The Spatial Development Framework for Buffalo City has been compiled to support the development vision, and objectives and strategies identified in the Buffalo City Municipality's Integrated Development Plan (IDP). In terms of Section 26(e) of the Municipal Systems Act (Act No. 32 of 2000), the Spatial Development Framework is a legally required component of the Municipality's IDP.

The Buffalo City Spatial Development Framework has the status of a statutory plan, and serves to guide and inform all decisions made by the Municipal Council on spatial development and land use management in the area to which it applies.

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The Spatial Development Framework for Buffalo City has been compiled as a collaborative effort by officials of the Buffalo City Municipality (BCM), under the direction of a multi-sectoral Technical Task Team, and supported by a Team of Consultants.

• BCM Local Spatial Development Framework
• Bonza Bay Road
• Dimbaza Mount Coke
• North Eastern Urban Edge
• Plans
• Presentations
• BCM SDF Draft [Acrobat format: 4Mb]
• West Bank Local Spatial Development Framework
• Vincent - Berea Precinct Local Spatial Development Framework

• Plan 1 [4324kb]


• Plan 2 [3267kb]


• Plan 2b [3268kb]


• Plan 3 [1181kb]


• Plan 4 [3294kb]


• Plan 5 [3280kb]


• Plan 6 [3553kb]


• Plan 7 [3342kb]


• Plan 8.1 [3270kb]


• Plan 8.2 [3238kb]


• Plan 8.3 [4112kb]


• Plan 8.4 [888kb]


• Plan 8.5 [5749kb]


• Plan 8.6 [3371kb]


• Plan 8.7 [6542kb]


• Plan 9.1 [4950kb]


• Plan 9.2 [4719kb]


• Plan 9.3 [3909kb]


• Plan 9.4 [2484kb]


• Plan 9.5 [3216kb]


• Annexure A [8551kb]


All maps are in high resolution PDF format and may take a while to download.

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]

• 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]

• Introduction
• The Site
• The Sleeper site in its urban Context
• Development Framework: Policy and Proposals
• Phasing
• Realising the vision
• Appendix1

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

Local structure plan: Beachfront

• Background and Recommendations
• Background to the beachfront policy plan

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

• 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

• Introduction and Analysis
• Public Participation
• Synthesis
• Development Proposals
• Recommendations

• Introduction and Analysis
• Synthesis
• Policy
• Policy recommendations

Vincent Berea Precint: Local spartial development framework

• Introduction and Historical background
• Analysis
• Aims of planning policy and Synthesis
• Annexure D:Connection Zone

West Bank local spartial development framework

• 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

• Final report: November 1998
• Development content
• Social and economic elements
• Physical elements
• Local authority/engineering services
• Transportation aspects
• Administration,land and legal issues

• 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

• 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