UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA

URP 110 TUTORIAL QUESTIONS 2023

Question 1
Kagiso Radikgomo a University of Botswana graduate wishes to practice as a
physical planner in Botswana. Advise her on the requirements for registration of
planners in Botswana as per the Town and Country Planning Act 2013.
Question 2
What roles in urban and regional planning are played by the following
structures at local government level?
i) District Council
ii) Land Board
iii) Tribal Administration

Question 3
What is the relationship between the National Development Plan, District
Development Plan and the Settlement Development Plan?
Question 4
Describe 3 ways through which the Town and country Planning Act 2013 guides
the growth and expansion of human settlement and the built environment in
Botswana.
QUESTION 5
Describe 3 ways through which the Development Control Code 2013 guides the
growth and expansion of human settlements and the built environment in
Botswana.
Question 6
The Town and Country Planning Act 2013 empowers the Director of Town and
Country Planning to declare any area of land in Botswana a ‘Planning Area’
i) True
ii) False
Question 7
According to the Town and Country Planning Act 2013, what is a ‘Planning
Area’?
Question 8
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According to the Town and Country Planning Act 2013, what is ‘development’?
Question 9
Under the Town and Country Planning Act 2013, the Minister can instruct that
certain applications be referred to him for processing or determining.
i) True
ii) False
Question 10
According to the Town and Country Planning Act 2013, which of the following
activities amount to development?
i) Converting a residential house into a nursery school
ii) Partitioning 1 planning studio into 2

Question 11
Differentiate between the following land use classification activities as defined in
the Development Control Code 2013.
i) Principal use
ii) Ancillary use

Question 12
Arrange the following activities in the order in which they occur under the
Town and Country Planning system in Botswana.
1. Application for planning permission
2. Declaration of planning area
3. Residential house construction
4. Preparation of a Development plan

Question 13
Arrange the following professionals in the order of participation (i.e. who
comes in first, second, etc.) in the development of a shopping complex. Please
justify your answer.
i) Architect
ii) Surveyor
iii) Health inspector
iv) Real estate agent

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 v) Environmentalist
vi) Urban planner
Question 14
What role in planning is played by the following professionals?
i) Real Estate officer
ii) Geomatics specialist
iii) Civil Engineer
iv) Architect/Urban Designer
Question 15
Define the roles in urban and regional planning played by the following institutions.
i) Department of Town and Country Planning
ii) Local Planning Authority
iii) Physical Planning Committee
Question 16
What is the relationship between the National Development Plan, District Development
Plan and the Settlement Development Plan?
QUESTION17
When processing application for planning permission, why should the Physical Planning
Committee consult the following documents?
a) Spatial Development Plan (local plan)
b) Development Control Code
Question 18
Define the following terms found in the Town and Country Planning Act
i) Development Order
ii) Enforcement Notice
iii) Land Authority
Question 19
Mrs Phiri ‘s application for planning permission was declined or
rejected. Advise her on possible courses of action available.

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 Question 20
Mrs Phiri intends dividing up her 16 hectares ploughing field and
distributing it to her children as inheritance. Advise her regarding
what is required of her under the Town and Country Planning Act
2013 and cite the relevant parts and sections of the Act.

Question 21
The Planning Office in Kasane has recently discovered that Mr Nare
Tlou has developed a high-rise multifamily residence overlooking the
Chobe River. Going through their files the Planning Authorities are
certain that they never received any application for planning
permission from Mr Tlou. What are the courses of action that the
planning authorities are likely to take? Please justify your answer by
citing the relevant parts and section of the Act.

QUESTION 22
- Who declares planning areas?
- What should happen once an area has been declared a planning
area?
- Differentiate between a regional plan and a local plan
- What processes are followed in the preparation of regional and
local plans
- Contents of the plans and committees constituted

QUESTION 23
What role did the following play in the introduction of modern
physical planning in Botswana?
i) UK Town and Country Planning Act 1947
ii) Sir Desmond Heap
iii) Ronald Ball

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 QUESTION 24
Explain the process depicted in Figure 1 and state the role of
the following actors and or documents in the figure.
i) Minister Responsible
ii) Director of Town and Country Planning
iii) Physical Planning Committee
iv) Physical Planner
v) Development Plan (Local Plan)
vi) Development Control Code 2013
Figure 1

QUESTION 25
Study Figure 2. What is the relationship between the documents
/items depicted in the illustration?

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Figure 2

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