Land use scheme and by-law
Tshwane Land Use Scheme, 2024 - supersedes the Tshwane Town-Planning Scheme, 2008
Source - City of Tshwane - planning documents page (tshwane.gov.za)
Open the documentIndependently corroborated as the current scheme: continuing professional development training for practising planners is offered specifically on TLUS 2024.
City of Tshwane Land Use Management By-Law, 2016 (Amended 2024)
Source - City of Tshwane (tshwane.gov.za)
Open the documentSets out the application procedure, the decision-making structures and the appeal route.
Spatial development frameworks
Regional Spatial Development Frameworks, 2018
Source - City of Tshwane (tshwane.gov.za)
Open the documentRegion-level spatial policy. A rezoning is assessed for consistency with the applicable framework, so this is a document to read before drafting a motivation rather than after a refusal.
Metropolitan Spatial Development Framework
Source - City of Tshwane (tshwane.gov.za)
Open the documentThe city-wide framework sitting above the regional frameworks.
Forms and online lodgement
Land use documents and application forms
Source - City of Tshwane (tshwane.gov.za)
Open the documente-Tshwane portal - online applications
Source - City of Tshwane (e-tshwane.co.za)
Open the documente-Tshwane - register of submitted applications
Source - City of Tshwane (e-tshwane.co.za)
Open the documentPublic register of applications submitted. Worth checking if a notice has gone up near your property and you want to see what was actually lodged.
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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.