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feasibility and review of housing plan for GOLFCOURSE 80

3. Feasibility and Review of Housing Plan
GOLFCOURSE 80
Feasibility and Review of Housing Plan
prepared for
EASTERN CAPE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SETTLEMENTS
31-33 Phillip Frame Road Chiselhurst
Tel: +27 (0)
NXUBA LOCAL MUNICIPALITY
Private Bag X350, Adelaide, 5760
Tel: (046)
Fax: (046) by
CNdV africa (Pty) Ltd
environmental planning, urban design, landscape architecture
17 New Church Street Cape Town 8000
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Kantey & Templer
PO Box ....., East London
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IQ Vision
110 Sarel Cillier Street Strand 7140
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March 2014

5. CONTENTS LIST OF ANNEXURES LIST OF FIGURES 2.1 INTRODUCTION
2.1.2 Purpose of the Report
2.1.2 Background of this Report
2.1.3 Terms of Reference
2.1.4 Background to Settlement
2.2 Status of Housing Project and Waiting List
2.3 Land Identification and Ownership
2.4 Engineering
2.5 Environment
2.6 Geo-tech
2.7 Distribution of Social Facilities
2.8 Current Spatial Development Framework
2.9 Approval by Council
2.10 Summary and Recommendations
LIST OF FIGURES
Figure Locality Plan
Figure Aerial Photograph
Figure Visual Survey
Figure Statistical Background
Figure Cadastral Layout
Figure Engineering
Figure Environment
Figure Geo-tech
Figure Distribution of Social Facilities
Figure Current Spatial Development Framework
LIST OF ANNEXURES
Annexure 1: Ownership

6. CONTENTS GLOSSARY ACRONYMS
Informal Site: A Site occupied by a household or to which a household has customary rights, e.g. Permission to occupy (PTO, no longer formally in use) or community agreement via a meeting of elders including headman or chief.
Formal Site: A site occupied by a household or to which a household has a registered right as recorded at the Deeds Registry with a title deed and surveyors diagram and/or registered General Plan
In-Situ upgrade project: Formalising of tenure and installation of services on a land on which people are already living. Generally refers to a project larger than one unit.
Greenfields project: New project site which there has been no formal or informal settlement, industry, infrastructure to date. Project sites are usually outside of existing urban development.
Infill Project: New project site within existing urban development usually on under utilised or open land and which often can help to promote physical integration between spatially isolated parts of the settlement.
Rectification projects: Repair or rebuilding of defective existing houses built through one or other government housing program.
Erven: The plural of ‘erf’ meaning pieces of land each registered as an ‘erf’ in a deeds registry and forming part of a registered general plan.
Plots: The plural of ‘plot’ meaning unregistered pieces of land informally laid out.
ACRONYMS
ECDHS Eastern Cape Department of Human Settlement
EIA Environmental Impact Assessment
GP General Plan
LM Local Municipality
MHSP Municipal Human Settlement Plan
SA South Africa
SANBI South African National Biodiversity Institute
SDF Spatial Development Framework

8. INTRODUCTION 2.1 2.1.1 PURPOSE OF THE REPORT
The purpose of this report is to describe the key elements to be taken into account when assessing the feasibility of Golfcourse 80 as a Human Settlement Project and to recommend whether it should be approved or not.
2.1.2 BACKGROUND TO THIS REPORT
This report is one of five Human Settlement Project feasibility reports for ……… Municipality. It is designed so that it can be part of a single document that includes the other five projects.
2.1.3 TERMS OF REFERENCE (Part C.3 Scope of work Tender No. SCMU11-12/13-A0240)
The project terms of reference for the feasibility report are summarised as follows:
Ascertain the feasibility of the project within each MHSP. The study shall reveal the developmental opportunities and constraints in relation to:
Determination of housing demand and potential beneficiary status
Land identification and ownership
Availability of bulk services and confirmation of capacity
Environmental conditions;
Geo-technical conditions
Alignment with Municipal Spatial Planning
Visual survey (area visits)
Future development plans of other sector departments
Provision of recommendation and proposals to ECDHS
2.1.4 BACKGROUND TO SETTLEMENT

9. Locality Plan
Figure 2.1.1
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10. Aerial Photograph
Figure 2.1.2
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12. STATUS OF HOUSING PROJECTS AND WAITING LISTS 2.2
GOLFCOURSE 80
Population (… SDF 20...)
Population (2011 Census)
Ex. Units (… SDF 20...)
No. Households (at 4/hh)
Proposed Units (EC DHS)
Waiting List (Nxuba LM)
Figure Statistical Background

13. LAND IDENTIFICATION AND OWNERSHIP
2.3

14. Cadastral Layout
Figure 2.3.1

15. ENGINEERING 2.4 BULK SERVICES Existing Services .... INTERNAL SERVICES
GEOTECHNICAL CONDITIONS
EXISTING INTERNAL SERVICES ARE ADEQUATE AND REQUIRE NO UPGRADING
Await K&T
TOP STRUCTURE
....
TRAFFIC IMPACT ASSESSMENT
...
ROADS AND ACCESSIBILITY
THE PROJECT IS FEASIBLE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN SETTLEMENTS.

16. Engineering
Figure 2.4.1

17. ENVIRONMENT
2.5

18. Environment
Figure 2.5.1
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19. GEO-TECH
2.6

20. Geo-tech
Figure 2.6.1

21. DISTRIBUTION OF SOCIAL FACILITIES
2.7

22. Distribution of Social Facilities
Figure 2.7.1
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23. CURRENT SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK
2.8

24. Current Spatial Development Framework
Figure 2.8.1

25. APPROVAL BY COUNCIL
2.9

26. SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS 2.10