MARIANRIDGE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT PUBLIC MEETING SCOPING EXERCISE MARIANHILL BUSINESS PARK PUBLIC MEETING 20 SEPTEMBER 2006 Pravin Amar For: Guilder Development Investments Planners cc 10 (Pty) Ltd 1
AGENDA 1. Welcome and Introduction 2. Project Proposal 3. Purpose of the Scoping 4. Discussion 5. Recording of Issues & Concerns 2
PROJECT PROPOSAL • Guilder Investments (Pty) Ltd. has applied to the KZN Department of Agriculture and Environmental Affairs (DAEA) to undertake a scoping exercise for the proposed office park / commercial / mixed use development at their site located on Rem of 6803, Pinetown. • The proposed development is located approximately 25km to the north-west of the Durban city centre and is situated in Rem of Erf 6803, Pinetown. which is extent of 167.15 hectares. The site is currently zoned Special Residential. • The intention of the developer is to develop 45 hectares of the 167.15 hectares into office park / commercial / mixed use. Therefore, this area of the site has to be rezoned. • A possible Business Park is also envisaged to be included in this development comprising of office blocks, etc • The next step is to proceed with the necessary environmental authorisations. 3
4 Context
• ESTABLISHING A MIXED USE BUSINESS PARK IN PINETOWN IN CLOSE PROXIMITY OF THE N3, MAHOGANY RIDGE AND TSHELIMNYAMA Acrobat Document Acrobat Document • CONDUCTING AN INTEGRATED PLANNING PROCESS FOR THE REZONING OF THE AREA, EIA AND PLANNING APPROVAL • PROVIDING INPUT INTO AN APPROPRIATE PARTICIPATION PROCESS 5
CONTEXTUAL ANALYSIS • PRIME LOCATION ABUTTING THE N3 AND THE MARIANNHILL TOLL PLAZA • LOCATED IN CLOSE PROXIMITY OF THE MAHOGANY RIDGE AND WESTMEAD INDUSTRIAL PARKS • HIGH VISIBILITY AND EXCELLENT ACCESS • LOCATED WITHIN THE URBAN EDGE OF THE MUNICIPALITY • HOUSING DEVELOPMENT OF TSHELIMNYAMA AND DASSENHOEK TO THE EAST AND SOUTH • INNER WEST SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK • DEVELOPMENT IMPLICATIONS 6
SITE ANALYSIS GENERAL DESCRIPTION • PROJECT AREA CONSISTING OF REMAINDER OF ERF 6803 • TOTAL AREA IN EXTENT 167 ha • RELATIONSHIP AND LINKS TO PORTIONS OF • THE UMHLATUZANA VALLEY AND TRIBUTARIES • VARIETY OF SLOPES AND FRAGMENTED TOPOGRAPHY • MAIN ACCESS IN THE NORTH VIA EXISTING LINK ROAD TO MARIANNHILL AND MAHOGANY RIDGE AND N3 • ACCESS TO SOUTHERN AREA VIA EXISTING MR 559 FROM MARIANNRIDGE TO SHONGWENI • EXISTING ZONING = SPECIAL RESIDENTIAL 7
SITE ANALYSIS SLOPE ANALYSIS • 1:3 AND STEEPER APPROX.20% • 1:3 – 1:6 25% • 1:6 – 1:8 20% • 1:8 AND FLATTER 35% • DEVELOPMENT IMPLICATIONS 8
SITE ANALYSIS ELEVATION AND LAND FORM • LOW POINT 196M asl • HIGH POINT 514m asl • VIEWS FROM N3 AND MR559 • VIEWS OF VALLEY AND SOUTHERN AREA • LIMITED VISIBILITY OF NORTHERN AREA FROM N3 • FRAGMENTED TOPOGRAPHY • DEVELOPMENT 9 IMPLICATIONS
SITE ANALYSIS VEGETATION, FLOOD LINES AND SEEPAGE AREAS • TYPE AND VARIETY OF VEGETATION • 100 YEAR FLOOD LINE AND IMPLICATIONS • SEEPAGE AREAS AND IMPLICATIONS • D’MOSS • DEVELOPMENT IMPLICATIONS 10
SITE ANALYSIS EXISTING DEVELOPMENT AND SERVICES • EXISTING DEVELOPMENT • EXISTING ACCESS • WATER SUPPLY • SANITATION • ELECTRICITY SUPPLY • STORMWATER 11
SUMMARY OF ISSUES AND INFLUENCES • HIGH VISIBILITY AND GOOD ACCESS • SOUTHERN PART STEEP SLOPES AND FRAGMENTED TOPO • UMHLATUZANA RIVER AND D’MOSS • SUBSTANTIAL VEGETATION ALTHOUGH MOSTLY ALIEN • PROXIMITY TO INDUSTRIAL AREAS • PROXIMITY TO RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT 12
5 BASIC PLANNING PRINCIPLES AND APPROACHES • INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT , i.e. creating development • DEVELOPMENT AS A CONTINUOUS PROCESS , i.e. realising which is integrated in terms of various scales of planning, that development does not consist of a finite event but rather e.g. local, district, regional development, integrating the takes the form of an ongoing process of actions and reactions, various sectors of development, i.e. physical / spatial, social, creating during the process new realities whose implications economic, environmental etc, and integrating the various may not always be predictable, while defining the basic development components, e.g. facilities, movement, elements around which development takes place, and providing agriculture, residential etc. a necessary development sequence, appropriate planning needs to be flexible to allow for potential future changes, • SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT , i.e. ensuring that the envisaged development is sustainable both in terms of • PARTICIPATORY PLANNING , i.e. establishing a planning