The Section is responsible for the managing of land use applications and land use application processes to ensure sustainable development within the Drakenstein Municipal area. Ensuring compliance with the relevant regulations and bylaws by attending to complaints received by the general public regarding illegal land uses and transgressions by property owners. The section is furthermore responsible for the scrutinising of building plans for compliance with zoning parameters, as well as for the drafting of policies and bylaws as and when required.
Land Development Processing and Facilitation Section
This Section is mainly responsible for the processing of applications involving land use changes (by means of rezoning, consent uses, departures, temporary departures, amendment of conditions of approval and removal of restrictive title conditions and technical approvals), as well as farm subdivisions and exempted subdivisions. In addition the Section is responsible for providing technical assistance to developers and providing information to the public regarding land development.
