Cape Town Zoning Scheme (CTZS) and converted Zoning Map
A zoning scheme is a legal document, which records all land-use rights on properties in its area of jurisdiction. It includes regulations and restrictions on such rights and how they can be exercised. All municipalities have them, and they generally serve to manage urban growth and development, as well as conservation of the natural and cultural environment within municipal areas.
Currently, however, as a legacy from the past, there are 27 separate individual zoning schemes in force throughout the City of Cape Town, each only applying to a specific area and each setting different rules and regulations. To access the 27 different existing legacy zoning schemes and see a map of the areas to which they apply,
click here. Part of the aim of the draft unified Cape Town Zoning Scheme (CTZS) is to replace these 27 existing legacy schemes with a single modern scheme, applying the same rules to the entire City.
The new single unified CTZS is considered one of the City’s most important planning interventions and will standardise zoning arrangements and achieve consistency and efficiency therein. It will further promote a stronger link with the City’s longer term spatial plans and land use policies and will improve its ability to deliver effective and sustainable services to the people of Cape Town.
A final draft has been accepted the Western Cape Provincial Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning (DEADP - the competent authority for approving zoning schemes) and is awaiting promulgation by the Minister for Local Government, Environment Affairs and Development Planning, within the next couple of months, in respect of which further information will be published closer to the affected date.
To view and/or download the final draft of the proposed unified CTZS, click on the following links.
CTZS Final draft – Regulations – Feb 2012
CTZS Final draft – Appendix – Feb 2012
CTZS Final draft – Table A – Feb 2012 In addition to the above, the City has also finalised a converted zoning map, as part of the new scheme, which reflects the converted zoning of all properties in Cape Town. This map becomes effective upon commencement of the new scheme.
Zoning Viewer: The proposed converted zoning of individual properties can also be searched (on an individual erf basis) by clicking here.
More information on this project can be obtained by contacting the relevant Section Head: Land Use Management at your nearest District Office (if your request relates to a specific area) on this link. Alternatively, should your enquiry not relate to a specific District, you can request more information on lums@capetown.gov.za