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DRAFT OHLANGA-TONGATI LOCAL AREA PLAN & COASTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN 1st PUBLIC MEETING: 6 OCTOBER 2008

WELCOME & INTRODUCTION

Facilitator: Genevieve Hartley

Purpose and objectives of meeting –

• 1st meeting: 6 October – Strategic planning and coastal

management intentions for the area

• 2nd meeting: 20 October – Detailed land use and coastal

management guidelines

Ground rules Attendance register and apologies isiZulu Translator available Agenda

PROPOSED AGENDA

• 1. Welcome & Introduction
• 2. Project Overview
• 3. Local Area Plan: Strategic Assessment
• 4. Local Area Plan: Spatial Framework
• 5. Coastal Management Plan: Strategic Assessment &

Coastal Vision Andrew Mather

• 6. Question and Answer Session
• 7. Way Forward – opportunity to comment
• 8. Closure

Vicky Sim

PROJECT OVERVIEW

Ohlanga-Tongati Context:

Strategic location of the

area - east of new International Airport & Dube Tradeport

High value coastal land –

largely undeveloped and unzoned

Development pressures Infrastructure constraints Environmental

considerations

PROJECT OVERVIEW cont.

Purpose of Local Area Plan:

• Framework for management of

development and land use

• Direction and certainty
• Vision with respect to land uses and

settlement densities to integrate with the transportation and infrastructure planning

• LAP seeks to translate intentions of

higher order plans into a greater level

• f detail at the local level, and thereby

to inform the Land Use Management System for the area.

Purpose of Coastal Management Plan:

• Sensitive coastal and estuarine

environment

• Manage activities in coastal zone
• Required in terms of draft eThekwini

Coastal Management Strategy

• Opportunity for alignment between

land use planning and coastal management

Corporate Strategy/Policy Long Term Development Framework Integrated Development Plan Spatial Development Framework Spatial Development Plan Local Area Plan Precinct / Special Area Plans Land Use Schemes Development Plans

PROJECT OVERVIEW cont.

Project Managers: Vicky Sim – Local Area Plan Andrew Mather – Coastal Management Plan Consultant team: Cathy Ferguson Town and Regional Planner Futureworks: Tony Markewicz, Nicci Diederichs eThekwini Municipality: Themba Masimula, Gcina Makhubu Project initiated in March 2006

PROJECT OVERVIEW cont.

Project Phases:

• Phase 1

Strategic Assessment/ Situational Analysis

• Phase 2

Role of area and Spatial Framework

• Phase 3

Infrastructure implications and phasing of development & Coastal Management Plan

Phase 4

Detailed land use management guidelines to inform scheme revision

Phase 5

Recommended Actions

Phase 6

Monitoring and review

Submission of draft reports to Economic Development Committee

• approval to proceed with public process – June 2008

PROJECT OVERVIEW cont.

Public participation process:

Originally to be undertaken during the project Uncertainties with regard to the EIA for the new international

airport, and consequently, planning for the Northern Area, services provision etc.

Therefore public process delayed until there was more clarity

with regard to these issues.

Traffic modelling and studies also took some time to complete

as we tested certain proposals of the LAP.

However, ample opportunity to provide input into the process:

LAP/CMP are draft documents.

Purpose of the public process is to now obtain public

comment on the documents prior to their submission to Council for final approval.

STRATEGIC ASSESSMENT

Key components:

Land use assessment Social, economic and spatial trends &

pressures

Environmental assessment Infrastructure assessment

Land Use Assessment:

• 11% of study area is developed, 16% undeveloped and 65%

under sugar cane (predominantly west of the M4).

