By-law
Planning and Land Use Management By-Law, 2016, with its 2019 and 2021 amendments
Source - eThekwini Municipality (durban.gov.za, direct PDF)
Open the documentHosted by the municipality itself. Sets the application procedure, the Municipal Planning Tribunal structure and the appeal route.
Planning and Land Use Management By-Law, 2016 - full searchable text
Source - openbylaws.org.za
Open the documentSection-by-section search, easier than working through the PDF.
The five regional land use schemes
Central, Inner-West, North, Outer-West and South regional land use schemes
Source - eThekwini Municipality - Development Planning
Link pending - verifyDocument links not yet sourced. The five-scheme structure is confirmed, and each scheme is reviewed on its own cycle, but we have not verified stable URLs for the individual scheme documents and will not guess them. Confirm which region your property falls in, and the current version of that scheme, with the municipality's Development Planning department.
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Not sure which of these applies to your property?
A registered planner will tell you which scheme governs the erf, which document version is current and what the application actually requires - before you spend anything on it.
Reviewed September 2026. Municipal document locations change without notice. Entries marked pending are deliberately left unlinked rather than guessed - confirm those with the municipality directly.