Mkhonto Office Park

Status: two EIA numbers exist for this project DC22/0055/07 and DC22/0012/07

Proposed Mkhonto Office Park on Portion 603 of the farm Vaalkop and Dadelfontein No 885, near Umlaas Rd.

The proposal is to rezone the property from "agricultural" to "commercial" and to establish a small office park and associated shops e.g. convenience supermarket, ATM, and parking areas.

The developer is Best Vest 166 cc.

The Environmental Consultant is: Enviroscope cc
Contact Janet Edmonds
PO Box 239, Pietermaritzburg, 3200
Norfolk House, 196 Jabu Ndlovu (Loop) Street, Pietermaritzburg, 3201
Tel/Fax: 033 342 8250, Cell: 082 828 7953
Email: janet@enviroscope.co.za

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Change of development type

posted 21 Feb 2010, 03:43 by Debbie Jewitt [ updated 21 Feb 2010, 03:51 ]

Dear Interested & Affected Party (I&AP),

Reference is made to the proposed Mkhonto Office Park and Commercial Development on Portion 603 of the Farm Vaalkop & Dadelfontein No 885, Mkhambathini Municipality, for which you registered as an I&AP.

You are hereby notified that the applicant has changed the type of development, from:

a commercial development comprising a small convenience shopping centre and an office park, TO
a mixed development comprising a small convenience shopping centre and an ecotourism resort.

The proposed change in development type is based on the feedback received from I&APs in the area, specifically the repeated references to the proposed use of this area for a game reserve and the perception that the establishment of an office park was not appropriate for this property. Furthermore, concerns were raised regarding the high volumes of traffic which the office park would generate, particularly at morning and afternoon peak hours.

Please see the attachment Mkhonto EIA Phase Notification to I&APs.doc for more information

Change of Environmental Consultant

posted 21 Feb 2010, 03:38 by Debbie Jewitt

Dear Interested and Affected Party,

Reference is made to the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) process for the proposed Mkhonto Office park on the Lion Park Road (Ref: DC22/0055/07).

This process was commenced by myself at Simpson Ryder & Associates cc. I wish to inform you that the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Unit of Simpson Ryder & Associates cc., comprising myself and Rebecca Bowd, has left Simpson Ryder & Associates and has formed a separate entity and new company, known as EnviroScope cc. Please note our new contact details (indicated below). We are in the process of transferring this project to our new company.

The Draft Scoping Report will be circulated shortly for review – you will be notified of its availability and your opportunity to comment.

Thank you for your participation.

Best regards,

Janet