Planning Department

As a planning authority, the Council, through the Department of Planning promotes economic and orderly use of land in order to achieve the development of a healthy, functional and aesthetically pleasing built environment suitable for attracting into the city a conducive atmosphere for enhancing the quality of life for those who live, work and visit the town.

The above objective is made possible through:

1. Effectively taking care of physical planning matters in a town
2. Ensuring that planning permission is granted for all development activities in the town in accordance with the Town and Country Planning Act Cap 283 of the Laws of Zambia, and
3. Monitoring and compelling developers to undertake development as per approved development plans.
4. Inspection of buildings
5. Identifying legal and illegal developments (building and plots)
6. Scrutinization of building and city plans
7. Review developmental projects in the district and ascertain their suitability to the environment and the people
8. Identifying environmental hazard and providing mitigation measures
9. Carry out environmental impacts assessment