer Satisfaction Survey [PDF: 280KB]
2001 Quality of Life Survey [PDF: 455KB]
Draft Integrated Transport Plan
It should be noted that the BCM Draft ITP document has not yet been subject to public consultation nor has it been approved by Buffalo City Council and is intended for information & comment only
Download Acrobat document [3MB]
Youth Development Strategy 2005 - 2007
THE Buffalo City Municipality is determined to ensure that its young residents are catered for.
With this in mind, the City has drawn up a Youth Development Strategy. Among other things, it aims to ensure that young people participate in government and civic affairs, become economically viable and help uplift themselves and their communities, and reduce the effects of HIV/Aids.
The municipality worked closely with its young constituents and organisations that work with young people, to draw up the strategy.
Download Acrobat document [590KB]
Buffalo City: Developing a comprehensive HIV and AIDS Workplace Strategy
The municipality is determined to tackle developmental issues and provide social support services for all of its people. Among the
innovative steps taken has been the research into the impact of HIV and AIDS on the municipality's workforce - the first ever undertaken by a local government - and on the community. The findings informed the development of the strategy.
Part 1 [1.4MB]
Part 2 [184KB]
Integrated Coastal Zone Management Plan
The Buffalo City Integrated Coastal Zone Management Plan aims to identify existing environmental pressures and provide recommendations to deal with these pressures, which threaten the City's 68km coastline.
Review [823KB]
Part 1 [451KB]
Part 2 [881KB]
Part 3 [298KB]
Part 4 [297KB]
Part 5 [303KB]
The State of Sanitation Report
Buffalo City Municipality is faced with growing challenges relating to sanitation and wastewater management and, in an effort to deal with this, it has prepared a Sanitation Policy and Strategy. The process was co-ordinated by the Integrated Environmental and Sustainable Development Unit as sanitation is a multidisciplinary sector involving environmental, engineering, microbiological, health, social science, planning and financial specialists.
Download Acrobat document [1.6MB]
Public Transport Framework Plan [2.5MB]
2020 plan for future network and services (February 2005)
Financial statements 2004:
Media Strategy 2004-2005 [250KB, Acrobat format]
Employee Relations Policy [311KB, Acrobat format]
Spatial Development Plan
Communications Strategy & Action plan: 2003 - 2004 [683KB PDF]
Revitalisation plan [185KB, word doc]
Integrated Development Plan 2002/2003
Budget 2004/2005
Budget 2003/2004
Tender Adjudication Procedure
Tariff Book
Procurement Policy
Public Transport Framework Plan [641KB PDF]
Five Year Strategic Plan for Department of Finance [720KB PDF]
Credit Control and Debt Collection Policy [307KB, word doc]
Debt Collection Procedures [154KB, word doc]
Consumer Guide for Municipal Accounts
Arrear Arrangements for Arrear Debt
Improved Payment Strategy: Undertake an audit of the accounts database
City of East London
Central beach front local structure plan
Development plan for the Marina Glen/Eastern beach and easten beach caravan park area
Sleeper site development framework:East London
East london airport:Noise Contours
The calculation for the noise contours for East london aiport
Report of the director of planning and engineering services
Local structure plan: Beachfront
Draft:Comprehensive urban planning for the King Williams Town
Final report:DeceMBer 2000
Buffalo Flats Local Development Objectives
MELD Corridor Development framework:Final Report
Nahoon beach framework plan:June 1992
Local Structure Plan: Nahoon Mouth-April 1993
North End local structure plan:February 1992
Vincent Berea Precint:Local spartial development framework
Quigney N.W. Structure plan
REPORT NO. 551 O/2: NoveMBer 1998
West bank local spartial development framework
Appendices
Mdantsane/Portsdam development plan
Mdantsane/Portsdam development plan:PDF Maps
Mount Ruth Nodal Precint:Development plan-1 SepteMBer 2005
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