Planning law: Principles and procedures of land-use management by Jeannie van Wyk

Abstract

In the old days when the Administrator / Premier was the final arbiter in rezoning and subdivision applications, planners were perhaps not so aware of the legal underpinnings of planning. The new Constitution changed all that. Now every planning decision can be challenged in a court of law. Obviously there are advantages and disadvantages to the courts being the final arbiter in planning and environmental management.