The Upgrading of Informal Settlements Policy and Strategy for Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality (BCMM) was approved by the BCMM council in 2015.
For more information on this policy contact the Buffalo City Municipality Planning department.
The following information relating to the BCMM Upgrading of Informal Settlements Policy and Strategy is available for download:
- a video summarising the Upgrading Policy and Strategy (includes executive summary at section 1.5)
- Main report for the BCMM Upgrading of Informal Settlement Policy and Strategy
- annexures to the draft BCMM Upgrading of Informal Settlements Policy and Strategy
Example of draft informal settlement upgrading plan
The upgrading plan for Phola Park informal settlement in Scenery Park in East London, is one of 32 examples of upgrading plans for informal settlements in Buffalo City. The following are maps associated with the proposed Phola Park upgrading.
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