KINGS ESTATE

PROPOSED WEWE DRIEFONTEIN MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT ON PORTIONS 1, 2, 3,

4 AND 7 ALL OF THE FARM WEWE NO. 17825 NEAR TONGAAT.

Presentation on City Comments on

EIA process to DCM’s forum

29 August 2012

SPATIAL PLANNING

Northern Spatial Development Plan

• Coastal, Urban and Rural Corridor• Future land uses - 2030 and beyond• New linkages - western bypass• Urban Development Line• Phasing of land release• Infrastructure Response

Release for Development of Priority Areas

North

Bridge City

TongaatResidential

Redcliffe

Cornubia

TongaatIndustrial

DubeTrade Port

Canelands

Green:Development can, in principle,

occur immediately,as there is capacity available

Orange:Development can takeplace following some

“simple” interventions

Red:Lack of infrastructure

will be a “showstopper”

Northern Urban Development Corridor (NUDC)

• Corridor– Coastal– Urban – Rural

• New alignment of UDL– Cost surface model– Functional linkages– Topography– Efficiencies (services,

public transport, financial, sustainability)

URBAN (NUDC)

Tongaat

RURAL

COASTALKwaMashu

Phoenix

Verulam

R102

R102N2

N2

Gateway

Airport

NORTHERN CORRIDORS

NUDC OPPORTUNITY AREAS

Tongaat

KwaMashu

Phoenix Verulam

New R102

R102

N2

N2

Gateway

Airport

PHOENIX GREENFIELDGROSS AREA

Residential 300ha

Mixed Use Business Commercial

150ha

Industrial 250ha

TOTAL 700ha

VERULAM/ CORNUBIA

GREENFIELDGROSS AREA

Residential 3,000ha

Mixed Use Business Commercial

100ha

Industrial 100ha

TOTAL 3,200ha

Source: NUDC Study, 2010Areas rounded to nearest 50ha

TONGAAT/ DUBE

GREENFIELDGROSS AREA

Airport Ext 250ha

Residential 2,500ha

Business CommercialOffice

1,500ha

Industrial 2,400ha

Tradeport 150ha

TOTAL 6,800ha

EXISTING ULTIMATE URBAN CORRIDOR (10,500ha)

Unlocking DevelopmentDube Trade Port

NUDC Phase 1 IndustrialGeneral Industry (100ha)

Proposed Sewer Extension

Proposed DTP Sewer

NUDC Phase 1 MixedLight/Service Industry (60ha)

Commercial (10ha)Residential (3 750)

Proposed Phase 1 Section of Eastern Bypass

Proposed Sewers for

Housing Projects

Landuse

InfrastructureAmount

(Rm)

Road infrastructure to support the NUDC

300(total R864m for Eastern Bypass)

Extension to DTP Trunk Sewer

5

Trunk Sewers to support Tongaat Housing Projects

5

Water 0

Electricity 0

Phase 1 Bulk Infrastructure

PROPOSED WEWE DRIEFONTEIN MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT ON PORTIONS 1, 2, 3, 4 AND 7 ALL OF THE FARM WEWE NO. 17825 NEAR TONGAAT.

Dudley Pringle Dam

Noordsberg Road

Western bypass

KwaDukuza eThekwini

• Situated on the R614 (Noordsberg road)

• 7.5 km from KSIA / DTP• 48% of area within

eThekwini Municipality• Agricultural land and rural

character• Limited industrial

development• Outside of Town Planning

Scheme • Has municipal and

ESKOM electricity

• No sewage reticulation or sewage works on or near the site

• Large number of wetlands traverse the site

• Petronet pipeline traverses the site

• In close proximity to Sibudu Cave on South Western Portion – a site of extreme archaeological significance

LOCALITY AND CONTEXT

• Residential • - inclusionary housing

– Low income KwaDukuza Housing Scheme

– low, social and affordable housing options (Approx. 650 units)

– eThekwini Housing Opportunity – affordable, middle and high income

(Approx. 1000-1200)– Freehold, cluster, sectional title and

apartments– Residential Nodes – approx 2500

to 3000 residential opportunities– No of units to be confirmed during

the EIA process

• Commercial – 5.73 ha• Agricultural Units – 36.8ha• Private Open Space

• Activity Zone - office, business and residential mix – 17.7ha

• Light Industrial 58.35ha• General Industrial - 90ha • Conservation Areas

• Bulk Infrastructure – in discussion with the relevant municipalities – will consider recycling options for water and waste water services

