Fall 08 SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK By 2030, eThekwini will be a socially equitable, environmentally sustainable and functionally efficient Municipality that bolsters its status as a gateway to Africa and the world”. Draft Review 2016-2017 : DRAFT REPORT FEBRUARY 2016 http://www.durban.gov.za/Resource_Centre/reports/Framework_Planning/Pages/default.aspx Table of Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .............................................................................................................................. 8 DEFINITION OF SPATIAL TOOLS AND CONCEPTS .............................................................................. 18 ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ....................................................................................................... 19 1. INTRODUCTION: THE SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK (SDF) .......................................... 20 1.1 Role and Purpose of the SDF .......................................................................................................... 21 1.2 Policy and Legislative Context ......................................................................................................... 22 1.2.1 National Spatial Planning Policy & Legislation ............................................................................. 24 1.2.2 Kwazulu-Natal Provincial Growth and Development Strategy (PGDS) ........................................ 27 1.2.3 City Planning Commission ........................................................................................................... 31 1.2.4 Legislative Context ........................................................................................................................ 33 1.2.5 Cross-Municipal Boundary Planning and Alignment .................................................................... 37 1.2.6 Municipal Horizontal and Vertical alignment ................................................................................. 38 1.3 Background to the eThekwini Municipal Area‟s (EMA‟s) Planning Context .................................... 38 1.3.1 The Long Term Development Framework (LTDF)........................................................................ 39 1.3.2 Imagine Durban Long Term Development Plan (LTDP) ............................................................... 40 1.3.3 The IDP‟s Eight Point Plan............................................................................................................ 40 1.3.4 Current Planning Approach in the eThekwini Municipality ........................................................... 41 2. INTRODUCTION TO ETHEKWINI MUNICIPAL AREA (EMA) ............................................................. 45 2.1 EThekwini Contextual Framework ................................................................................................... 46 2.1.1. EThekwini Demographic Profile ................................................................................................... 46 2.2 Spatial Context of eThekwini Municipality ....................................................................................... 53 2.2.1 Major Land Uses, Settlement Pattern and Urban Form ............................................................... 53 2.2.2 Vacant Land and Land Claims ...................................................................................................... 54 2.2.3 Current Density Distribution/Settlement Patterns & Trends ......................................................... 56 2.2.4 EThekwini Spatial Regions ........................................................................................................... 60 2.2.5 Neighbouring Municipalities .......................................................................................................... 68 2.2.6 EThekwini Rural and Traditional Authority Areas ......................................................................... 75 2.2.7 Coastal Planning and Coastal Management ................................................................................ 76 2.2.8 EThekwini Land Use Management Framework ............................................................................ 78 2.3 Environmental Planning Issues and Trends .................................................................................... 80 2.3.1 Ecosystem Services Proved by Durban‟s Natural Environment ................................................... 80 2.3.2. The Durban Metropolitan Open Space System (D‟MOSS) ......................................................... 81 2.3.3. Key environmental challenges facing the EMA ........................................................................... 86 2.3.4. Opportunities for innovation ......................................................................................................... 90 2.3.5 Strategic Environmental Assessment ........................................................................................... 94 2.3.6 Resource Management Plans for the Protection of Dams ........................................................... 96 2.4 Climate Change ............................................................................................................................... 96 2.5 The Movement Network System ...................................................................................................... 99 2.5.1 Public Transport System ............................................................................................................... 99 2.5.2 Freight Transport System ........................................................................................................... 100 2.5.3 Air Transport ............................................................................................................................... 100 2.5.4 Passenger Rail System ............................................................................................................... 101 2.5.5 Non-Motorized Transport (NMT) ................................................................................................. 104 2.5.6 Summary of Transport Issues and Trends ................................................................................. 106 2.6 Overview of eThekwini Economy ................................................................................................... 106 2.6.1 Future Economic Growth and Development ............................................................................... 106 2.6.2 The Spatial Economy .................................................................................................................. 122 2.6.3 Industrial Development ............................................................................................................... 123 2.6.4 Freight and Transportation Logistics .......................................................................................... 123 2 2.6.5 The 18 Strategic Integrated Projects (SIPs) ............................................................................... 124 2.6.6 Commercial / Retails and Business Development ...................................................................... 127 2.6.7 Informal Economy ....................................................................................................................... 127 2.6.8 Tourism and Recreation .............................................................................................................. 127 2.6.9 Summary of Economic Trends and Issues ................................................................................. 128 2.7 EThekwini Housing Sector ............................................................................................................. 131 2.7.1 Housing Supply Trends ............................................................................................................... 133 2.7.2 Rural Housing ............................................................................................................................. 134 2.7.3 Peri-Urban Settlements outside the Urban Development Line (UDL) ........................................ 136 2.7.4 Informal Settlements ................................................................................................................... 136 2.7.5 Addressing Housing Demand ..................................................................................................... 138 2.7.6 Challenges to Housing Delivery .................................................................................................. 140 2.7.7 Summary of the Built Environment, Housing and Land Availability Issues and Trends ............. 141 2.8 Social Facilities at eThekwini Municipality ..................................................................................... 142 2.8.1 Service Levels and Backlogs ...................................................................................................... 143 2.8.2 Reconsidering the Basic Approach to meeting Community Facilities Backlogs ......................... 143 2.8.3 Spatial Distribution of Proposed Additional Capacity of Selected Essential Social Services ..... 145 2.9 Infrastructure Services ................................................................................................................... 146 2.9.1 Water ........................................................................................................................................... 148 2.9.2 Sanitation ...................................................................................................................................