2013_14 IDP Review.pdf - KZN Development Planning

3. Revisiting the SDFs of the LMs which current do not further the aims of sustainable urban and rural development. They should bealigned to reflect and deal with more realistic growth expectation and a system of investment and development prioritisation.Monitoring and evaluationThe SDF is the Council’s response to the expected spatial changes in the local development environment. Through the IDP, the Council hasset itself objectives and targets for development. The SDF provides a framework for the Council to respond to development. The keyconsideration is that the Council is one of a multitude of players in the environment and does not control development. It is thereforeappropriate for the Council to monitor development on the broadest form but then specifically in terms of:1. The incorporation of the recommended projects into the IDP and subsequently into the budget and the implementation thereof.2. The impact of development of the biophysical environment. To this effect, the Council must ensure that the necessary EIAs are donewhen and where appropriate.3. Settlement changes and changes in settlement patterns must be monitored. This also applies to assessing the impact of Councildecisions of urbanisation, migration and settlement.4. The impact of Council policies and decisions on the spatial integrity of the environment as outlined and described in the SDFThese four critical aspects need to be assessed annually as part of the IDP review of the Council. There is no need to create anyextraordinary measures outside the day-to-day operation and management activities of the Council to meet the strategic objectives asspelled out in Section Error! Reference source not found. of this report.Draft 2013/2014 IDP Review Page 231Prepared by Umzinyathi District Municipality22 March 2013