City of Cape Town Zoning Scheme (CTZS)

CTZS - Training to SAPOA
CTZS Regulations, 2010
CTZS Regulations, Table A: Use Zones and Development Rules

Consult the previous zoning schemes

Before the CTZS was introduced, twenty-seven separate, individual zoning schemes used to exist throughout Cape Town. Each of these applied only to a specific area and each set different rules and regulations.

The 27 previous zoning schemes can be accessed here:

Document downloads

• 1. Act 4 of 1984: Zoning Scheme Regulations

     01/01/1984, Regulation - 1.1 MB

  2. Cape Town Zoning Scheme Regulations, 2010

     01/03/2010, Regulation - 1.3 MB

  3. Cape Town Zoning Scheme Regulations, 2010: Table A - Use Zones and Development Rules

     01/03/2010, Regulation - 677.3 KB

  4. Consolidated Municipal Planning Amendment By-law (2025)

     30/09/2025, By-law amendment - 1.7 MB