Integrating Land Value Capture Into Infrastructure Investment Planning in South Africa: A Local Government Framework

Abstract

South Africa experiences fiscal constraints and economic contrac on as a major hindrance to delivering the much-needed infrastructure development to meet the needs of a growing popula on and rapid urbanisa on. The tradi onal method of funding infrastructure development by the government is overwhelmed and there is an urgent need to use alterna ve funding models such as Land Value Capture. Currently, this process is disintegrated in South Africa, therefore the aim of this study is to draw up guidelines towards the successful implementa on of Land Value Capture using planning gain and investment theories. To do this the study analyses key relevant documents such as South African legisla on and policy documents to make a comparison between conceptual guidelines developed and the findings of the document analysis. The study adopted a qualita ve method in which five key relevant documents were randomly selected based on conceptual framework and research ques ons and analysed using content analysis and the conceptual guidelines are used as themes. Findings from document analysis are discussed how they compare, support and conflict with conceptual guidelines to draw up a more refined and evidence-based guidelines towards successful implementa on of Land Value Capture. The relevance of this study lies in the fact that the South African government need to expedite