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Acts, frameworks, regulations, policies, guidelines

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Land Use and Planning Legislation
Transport Legislation

Spatial Planning legislation and policy

• SPLUMA, the national Spatial Land Use and Management Act of 2013.
  see eg Section 7: Development Principles, including spatial justice, sustainability, resilience (flexibility), good administration  and Section 21: Content of Municipal Spatial Development Framework
• LUPA, the Western Cape Land Use Planning Act of 2014; see eg Section 10 on Municipal Spatial Development Frameworks
• PSDF, the Western Cape Provincial Spatial Development Framework of 2014 whose provisions are mandatory for the Stellenbosch MSDF
• LUPB, the Stellenbosch Land Use By-Law of 2015, establishing the necessary Project Committee and Intergovernmental Steering Committee
• see also the Municipal Systems Act of 2000 and the Municipal Structures Act of 1998
• The Subdivision of Agricultural Land Act 70 of 1970 plays an important role because subdivision of land requires special permission (see "suspicious exemptions granted" below). Here is the original PDF version without amendments
• Stellenbosch categorisation of planning applications (2017) with earlier 2015 version of categorisation

Transport and traffic legislation and policy

• National Land Transport Strategic Framework (NLTSF) 2023-2028
• National Land Transport Act of 2009
• National Land Transport Strategic Framework (NLTSF) 2017-2022
• Minimum Requirements (2016) for drawing up an integrated transport plan
• Western Cape Provincial Land Transport Framework (PLTF)
• Western Cape Infrastructure Framework (WCIF)
• Western Cape Department of Transport Strategic Plan
• Stellenbosch 2016 Comprehensive Integrated Transport Plan (CITP)