IDP and SDF
IDP and SDF
10 Oct 2023
MD Mpholo
Integrated Development Plan
• An Integrated Development Plan is a super plan for an area that
gives an overall framework for development. It aims to co-
ordinate the work of local and other spheres of government in a
coherent plan to improve the quality of life for all the people
living in an area. It should take into account the existing
conditions and problems and resources available for
development. The plan should look at economic and social
development for the area as a whole. It must set a framework
for how land should be used, what infrastructure and services
are needed and how the environment should be protected
Integrated Development Plan
• Municipal vision
• Status quo (analysis)
• Skills
• Resources
• Backlogs and levels of development
• Development of strategies (strategies)
• Short
• Medium
• Long
• Role players
• Operational strategy (projects)
• Project proposals
• Targets
• Objectives
• Indicators
• Costs
• Approving project proposals (integration)
• Consolidation
• adjustments
• Implementation and finalization of approval of IDP projects
• Review
Some challenges….
• Unrealistic goals
• Unrealistic data
• Political meddling
• Incomplete projects
• Limited capacity
• Natural disasters
SDF
• In terms of the Section 26 (e) of the Municipal Systems Act (Act
No.32 ) of 2000, the Spatial Development Framework (SDF) is
a statutory requirement of the Municipality’s Integrated
Development Plan (IDP).
• According to this Act, the purpose of an SDF is to provide
general direction to guide decision making on an ongoing basis,
aiming at the creation of integrated, sustainable and habitable
regions, towns and residential areas.
SDF
The SDF is an urban management tool that :
• Provides a spatial strategy to achieve the city’s vision
• Provide development direction
• Coordinate initiatives
• Identifies key interventions / development areas
It is a set of development objectives, strategies and policy statements
established to achieve a holistic vision and approach to development and
management of land.
• Section 26(e) and the subsequent regulations in terms of the Municipal
Systems Act (Act No. 32 of 2000) stipulate the following requirements of a
Spatial Development Framework :
• A spatial development framework reflected in a municipality’s integrated
development plan must :
• determine spatial priorities;
• set out objectives that reflect the desired spatial form of the municipality;
• contain strategies and policies regarding the manner in which to achieve
the objectives referred to in paragraph (c), which strategies and policies
must :-
• (i) set out basic guidelines for a land use management system in the
municipality;
• (ii) address the spatial reconstruction of the municipality and
• (iii) provide for decision-making processes relating to the location and
nature of development within the municipality;
• set out basic guidelines for a land use management system in the
municipality;
• set out a capital expenditure framework for the municipality’s development
programs;
• contain a strategic assessment of the environmental impact of the spatial
development framework;
• identify programs and projects for the development of land within the
municipality;
• be aligned with the spatial development frameworks reflected in the
integrated development plans of neighbouring municipalities and
• provide a visual representation of the desired spatial form of the
municipality, which representation
• (i) must indicate where public and private land development and infrastructure
investment should take place;
• (ii) may indicate desired or undesired utilization of space in a particular area;
• (iii) may delineate the urban edge;
(iv) must identify areas where strategic intervention is required; and (v) must indicate
areas where priority spending is required.
Advantages of Well Prepared SDF