environmental, social, economic and institutional aspects, methodology and process whose outcome reflects both the needs and aspirations of the community, and the municipality, • ESTABLISHMENT OF STRUCTURE , i.e. creating a and the realities within which such development takes place, development structure which facilitates the integration of the ensuring ownership of the plan and the development by key various functions of local and wider contextual development, stakeholders. contributing at the same time to place-making, legibility, development certainty and efficiency, • UNIQUE CHARACTER , acknowledging and building on the existing uniqueness of the area and its community and reinforcing existing qualities, contributing to identity and variety, including the identification of unique investment opportunities, • IMPLEMENTATION ORIENTATED PLANNING , i.e. focusing planning on implementability and delivery, identifying realistic, practical and implementable projects, establishing associated budgets and linkages to potential funding sources, including the provision of guidance for the management of the development and activities required by the municipality 13
PLANNING CONCEPTS 1 PROVIDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN PROXIMITY OF RESIDENTIAL AREAS 1 2 UTILISING UNIQUE OPPORTUNITIES OF VISIBILITY AND ENVIRONMENT 3 PROVIDING LINKAGE 3 2 4 UTILISING STEEP TOPOGRAPHIC CONDITIONS 5 CREATING DEVELOPMENT CLUSTERS 5 4 14
CONCEPTUAL LAYOUT • UTILISING THE REASONABLE SLOPES OF THE SITE FOR BUSINESSPARK DEVELOPMENT • ESTABLISHING PERIPHERAL RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT • PROVIDING MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE MR559 • CLUSTERING DEVELOPMENT WITHIN A GREEN ENVIRONMENT • MAINTAINING AND UPGRADING THE SUBSTANTIVE VEGETATION • IMPROVING ACCESS FROM THE N2 AND LINKAGE TO ADJACENT AREAS • TOTAL AREAS BUSINESS PARK APPROX. 45 HA • TOTAL AREAS MIXED USE APPROX 5HA 15
SOME DETAILED EXPLORATIONS • BUSINESS PARK CLUSTER IN EXTENT OF 7HA • ACCESS FROM COLLECTOR ROAD AND INTERNAL ACCESS ROAD • SURROUNDED BY EXISTING AND UPGRADED VEGETATION • SMALLER SCALE BUSINESS PARK DEVELOPMENT WITH APPROPRIATE ARCHITECTURAL TREATMENT • SMALLER SITES FACING ONTO COLLECTOR ROAD 16
CONTENT OF THE SCOPING REPORT Environmental Scoping Report should include the following: - Details of- EAP who prepared the report Expertise of the EAP - Description of activity and the feasible and reasonable alternatives - Description of property and location of activity on the property, or if it is - Description of the environment that may be affected by activity. - Legislation and guidelines considered for preparation of report. - Description of environmental issues and potential impacts, including cumulative impacts that have been identified - Information on the methodology that will be adopted in assessing the potential impacts that have been identified, including any specialist reports or processes that will be undertaken - Details of public participation Process - KEY = TO IDENTIFY ISSUES – NOT ASSESS - I & AP’s to review issues and comment POS for EIA, which must include:- - description of the tasks in EIA process, including any specialist reports, and how tasks will be undertaken indication of stages at which consultation with authorities will be undertaken - Description of the proposed method of assessing the impacts and alternatives , including the option of not proceeding. - Particulars of the PPP conducted during the EIA - Any specific information required by the competent authority 17
PURPOSE OF THE SCOPING • The scoping and the EIA process involves a more complex and intensive assessment of the potential impacts of an activity. • The process takes place in three broad categories, namely, submission of the application form, scoping and the EIA phase. • The purpose of the scoping report is to determine the “scope” of the EIA that will be conducted in respect of the activity for which authorisation is being applied for. • The emphasis during scoping is to identify issues; potential impacts; and potential alternatives. • These activities are subject to a thorough assessment process; activities that due to nature and/or extent is likely to have significant impacts; associated with high levels of pollution / waste / environmental degradation; impacts cannot easily be predicted; higher risk activities. • The scoping process includes all the aspects required by National Environmental Management Act (NEMA) but in a way that facilitates a concise process. 18
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