• Settlement pattern towards coastline – land zoned in terms of

Umdloti and Tongaat Beach Town Planning Schemes

• Mix of higher densities along the coastline at Umdloti, La

Mercy and Westbrook, with suburban densities west of M4

• Almost 5,000 units in the area (including informal settlements)
• Development trends & pressures – seek to almost double

existing development:

• Development applications from 2000 – 2006 = 2,380 units

applied for

• Sibaya Nodes 1 & 5 (current EIA & rezoning) = 2,325 units

and 235 hotel rooms

STRATEGIC ASSESSMENT (cont.)

STRATEGIC ASSESSMENT (cont.)

Trends & Pressures

STRATEGIC ASSESSMENT (cont.)

Environmental Assessment:

• 1. Key issues/constraints:
• Poor quality water in estuaries
• Limited & fragmented coastal biodiversity
• Limited capacity of coastal environment to

sustain high demand for recreational access and use

• High energy and eroding coastline
• Sea level rise
• 2. Opportunities:
• High quality coastal zone –

recreation/residential use

• Coastal forest & estuaries – high visual

amenity & biodiversity refuge value

• Opportunity still exists to buffer

environmental resource through careful planning

Special coastal and estuarine landscape character

Infrastructure Assessment:

• 1. Roads:
• M4 currently operating below capacity, except

for south of the M27 (to Verulam)

• N2 below capacity in the area, predominantly

north of M27

• Impact of heavy vehicles on M4 slowing traffic
• 2. Sanitation:
• Limited treatment works capacity at both

Genazzano and Umdloti Treatment Works.

• Development currently limited to zoned land
• nly; no rezonings or extensions of the Town

Planning Scheme can be permitted as waterborne sewerage cannot be provided.

• Reserve determinations for the Umdloti and

Tongati Rivers have indicated that these estuaries are able to accept further treated effluent.

• Therefore an EIA is underway for new

treatment works on the Umdloti River, which will ultimately replace these two existing treatment works.

STRATEGIC ASSESSMENT (cont.)

SPATIAL PLANNING FRAMEWORK

VISION for Ohlanga Tongati area: Dominant roles for the area –

Residential Leisure/tourism Commercial to support the

above

Area to play a supporting

role to new International airport & Dube Tradeport

Underpinned by importance

• f coastal environment to

support these roles

SPATIAL PLANNING FRAMEWORK (cont.)

Four key planning frameworks/strategies:

Environmental Planning Access and Movement Land Use and Activity Landscape Strategy

Environmental Planning Framework

Land Use & Activity Planning Framework

Land Use & Activity Planning Framework (cont.)

Density Strategy:

• Capacity for approximately 24,000 additional units in study area.

Based on private transport model.

• Gross density 6 units/ha
• Nett densities ranging from 5 to 30 units/ha
• Densities dependent on location:
• Lower densities adjacent to core open space assets
• Medium density between lower and higher (suburban)
• Higher densities along primary transport routes (ultimately public

transport corridors), within mixed use nodes and in areas already zoned for higher densities (e.g. Umdloti, La Mercy and Westbrook beach).

Precincts & Neighbourhoods

Potential noise impact from new international airport

Access & Movement Planning Framework

Access & Movement Planning Framework

Proposed realignment of M4 - rationale:

• Provide increased road based access capacity in long term (+10

years)

• Open up the western hinterland for development
• Create opportunities for mixed use development and recreation

along the coast through the downgrading of the current M4 to a coastal collector and access road.

Access & Movement Planning Framework (cont.)

Two studies to test M4 realignment proposal have been completed:

1.

Optimum route location of realigned M4

2.

Viability of upgrading current M4 to accommodate densities proposed in LAP. Realignment of M4 is still preferred option due to range of impacts (especially environmental), costs and opportunity costs associated with upgrading in current alignment.

NOTE: This issue is still subject to broader transportation planning for the Northern area of the city, in particular with respect to public transport.

Landscape Strategy

Spatial Planning Framework / Phasing

Precinct Framework – broad planning

guidelines for each precinct:

Precinct role Guidelines – land use, access and movement,

settlement character and environment

Development Phasing

To be undertaken at broader Northern SDP level

and will then be applied to LAP area.

COASTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN: KEY STRATEGIC INFORMANTS

Proposed Integrated Coastal Management

Act

Draft KZN Provincial coastal policy eThekwini draft Coastal Management

Strategy

PURPOSE OF COASTAL MANAGEMENT PLANS

“to ensure responsibility, accountability, consistency and continual improvement in the standard of coastal management”

• Assessment of area precincts – coastal risks,

features, facilities, activities & management

• Coastal vision & inputs of coastal zonings and

controls into LUM Guidelines (LAP)

• Development and Management Strategies for the

coastal zone.

COASTAL MANAGEMNT PLAN Phases:

COASTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN

The vision for the Ohlanga-Tongati coast is a future sustainable development path that:

Maximises the economic and social

development potential of this high-value stretch of coast.

Protects, enhances and expands the coastal

asset / resource base such that coastal amenity, character, productivity and environmental service supply is maximised.

Strategic aspects of the coast that underpin this vision are:

Environmental - The study area contains a

portion of the national coastal corridor, and the area is thus of national significance.

Economic - The spatial relationship of the

study area with the key development and activity nodes of Dube Trade Port, King Shaka Airport and the N2 corridor dictate the strategic role of the study area for high value residential, tourism and commercial development.

Strategic aspects of the coast that underpin this vision are

Physical

The high energy eroding coastline, the sensitive and fragile condition of the coastal dune systems

Social

Limited access points to the beach result in very limited opportunities for the establishment of major tourist or mass recreation facilities.

COASTAL RISKS

Inherent risks - directly associated with the

fact that the coast forms the interface between two major biophysical systems: the land and the sea.

Introduced risks - directly associated with

human activities, built facilities, infrastructure or types of land / ocean use that have associated human or environmental risk.

Coastal management is primarily about addressing potential risks and threats to coastal integrity and character in a way that will minimise negative impacts and maximise positive impacts and opportunities.

Inherent Risks

Sea Level Rise (associated with global

climate change )

Beach / Coastal Erosion (ongoing natural

process, not specifically associated with sea level rise)

Land Instability

Climate Change and sea level rise

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Need for realignment of M4

Inherent Risks

Sea Level Rise (associated with global

climate change

Beach / Coastal Erosion (ongoing natural

process, not specifically associated with sea level rise

Land Instability

Introduced Risks

Poor / Lack of Catchment Management Transport Routes: Air, Road and Shipping

Introduced Risks

Sewage Transfer and Disposal (to groundwater,

estuaries and sea).

Stormwater Discharge (to beaches, sea,

estuaries)

Beach Erosion, Sea Level Rise & Land Instability Point Source Pollution: Sewage Pumpstations, WWTW & Stormwater Outfalls Air Transport Routes & Airport: Potential Air Disasters & Air Pollution Road Transport Routes: Potential Spills & Air Pollution Shipping Route: Potential Shipping Disasters Poor Catchment Management Human access to coastal assets

Summary of coastal risks

Tools which will be discussed at the next meeting

Coastal Management Plans Shoreline Management Plans Estuary Management Plans

CONCLUSION

CMP will soon be a legal requirement The CMP is to provide strategic direction to

managing the coast

DISCUSSION: QUESTIONS & COMMENTS

Do you have any questions or comments?

WAY FORWARD

Opportunity to provide written comments:

Copies of reports:

Local libraries: Umdloti, Seatides, Tongaat, Verulam eThekwini website:

http://www.durban.gov.za/durban/government/ munadmin/planning/projects

Comment sheets available: Complete them here OR

Fax: 031-3117279 OR Email: simv@durban.gov.za

Closing date for comments: 31 October 2008

Second public meeting: Monday 20 October 2008;

La Mercy Community Hall, Everest Drive, La Mercy

CLOSURE

THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING THE MEETING. YOUR INPUT IS APPRECIATED.