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MARIANRIDGE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT PUBLIC MEETING

SCOPING EXERCISE MARIANHILL BUSINESS PARK PUBLIC MEETING

20 SEPTEMBER 2006

Pravin Amar Development Planners cc For: Guilder Investments 10 (Pty) Ltd

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AGENDA

• 1. Welcome and Introduction
• 2. Project Proposal
• 3. Purpose of the Scoping
• 4. Discussion
• 5. Recording of Issues &

Concerns

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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.

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Context

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• ESTABLISHING

A MIXED USE BUSINESS PARK IN PINETOWN IN CLOSE PROXIMITY OF THE N3, MAHOGANY RIDGE AND TSHELIMNYAMA

• CONDUCTING AN INTEGRATED

PLANNING PROCESS FOR THE REZONING OF THE AREA, EIA AND PLANNING APPROVAL

• PROVIDING

INPUT INTO AN APPROPRIATE PARTICIPATION PROCESS

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

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SITE ANALYSIS

EXISTING DEVELOPMENT AND SERVICES

• EXISTING DEVELOPMENT
• EXISTING ACCESS
• WATER SUPPLY
• SANITATION
• ELECTRICITY SUPPLY
• STORMWATER

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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

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5 BASIC PLANNING PRINCIPLES AND APPROACHES

• INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT, i.e. creating development

which is integrated in terms of various scales of planning, e.g. local, district, regional development, integrating the various sectors of development, i.e. physical / spatial, social, economic, environmental etc, and integrating the various development components, e.g. facilities, movement, agriculture, residential etc.

• SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, i.e. ensuring that the

envisaged development is sustainable both in terms of environmental, social, economic and institutional aspects,

• ESTABLISHMENT OF STRUCTURE, i.e. creating a

development structure which facilitates the integration of the various functions of local and wider contextual development, 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

• pportunities,
• IMPLEMENTATION

ORIENTATED PLANNING, i.e. focusing planning

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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

• DEVELOPMENT AS A CONTINUOUS PROCESS, i.e. realising

that development does not consist of a finite event but rather takes the form of an ongoing process of actions and reactions, creating during the process new realities whose implications may not always be predictable, while defining the basic elements around which development takes place, and providing a necessary development sequence, appropriate planning needs to be flexible to allow for potential future changes,

• PARTICIPATORY PLANNING, i.e. establishing a planning

methodology and process whose outcome reflects both the needs and aspirations of the community, and the municipality, and the realities within which such development takes place, ensuring ownership of the plan and the development by key stakeholders.

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PLANNING CONCEPTS

1 PROVIDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN PROXIMITY OF RESIDENTIAL AREAS 2 UTILISING UNIQUE OPPORTUNITIES OF VISIBILITY AND ENVIRONMENT 3 PROVIDING LINKAGE 4 UTILISING STEEP TOPOGRAPHIC CONDITIONS 5 CREATING DEVELOPMENT CLUSTERS

3 2 5 4

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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

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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

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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
• f not proceeding.
• Particulars of the PPP conducted during the EIA
• Any specific information required by the competent authority

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PURPOSE OF THE SCOPING

• The scoping and the EIA process involves a more complex and intensive assessment
• f 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

• f 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.

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PURPOSE OF THE SCOPING EXERCISE

• When the competent authority accepts a scoping report and a plan of study

for EIA, the EAP must proceed with the EIA.

• The purpose of the EIA is to:
• address issues that have been raised during the scoping phase;
• assess alternatives to the proposed activity in a comparative manner;
• assess all identified impacts and determine the significance of each

impact;

• formulate mitigation measures
• Public participation plays an important role in the undertaking of the scoping

phase, as input from the I&AP’s contributes to ensuring that all potential issues are considered within the study.

• A public meeting is scheduled to:
• Provide background to the project,
• Provide I&AP’s an opportunity to seek clarity and raise any issues

and concerns.

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ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IDENTIFIED

THEME ASPECT ISSUES IDENTIFIED

Public Access

• Main access in the north via existing Link Road to

Mariannhill and Mahogany Ridge and N3

Location

• The site (Rem of Erf 6803) runs along the N3 on the

left from Durban to Pietermaritzburg. The proposed sites are also located directly adjacent to the Marianhill Toll Plaza.

• The reason for selecting the preferred site is that it

is compatible to the surrounding land use.

• Alternative uses will be considered in the planning

and design.

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THEME ASPECT ISSUES IDENTIFIED

Waste Management Accumulative impact of adjacent activities The proposed development will take into consideration the existing and surrounding activities in the area.

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DISCUSSION AND RECORDING OF ISSUES & CONCERNS