• Electrical supply exists but limited• Traffic Impact Assessment underway

• 96 000 permanent jobs• GGP of R48.7 billion• R265m in rates• Phasing of development over 20 yrs

Source – Final Environmental ScopingReport : February 2011

Proposal

Mixed use developmentWestern by passProvincial Road

Application Process• Process

– Pre-submission • Meeting with Framework

Planning officials

• Presentation to TIKZN, Ilembe and eThekwini officials

• Presentation to eThekwini Officials (all sectors)

– EIA• Draft Scoping Report –

circulated in 2010

• Final Scoping Report circulated in 2011

• Outstanding information– No further information

received to date– awaiting TIA – Awaiting Specialist reports

and finalisation of EIA– Awaiting resolution of

waste water– Awaiting revision of land

uses

Department Draft Scoping Report Comments -18 November 2010

Final Scoping Report Comments - 24 March 2011

Current status

Electricity No development permitted within electricity departments servitudes

No change No change

Environment Requested meeting with authorities, protection of ecological goods and services, buffer requirements stipulated, requested detail of land uses, faunal assessment required, detail of conservation area required, further comments once receive EIA and EMP.

Await DRAFT EIA and specialist reports

Still awaiting DRAFT EIA and specialist reports

Land Use Planning

Support for residential ito the North Spatial Development Plan (2010)Incorporation into the Tongaat Scheme (within the EM portion)

Ito NSDP 2010 - Support for residential

Now outside UDL, no services

Department Draft Scoping Report Comments -18 November 2010

Final Scoping Report Comments - 24 March 2011

Current status

Framework Planning

Support for residential but insufficient active open space and land for social facilitiesSupport for agricultural activities to support export market and food securityCommercial development at neighbourhood scale

Ito approved NUDC and NSDP 2011 review new UDL alignment, now outside UDL - support for agriculture onlyNo services

No change in comment

Outside UDL in terms of SDP review 2011 and NUDC 2011, no services, area earmarked for agriculture, to support urban corridor concept of compaction and efficiencies in service delivery and priority focus on supporting DTP and surrounds

Economic Development

Support for the mixed use development

Support for mixed use development, ito NSDP 2010, inside UDL, area earmarked for residential , Service departments to advise on feasibility of infrastructure delivery

Still supports, ito anticipated investment, job creation in construction & operation phases in residential, commercial, agric and industrial sectors. Shortage of industrial land and limited potential for new industrial opportunities, makes this development a prime project that requires support from the municipality. Ito NSDP, proposed for residential, however support for mix of uses for a more holistic and sustainable option. Precedent set with existing industry on portions of the site. Ito service provision, within the UDL, infrastructure departments, need to advise on implications and feasibility of infrastructure delivery. If challenges, infrastructure solutions need to be found, which may include partnerships. Municipality should be proactive in ensuring fruition of this development.

Department Draft Scoping Report comments – 18 November 2010

Final Scoping Report comments - 24 March 2011

Current Status

Water and Sanitation

Need agreement that eThekwini will accept the sewage from outside the boundary, will then need to enter a service agreement, need to identify what new infrastructure is required, 2ML/day spare capacity taken up by developments around Tongaat in the short term. Plans to increase capacity to 20ML/day in 2015

No bulk infrastructure to service the development,

no capacity to accommodate flows from this development,

detailed investigation required,

1,5 ML/day spare capacity in Tongaat Treatment works, but allocated to development.

New Works proposed – 20 ML/day for planned corridor development

No change in response

No water to supply this development until after 2017Development falls within the rural corridor and was not considered for water borne sanitation in the water service development plan for the next 6 yearsThe existing spare capacity at the Tongaat Central works is allocated to development within the urban corridor and can only be released to supply development if other projects within the corridor are stopped. No indication from developers of their expected sewage flows or water demand to factor into our planning - that is, assuming that it is agreed to allowdevelopment in a rural node, far away from existing services. As a rough indication, the cost of providing a sewer to this development would be in excess of R40 million and would be for

the account of the developer. This is

academic, given the fact that there is no water

available.

