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City of Mbombela land use scheme 2019

City of Mbombela Local MunicipalityRef: https://www.mbombela.gov.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/city-of-mbombela-land-use-scheme-2019_current.pdf

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Source domain: mbombela.gov.za

Collected on 17 June 2026

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What this means

This document is the City of Mbombela Local Municipality’s Land Use Management Scheme (2019). It sets out the legal basis, scope, and rules for land use and development within the municipality, including land use rights, the municipality’s enforcement responsibilities, and how the scheme applies upon commencement in the Mpumalanga Provincial Gazette. It also describes the scheme’s structure and key regulatory areas such as zoning, development regulations (densities, coverage, height, building lines, parking), overlay and management zones, consent and departures, and compliance/enforcement.

Facts

Places

City of Mbombela Local Municipality, Mpumalanga

Reference

https://www.mbombela.gov.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/city-of-mbombela-land-use-scheme-2019_current.pdf

Parties

Authorised municipality, Scheme applies to municipality

Key Takeaways

  • Document title: City of Mbombela Land Use Management Scheme, 2019
  • Prepared by: Umsebe Development Planners (2019)
  • Authorised municipality: City of Mbombela Local Municipality
  • Legal basis: Spatial Planning and Land Use Management Act, 2013 (Act 16 of 2013), Section 24
  • Enactment: Mbombela By-Law on Spatial Planning and Land Use Management
  • Commencement: as published in the Mpumalanga Provincial Gazette
  • Scheme applies to municipality jurisdiction as proclaimed by MP 326
  • Land use rights: land may be used only in accordance with rights in the scheme; title deed conditions supersede scheme rights
  • Definitive source: Register of Land Use Rights
  • Municipality may substitute an applied land use right with an equivalent right
  • Conflict rules: national/provincial legislation prevails; scheme prevails over by-laws/subordinate legislation where applicable
  • City of Mbombela Local Municipality
  • Umsebe Development Planners
  • Mpumalanga Provincial Gazette
  • Spatial Planning and Land Use Management Act, 2013 (Act 16 of 2013)
  • Mbombela By-Law on Spatial Planning and Land Use Management
  • Deeds Registries Act, 1937 (Act 47 of 1937)
  • National Constitution
  • Court of law