1. Definition of Integrated Development Planning
Integrated Development Planning is:
………………………………..
Integrated Development Planning applies to
the ………………level of government.
(First answer this question in your own words. Then if you
use a quote to support your answer, ensure that you put it in
quotation marks and provide the reference.)
G. Audouin

2. Purpose of Integrated Development Planning
The purpose of Integrated Development Planning is the following:
Eradicating the development legacy of the past –
…………………………
Making the notion of developmental local government work –
Fostering co-operative governance –
………………………...
(In your own words expand on each of the points listed above)

3. Legal and Policy Context
Integrated Development Planning
Legal and Policy Context
Integrated Development Plans were made a legal requirement
in terms of the………………………………..Act. Other policy and
legal documents that contain important elements related to
Integrated Development Planning are the following:
……………………….. ( )
………………………. ( )
(In brackets after each of the
documents listed above, provide
an example of the type of
information related to IDPs that
each provides – for example does
it give guidance on the
procedure to be followed,
or the contents of an IDP or does it
provide principles?)
G. Audouin

4. Integrated Development Planning
The objectives of each municipal IDP is guided by the
policy guidelines and principles contained in the White Paper
on Local Government and the Development Facilitation Act,
amongst other documents. The principles in the White Paper
can be summarised as follows:
……………………
……(See
The specific spatial development principles contained in the
Development Facilitation Act include the following:
……………………….
…… (See
G. Audouin

5. Content Requirements of an IDP
Integrated Development Planning
Content Requirements of an IDP
The minimum content requirements of an IDP, in terms of the
Municipal Systems Act No 32 of 2000, are the following:
………………………………
(Consult the Chapter 5 of the Municipal Systems Act 32 of 2000 –
you can download the Act at the following website:
32-of-2000-local-government-municipal-systems-act-regs-gnr aug-2001-to-date-pdf/download
J. Vergeer

6. Integrated Development Planning
The IDP Process
What are the main steps in the IDP process?
(You can obtain information for your answer
from the IDP Guide Packs
and from the Municipal Systems Act 32 of 2000.
Try and present your
answer graphically)
(Once you have completed this task
it is important that you view
IDPs that have been undertaken
in practice using your municipality)

7. Integrated Development Planning
The Glossary
Make a list of the new terms that you have
encountered through your research on IDPs
……………………