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7.1 POLICIES, STRATEGIES AND BY-LAWS
The municipality has the following by-laws, policies, systems,
frameworks, strategies and plans to support the spatial planning and
land use management function.
• Advertising and Signage By-Law
• Air Pollution Control By-Law
• Cemeteries and Crematoria By-Law
• Electricity By-Law
• Events By-Law
• Fences and Walls By-Law
• Fire Safety By-Law
• House Shops By-Law
• Informal Trading By-Law
• Integrated Waste Management By-Law
• Roads and Streets By-Law
• Solid Waste Disposal By-Law
• Storm Water Management By-Law
• Street Name and Numbering Policy
• Water and Sanitation Services By-Law
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SBM Sector Plans Responsible Directorate &
Department Status of Plan
Year
Approved
Long Term Financial Plan
Finance: Chief Financial Officer Approved 2016
Local Economic
Development Strategy
Office of the Municipal Manager: Local Economic Development
Approved 2018
Infrastructure and Growth Plan
Engineering & Planning Services: Engineering Support Services
Draft Review in process
Electrical Network Development Plan
Engineering & Planning Services: Electro-technical Services
Approved 2014
Electricity Maintenance Plan
Engineering & Planning Services: Electrotechnical Services
Approved 2014
Water and
Sewerage
Reticulation Master Plan
Engineering & Planning Services: Water And Sanitation
Approved 2012
Water Services Development Plan
Engineering & Planning Services: Water And Sanitation
Approved 2012
Storm water Master Plan
Engineering & Planning Services: Roads & Storm water
Approved master
planning for
Vredenburg,
Langebaan, St
Helenabay
(Laingville) and
suburbs in Saldanha
(White City & Middelpos)
2015
Pavement
Management System
Engineering & Planning Services: Roads & Storm water
Approved 2015
Integrated Transport Plan
Engineering & Planning Services: Roads & Storm water
Approved 2016
Road Network Master Plan
Engineering & Planning Services: Roads & Storm water
Approved 2015
Human Settlement Plan
Office of the Municipal Manager Approved 2016
Disaster Management Plan
Corporate Services: Human Resources
Approved 2016
Integrated
Coastal
Management Strategy
Engineering & Planning Services:
Land Use Planning & Development Control
Approved 2015
Air Quality Management Plan
Engineering & Planning Services: Engineering Support Services
Approved 2012
Sports Master Plan Community & Operational Services: Operations
Approved 2015
Building Maintenance Plan
Engineering & Planning Services: Fixed Assets
Approved 2016
Table 7.1.1 SBM Sector Plans
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Note: Spatial policies have been informed by key issues identified during the public
consultation process of the IDP and the spatial analysis of the issues and challenges. Policies
are therefore directives to guide the local authority and the council as to how they should
address these issues / concerns.
Strategies are directly related to the spatial policies. The strategies suggest a “plan of
action” to enable the implementation of the related policy. Strategies essentially answer
the question “How?” and seek to identify the mechanism required to achieve the goals
and objectives for the municipal area in terms of the IDP.
7.2.2 OVERARCHING SPATIAL MANAGEMENT OBJECTIVES
7.2.2.1 Introduction
The existing landscape of the Saldanha Bay Municipal Area reflects the
dynamic nature of the interaction between human and natural
elements that have over time combined to create the unique
landscape of the area.
The combination of these elements and their spatial context creates a
number of ‘districts’ or areas with specific attributes and a distinct
character. An awareness and sensitivity to these elements within their
spatial, local and broader context is essential to protect and enhance
the various districts / area’s ‘sense of place’.
In this regard, it is therefore critical that the overarching spatial
management framework is sensitive to the contextual variances within
the municipal area.
Based on the identified Bio-Regional Spatial Planning Categories
(SPC’s) as set out in Section 6.1.6 of this document, the function of this section is to provide congruent overarching ‘spatial management
objectives’ for the Saldanha Bay Municipal Area.
The objective being to create a sustainable spatial framework within
the context of the IDP that will inform the future ongoing growth of the
area. The spatial objectives are therefore a spatial planning response
to our understanding of the biophysical and anthropogenic related
pressures and challenges facing the area.
To ensure the realisation of the IDP vision, it is therefore essential that
clearly defined spatial objectives should inform all area specific, spatially related growth management policies / actions within the
Saldanha Bay municipal area.
