Examples of Development Facilitation Act in a sentence
Less formal settlement or township approved in terms of the Less Formal Township Establishment Act Part 3: Development Facilitation Act 4.
Part 3: Development Facilitation Act Development approved in terms of the Development Facilitation Act4.(1) All applications, appeals or other matters pending before a Tribunal established in terms of section 15 of the Development Facilitation Act, 1995 (No 67 of 1995) at the commencement of the Spatial Planning and Land Use Management Act (1st July 2015) that have not been decided or otherwise disposed of, must be continued and disposed of in terms of the Spatial Planning Land Use Management Act.
The engineering service agreement in terms of Section 40 of the Development Facilitation Act (DFA) shall be regarded as an engineering service agreement in terms of Chapter V of the Town-Planning and Townships Ordinance, 1986 (Ordinance 15 of 1986).
The Act also repealed some other planning laws which are in conflict with SPLUMA, such as the Development Facilitation Act, 1995, but not those Ordinances of which the competency lies with provincial governments, for example Ordinance 15 of 1986.
A number of pieces of legislation govern development and spatial planning at national, provincial and local levels, governed by principles set out in the Development Facilitation Act (Act 67 of 1995).
While the Development Facilitation Act represents a significant attempt at addressing these unacceptable settlement patterns, this piece of legislation did not repeal the pre-1994 pieces of legislation on planning.
The national and provincial priorities; policies and strategies of importance include amongst others:• Green Paper on National Strategic Planning of 2009.• Government Programme of Action.• Development Facilitation Act of 1995.• Provincial Growth and Development Strategy (GGDS).• National and Provincial spatial development perspectives.• Relevant sector plans such as transportation; legislation and policy.• National Key Performance Indicators (NKPIs)• The National and Provincial Priority Outcome.
Examples include consideration of alternative land acquisition strategies and land tenure models, the failure of ‘willing buyer, willing seller’, reviewing beneficiary eligibility and landholding entities, the shift from the Development Facilitation Act to SPLUMA, and the introduction of a national urban policy.
Continuous negotiations with potential land sellers in areas of strategic importance are one of the strategies that the Municipality uses.To deal with the challenge of fragmented settlement pattern and sprawl the Municipality and the Local Government and Housing Department currently implement township establishment projects following the principles of the Development Facilitation Act and lately the SPLUMA.
With regard to spatial planning and related legislation at national and provincial levels the following legislation may be relevant:− Physical Planning Act 125 of 1991− Municipal Structures Act 117 of 1998− Municipal Systems Act 32 of 2000− Development Facilitation Act 67 of 1995 (DFA)− KwaZulu-Natal Planning and Development Act 6 of 2008.