Local Government: Municipal Systems Act, 2000 (Act No. 32 of 2000)Chapter 5 : Integrated Development PlanningPart 4 : Miscellaneous35. Status of integrated development plan |
| (1) | An integrated development plan adopted by the council of a municipality— |
| (a) | is the principal strategic planning instrument which guides and informs all planning and development, and all decisions with regard to planning, management and development, in the municipality; |
| (b) | binds the municipality in the exercise of its executive authority, except to the extent of any inconsistency between a municipality's integrated development plan and national or provincial legislation, in which case such legislation prevails; and |
| (c) | binds all other persons to the extent that those parts of the integrated development plan that impose duties or affect the rights of those persons have been passed as a by-law. |
| (2) | A spatial development framework contained in an integrated development plan prevails over a plan as defined in section 1 of the Physical Planning Act, 1991 (Act No. 125 of 1991). |
[Commencement date of section 35: 1 July 2001]