Thu
Thu
Thu
Thu

Bredasdorp

Thursday°C
Thu
Thu
Thu
Thu

Caledon

Thursday°C
Thu
Thu
Thu
Thu

Swellendam

Thursday°C
Thu
Thu
Thu
Thu

Grabouw

Thursday°C
Thu
Thu
Thu
Thu

Struisbaai

Thursday°C
Thu
Thu
Thu
Thu

Hermanus

Thursday°C
Thu
Thu
Thu
Thu

Thursday°C

Important numbers

Overberg District Municipality028 425 1157
Bredasdorp Fire, Rescue & Disaster Management Services028 425 1690
Uilenkraalsmond Resort028 050 0894
Die Dam Resort028 482 1710
Swellendam Municipal Health Sub-District Office10177
Otto du Plessis Hospital028 424 1167
NSRI028 435 7777
Corruption Hotline0800 701 701
Hide -
Home Contact usShow

Weather

Bredasdorp
Thursday°C
Thu
Thu
Thu
Thu

Weather

Caledon
Thursday°C
Thu
Thu
Thu
Thu

Weather

Swellendam
Thursday°C
Thu
Thu
Thu
Thu

Weather

Grabouw
Thursday°C
Thu
Thu
Thu
Thu

Weather

Struisbaai
Thursday°C
Thu
Thu
Thu
Thu

Weather

Hermanus
Thursday°C
Thu
Thu
Thu
Thu

Weather

Thursday°C
Thu
Thu
Thu
Thu

Important numbers

Overberg District Municipality 028 425 1157
Bredasdorp Fire, Rescue & Disaster Management Services 028 425 1690
Uilenkraalsmond Resort 028 050 0894
Die Dam Resort 028 482 1710
Swellendam Municipal Health Sub-District Office 10177
Otto du Plessis Hospital 028 424 1167
NSRI 028 435 7777
Corruption Hotline 0800 701 701

Spatial Planning

Overview

The Overberg District Municipality commits itself to the integration of environmental considerations in its strategic planning initiatives such as the Integrated Development Plan (IDP) and Spatial Development Framework (SDF).

Spatial Development Framework

‘To optimize the rich and balanced mix of the Overberg’s agriculture, tourism, heritage, conservation resources (including natural and scenic resources) and eco system services within their scenic setting which is contained by the Riviersonderend and Langeberg mountains in the north, descends across the rolling hills of the Rûens and the varied ecology of the Agulhas plain and culminates in the rocky headlands and long sandy beaches of the Atlantic and Indian oceans.”

This section sets out the main policy and principle informants for the SDF.

  • The area’s unique agricultural, environmental and urban qualities must be maintained;
  • In particular, the Elgin valley and the Rûens must continue to be farmed to as intensely as possible but care must be taken to safeguard their key inputs, namely fertile soil which should be protected from erosion, over use and its water;
  • Private conservation areas must continue to be promoted with careful consideration of appropriate development rights to mobilise the necessary resources for veld rehabilitation and management;
  • In particular Renosterveld linkage corridors across the Rûens linking remnant patches not suitable for agriculture should be encouraged;
  • These corridors can provide both a tourism opportunity as well as channels for faunal movement and seed transport;
  • The tourist appeal and promotion of the various Act 9 and other similar settlements should be promoted so as to increase awareness of them and thereby help to improve the livelihoods of their residents, particularly those for whom these settlements may represent poverty traps; and,
  • Development and tourism efforts should take advantage of the district’s close proximity to Cape Town as well as ensuring maximum benefits for local residents.

Regional Geographic Information System (GIS) database

The environmental management section will source relevant and up to date GIS information form credible sources. All GIS information will be based on vector mapping data standards.

In an attempt to maintain the GIS database information will be sourced from relevant departments and create linkages with other database source.

This GIS information will be used in the context of spatial planning, environmental- and coastal management monitoring and development application evaluation.

Last published 09 October 2018