New WWTW planned for 2016/7 New WWTW capacity will be 15-20ML/day If allocate capacity to Wewe, then lose development of equivalent size in the Northern Region

Department Draft Scoping Report comments – 18 November 2010

Final Scoping Report comments - 24 March 2011

Current Status

Environmental Health

Supports developmentNo objections raised, who is responsible, consider building own treatment works,capacity of central treatment works questioned, protection of streams, Wewe river and Pringle dam to prevent pollution, require building plans, need designated recreational play areas, potential health nuisance from poultry farm (Nu Laid eggs), need site for crèche, religious, shops, community hall etc, need a greening programme

No objections or concerns

No change

Durban Solid Waste

Need substantial resources to service this development, residential appears to be approx 1300 – need details to ascertain required resources

Need to understand implications of development

Substantial lead in time required due to size of development

Fire Safety Building plans required to conform with building regulations

No objection, subject to access for emergency vehicles

Provide fire water reticulation commensurate with the risk of the developed areas. 

Department Draft Scoping Report Comments – 18 November 2010

Final Scoping Report Comments- 24 March 2011

Current Status

Coastal, Stormwater & Catchment Mgt

Request stormwater attenuation plan for entire development

Awaiting stormwater management plan

No change

Geotechnical Engineering

Given steep slopes, substantial earthworks required

Misleading that 65ha set aside for metro housing a significant portion of which is potentially unstable (The findings of the preliminary geotechnical assessment done by the applicant’s consultant indicate unstable soils and wetlands in areas earmarked for metro housing)Detailed geotech required for individual nodes of development at detailed design stage.

If cemeteries being looked at, then will need a geotechnically suitable site and will not be available unless earmarked at the outset, zone now as unlikely to be available later. Must do a comprehensive geotechnical investigation.

The potentially problematic slopes are not demarcated on the eThekwini GIS. The stability of the slopes can only be confirmed by inspection pitting and field mapping during a more detailed geotechnical investigation. The detailed investigation is required .

In terms of planning and anticipating the yield of the housing it would be prudent to assume the 'potentially unstable' areas demarcated by GGS are unsuitable for high density housing (except, possibly, at great cost) until proven otherwise.

Transport TIA requestedKZN DOT is key custodian of the network and needs to advise and approve network improvements

Awaiting a TIA from the applicant

Awaiting TIA as a specialist report of the EIA

Draft Scoping Report Comments – 18 November 2010

Final Scoping Report Comments- 24 March 2011

Current Status

Metro Housing Originally captured as part of the application boundary in the Housing Plan, but amended to conform with the latest SDP which recommends the area within the eThekwini Municipality to be “existing agriculture” & “D’Moss” – with no “future residential” land use recommended. Based on the SDP, we excluded the area in our Housing Plan . No agreement with the applicant or any detailed studies, housing project abandoned.

Illembe Satisfied with the scoping report, require further information on Sibudu Cave, infrastructure provision to meet requirements of affected municipalities, consider alternative to proposed development, specialist studies to be submitted

To date, Ilembe have facilitated a SLA with the developer on water and sanitation for the parts of his development that falls within Ilembe. The developer is ready to proceed with his submission of his PDA to KwaDukuza. The developer is in the process of getting 70 of 1970 approval and the EIA.

Summary of issues

• Concerns raised by numerous departments have not been addressed by the applicant

• Land uses mix – needs to be revised (wet vs dry industry, housing development on unstable land)

• EIA specialist reports outstanding

• TIA still outstanding

• Decision required on allocation of waste water capacity to development outside of EM

• Clarity on access issues on provincial roads and developers dependence on the Western by-pass for future access?

Way forward• What are the possible infrastructure solutions ?

– Own treatment works on site?– Upgrade of city treatment works ?– Allocate unused municipal capacity (in agreement

with private sector)– Recycling options– Cost sharing / partnerships ?– KwaDukuza to provide WW services

• Review land use mix (dry industry, location of eThekwini subsidised housing opportunities)

• All outstanding information info req so full assessment can be made