Maphumulo IDP - KZN Development Planning

Protection and enhancement of the natural environment within which all land use anddevelopment takes place.A system of corridors, which seeks to improve access and movement patterns.A system of settlement footprints as the basis for service delivery and developmentA system of nodes, which forms the basis for the agglomeration of certain activitiesFramework for economic development.The following have been identified as specific areas in the municipality, which requiretargeted interventions to assist and guide development:Recreation and Tourism areas: Recreation and tourism areas should be developed andpromoted in order to support LED and tourism initiatives, as well as social development forresidents of the municipality. Two of the key tourism opportunities identified is thedevelopment of the Kwa-Shushu Hotsprings and Itshe lika Ntunjambili.Poverty Alleviation Areas: These are peri-urban and rural areas in which there are low levelsof economic activity and high levels of poverty. Key intervention in these areas include:Provision of access to municipal and social services Support for LED initiatives such as SMME’sand small scale agriculture.4.16 SUMMARY STATUS OF THE LUMSThe Maphumulo Municipality is mostly rural, 90% of the area falls under traditional authority.The municipality initiated a township establishment process for Maphumulo village which willbe town centre. The township establishment process is still underway and a general plan forthe municipality has been approved by the Surveyor General. The lack of a Land usemanagement system in Maphumulo proved to be unsustainable. Council adopted to startthe process of developing a scheme for the proposed Town centre.It was recognised that the municipality’s Land Use Management jurisdiction, if restricted tothe town centre, will be inconsistent. The area outside the scheme will be left without anyland use management tool therefore the dual and fragmented system of developmentcontrol would be undesirable and unsustainable, and it would be more appropriate if alldevelopment management within the municipal area fell under the Maphumulo Council’scontrol. It is against this background that the scheme had to be extended to cover thewhole municipal area. Further with the enactment of the KwaZulu Natal Planning andDevelopment Act No. 6 of 2008, that states Municipalities now have to prepare and adoptwall-to-wall schemes by 2014.There are now two draft schemes, Urban and rural, for the Municipality which will besubmitted to Council for adoption before the end of the 2011/12 financial year.The draft scheme/s will be advertised in April 2012 and the public participation process willbe initiated in compliance with PDA schedule 1 requirements. The public participation will bein the form of public meeting and workshops.__________________________________________________________________________________________Maphumulo Integrated Development Plan (IDP) 2012 - 2013Final June 2012Page 91 of 142