7.2 STRATEGY INTEGRATION
7.2.1 INTRODUCTION
An understanding of the issues, opportunities and challenges facing the
Saldanha Bay Municipal Area, as set out in this report, has served to
inform the compilation of an overarching Vision, and a set of Goals and Objectives for the municipal area, as discussed in Section 6.1.
The objective of this section is to provide a spatially related policy
framework and a set of implementation strategies for the specific areas
/ aspects of concern within the study area, based on information
forthcoming from the IDP process. Together with the IDP, the spatial
proposals (Sections 5 and 6 of this report), policies and strategies will
provide a tool for the local authority administrating the area to make
informed spatially related management decisions about the future
ongoing growth, development and management of the Saldanha Bay
Municipal Area.
Figure 7.2.1 The Spatial Development Planning Process (source: SBM SDF 2011)
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7.2.2.2 The Strategic Spatial Challenges
From an overarching spatial management perspective, five strategic
spatial challenges were identified. These challenges are:
• The lack of a clear spatial definition and structure.
• Economic development is not linked to / focussed on the role,
function and comparative economic advantage of each core
urban area.
• The promotion of the development of the Saldanha Bay deep
water Port and its related
• industrial development.
• To identify and protect the area’s natural resources and the
environment.
• To conserve and protect the valuable agricultural land resource.
• The Lack of clear spatial definition and structure
From an overarching spatial management perspective, the key challenge is the lack of a clearly defined spatial structure that is
integrated with the objectives of the IDP. A well-defined spatial
structure demarcating urban areas, agricultural areas, industrial areas
and conservation areas, within the dynamic context of achieving a
balance between ongoing industrial development and economic
growth, as well as the increasing need to conserve the natural environment and valuable agricultural land is sorely needed. A well-
defined spatial structure will serve to balance the potential conflict
between competing land uses and thus ensure that the growth and
development of the various sectors takes place in a sustainable
manner.
• Economic development is not based on the principle of capitalising
on a specific town’s unique comparative advantages
In order to promote local economic development within the municipal
area, the role and function of each core urban area must be clearly
defined and understood. Economic development should be based on
the identified function of each core urban area (e.g. Vredenburg:
administrative, Langebaan: tourism, Hopefield: agricultural service
centre, Saldanha: port, industrial, etc.) It is therefore most important to clearly define a functional hierarchy for the towns in the municipal area
with regard to economic functions and services, based on the towns’
unique comparative economic advantages.
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• The promotion of accelerated development of the Saldanha Bay
Port and its related industrial complex
The most significant and unique comparative economic advantage of
the Saldanha Bay Municipality is its deep-water port facility and related
industrial complex. The port has experienced a number of intensive
development initiatives. The most significant of these being:
o development of Saldanha Port for ‘bulk exports’;
o the Saldanha-Sishen railway connection;
o development of Saldanha Steel as a world-class “green” steel
mill;
o expansion of the Port’s ‘general cargo facilities’;
o spatial development initiative known as the West Coast
Investment Initiative; and,
o completion of the municipality’s Integrated Development
Planning Process.
In this regard, it is clear that an integrated strategic Port and industrial
development initiative is required to co-ordinate a sustained initiative.
The Local Authority will therefore have a critically important “enabling
role” in this initiative. The spatial aspects, relating to the port on related
industrial development land use issues is considered as one of the
“critical success factors”.
• To identify and protect natural resources and the environment:
The West Coast region has a distinct character and a unique ‘sense of
place’. The natural environment is noted for endemic, both fauna and
flora of global conservation significance, and resource forms part of
the local economy in terms of tourism, the local fishing and agricultural
industries. The Langebaan Lagoon is a protected RAMSAR site and The
West Coast National Park abuts the municipal area, while various other
smaller reserves are included in the municipal area (i.e. Cape
Columbine Reserve, SAS Saldanha Nature Reserve. Hopefield Private
Nature Reserve) and the protected coastal island of the area (i.e.
Malgas Island Reserve, Jutten Island Reserve, etc.)
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Although large portions of the natural environment within the study area
are proclaimed statutory conservation areas, large areas of
environmentally sensitive highly conservation worthy vegetation fall
outside statutory conservation areas on agricultural zoned land.
Increasing pressure for grazing and the intensification of agricultural
activities together with the uncontrolled invasion of alien vegetation are
major threats to this natural resource.
