NOTICE: Municipality to pauses festive-season land use applications
Municipal Notice: Public participation adverts for land use applications close on 13 November and resume on 8 January. Read more here:
Notice No. CS32/2025
NEWCASTLE MUNICIPALITY – Development Planning and Human Settlements – Town Planning
As the festive season approaches, the Newcastle Municipality advises residents that no land use or development applications will be advertised for public participation during this period.
This applies in terms of the Spatial Planning and Land Use Management Act (SPLUMA) No. 16 of 2013, along with its regulations and bylaws.

The final date for such applications to be published in newspapers is no later than November 13, 2025.
The advertisement process will resume as normal from January 8, 2026.
Members of the public requiring more information may visit the offices of the Strategic Executive Director: Development Planning and Human Settlements (Town Planning Directorate), located at the Newcastle Municipality Tower Block, 37 Murchison Street, Newcastle.
The Municipality will not be held responsible for any costs incurred.
As per Municipal Manager, Mr Zamani Mcinceka
Newcastle Municipality
Private Bag X6621
Newcastle
2940
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