The Land Use Decision Support (LUDS) Tool aims to assist
environmental practitioners by providing them with a tool that extracts information for an area from
selected spatial data layers, thereby facilitating their deliberations and decision-making processes when
assessing the possible impacts of development or land-use changes.
The LUDS tool will guide the user through an automated process of 
finding their area of interest, selecting a land parcel or area and then analysing this selection against a set of
pre-defined layers that coincide spatially with that location. Once the extraction analysis has been completed, the user
will have the option of either viewing the results in report format or generating a pre-rendered map.
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Please note: The following products are available on BGIS for download but have not been added to the LUDS tool and therefore are not referenced in the LUDS report. Please consult the relevant project separately should your land parcel fall within their planning domains. Their information will be added to LUDS tool when it is launched within our
new online mapping system.
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Project
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Municipalities
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Fine scale plans
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Berg River,,
Breede Valley,
Cederberg,
Hantam (Nieuwoudville plateau),
Langeberg,
Matzikama,
Mosselbay,
Saldanha,
Witzenberg
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Garen Route
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Knysna, Bitou, Cederberg, Kouga, Koukamma
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Central Karoo District Municipality (CKDM)
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Beaufort West, Laingsberg, Prince Albert, WCDMA05
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Overberg
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Cape Agulhas, Overstrand, Theewaterskloof, WCDMA03, Swellendam
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The primary objective of the LUDS tool is to serve as a guide for planning and decision-making when using biodiversity information and should therefore not be seen as a replacement for specialist ecological assessments. Most of the spatial biodiversity planning information incorporated into the
LUDS tool were mapped at a scale of 1:250 000 (i.e. 1 cm on the map = 2,5 km on the ground) or greater. Therefore, to ensure maximum accuracy, always check the map against actual conditions on the ground when
undertaking planning or decision-making or contact your local conservation authority for additional assistance.
