Disaster Management Act, 2002 (Act No. 57 of 2002)NoticesDirections relating to Spatial Planning, Land Use Management and Land Development Processes6. Consideration of Land Development Applications and Appeals |
| 6.1 | Municipal authorities may receive and process land development applications during Alert Level 4 or 3 and may specify any electronic manner of receipt and processing of applications and appeals including any other procedure or technique that may prevent the escalation of the national state of disaster. |
| 6.2 | The parties in a land development application or appeal shall endeavour to agree about whether the matter may be disposed of without oral hearing or argument, and if agreed, representatives of any party who wish to supplement the papers with additional written submissions must do so by email sent to the municipal authority responsible for the consideration of the application or appeal. |
| 6.3 | If no agreement contemplated in paragraph 6.2 is reached the responsible municipal authority must be informed accordingly, and a hearing shall take place as directed by the municipality. |
| 6.4 | A municipality may direct that a hearing contemplated in paragraph 6.3 may take place in one of the following manners: |
| (a) | A video conference hosted by the municipality, or by the applicant if the municipality is unable to do so, at a time and date determined by the municipality; or |
| (b) | any other procedure or technique that is in line with regulation 5 of the Regulations. |