Department of Planning

Director Planning  – Mrs Sibeso Muimui Haambote

Mrs. Sibeso Muimui Hambote is an accomplished Urban and Regional Planner with over a decade of extensive experience in the planning, development, and execution of urban and rural initiatives. She has exhibited strong leadership across Petauke district excelling in monitoring and evaluation, participatory rural appraisal, and local and development planning.

Overview

The Department of Planning works with citizens and Community leaders to build a consensus on how the District should grow, both in the short and long term. This is accomplished through the coordination of a variety of planning functions which include development control and regulation of land use; land survey services; research and development; formulation and implementation of policies; coordination of cross-cutting issues and climate change adaptation.

Functions

The Department of Planning performs the following specific functions:

  • Facilitate the development and implementation of policies;
  • Conduct spatial planning in order to facilitate development and control of property;
  • Develop and maintain the Valuation Roll on Council properties and land developments;
  • Conduct valuation of properties in order to determine values for rentals/lease agreements;
  • Conduct land surveys for generation of maps;
  • Provide technical support on environmental impact on planned developmental projects;
  • Grant planning permission;
  • Conduct inspections on infrastructure developments in order to ensure adherence to approved plans and mitigate illegal constructions;
  • Provide technical support in the administration of Constituency Development Fund (CDF) in order to facilitate approval of projects;
  • Facilitate upgrading of settlements;
  • Coordinate gender mainstreaming and other cross-cutting issues and climate change adaptation;
  • Conduct monitoring and evaluation of planned projects;
  • Promote research and development.

The Department has two sections namely Physical Planning and Socio-economic Planning Sections.

Physical Planning Section
  1. Service, e-service name

E-service name

Physical Planning Section

 Service

The Physical Planning Section is responsible for development control and regulation of land use, inspection of buildings projects and provision of land survey services.

  1. Full description of the Section

The Physical Planning Section is headed by the Chief Physical Planner and is assisted by a Town Planner; a Buildings Inspector; and a Land Surveyor. The Section has three (3) Units namely:

  1. Town Planning;
  2. Buildings Inspectorate; and
  3. Survey.
  • Category of the service; Government to Government, Government to Citizens and Government to Businesses
  • Government to Government;
  • Government to Citizens; and
  • Government to Businesses.
  1. Supporting Documents – How service is accessed
  • Land Application Forms
  • Land Conversion Forms
  • Integrated Development Plan
  • Local Area Plans
  • Township Layout Maps
  • Planning Permission Forms
  • Planning Permission Approval Notices
  • Building Inspection Forms
  • Public Notices

 

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