Environmental and Land Planning provides land planning, biodiversity, coastal and pollution and waste management services. It supports 24 local municipalities, 5 district municipalities and 1 metropolitan municipality. It also provides functional support to the Department's Chief Directorates.

Environmental and Land Planning are responsible for the following:

• The implementation of an integrated restructuring process, including the organisational establishment
• Ensuring the execution of land and spatial planning on provincial and regional level
• Initiating and participing in the formulation of legislation, regulations, policies and other initiatives relating to land planning matters
• Capacitating organs of state and other stakeholders and render relevant support regarding planning and environmental matters
• Promoting biodiversity management and support and monitor public entities and relevant statutory commit- committees tees
• Supporting the Western Cape Nature Conservation Board
• Supporting the Environmental Commissioner
• Executing coastal management
• Implementing and promoting integrated pollution and waste management
• Rendering functional support to the Department