The coastal belt and its related natural environment serve as the main
tourism attractions in the area. Protecting the natural beauty and
resources of the study area should be a priority to the local community
and is essential in ensuring the sustained growth of the local tourism
industry.
• Conserve and protect valuable agricultural land:
The agricultural sector in the greater West Coast region contributed
approximately 15% to the areas Gross Regional Product. From an agricultural perspective the Saldanha Bay Municipal area is
characterized by the centrally located “Sandveld saaigebied” with
medium potential agricultural land and higher potential agricultural
land in the higher lying Koppiesveld to the north and to the south east of
Hopefield (“Middel Swartland saaigebied, and the higher rainfall
saaigebied). Due to a low rainfall, and limited water resources, the
potential to merge intensive agricultural production is limited. Further to
the low carrying capacity of the indigenous vegetation also restricts the
area’s stock farming (sheep and cattle) potential.
The inherent limitation on agricultural production and the important role
agriculture has to play in terms of “landcare”, highlights the need to
actively improve the economic sustainability of the agricultural sector
through the promotion of agri-tourism, agroindustry, game farming,
aqua-culture, etc.
A specific conservation related concern related to the agriculture
sector is the need to conserve and reduce pressure on indigenous
conservation worthy vegetation on zoned agricultural land.
There is a need to define / demarcate agricultural land and to make a
distinction between bona fide agricultural land and untransformed
terrain with conservation-worthy vegetation.
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7.2.2.3 Spatial Management Objectives:
In order to minimize urban sprawl and protect the natural environment
and agricultural resources from potentially destructive development
and inappropriate land uses, future development in the region must be
strictly guided and controlled by the spatial demarcation of well-
defined urban edges, settlement nodes, conservation areas, agricultural areas and industrial areas.
The spatial objectives for the region are therefore twofold: exercise a
spatial policy of urban consolidation based on the demarcation of a
settlement pattern with clearly demarcated urban areas and edges,
and the definition, protection and conservation of the rural areas.
Within the above context, urban containment refers to the principle of
containing the outward expansion / sprawl of urban areas into
valuable natural or agricultural land while simultaneously implementing strategies to intensify and compact urban development pattern within
the existing urban areas.
Future development pressure is anticipated from the industrial sector
and it may impact on the natural environment and therefore the
tourism potential of the area. From a spatial management perspective,
it is therefore critical that the municipal area is managed in a manner
that:
• Protects indigenous biodiversity and sensitive ecosystems;
• Protects high potential agricultural land;
• Promotes local economic development, tourism and industrial
development opportunities;
• Promotes the growth of the Saldanha port facility and related
industrial development;
• Ensures the efficient and feasible provision and maintenance of
infrastructure, without placing an inordinate consumptive
pressure on natural resources, e.g. groundwater;
• Utilises existing designated urban land in an efficient and
appropriate manner, ensuring integration and equitable access to community facilities.
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7.2.2.4 Policies to achieve the Spatial Management Objectives:
P1 Urban growth within the main settlement areas (Saldanha,
Vredenburg, Langebaan, Hopefield, Paternoster, St Helena Bay
and Jacobsbaai) should be managed within clearly defined
urban edges.
P2 Ensure that the functional hierarchy of core urban areas is based on the comparative advantages of the various towns and forms
the basis to any local economic development strategy.
P3 Development within the urban edge should maximise the
efficient use of limited urban land resources by judiciously
increasing the intensity of use.
P4 The subdivision of agricultural land outside designated urban
settlement areas should be restricted to bona fide agricultural
related uses.
P5 Coastal development pressure should be focused on existing coastal towns and identified development nodes.
P6 The treatment and management of natural ecological systems
and the impacts of land uses thereon must wherever possible, be
mitigated and managed in a sustainable manner.
P7 The need for industrial development should be addressed without
impacting negatively on the sensitive natural environment of the
study area.
P8 Define, identify and protect areas with high conservation value in
the study area.
P9 Determine the land use needs of institutional settlements in the
rural areas and contain these settlements.
7.2.2.5 Strategies for implementing the above policies are:
S1 Delimit a clearly defined urban edge for the core urban areas.
Land use proposals should, where appropriate, identify future
urban extension areas to accommodate future demand for
development.
S2 The scale and nature of development proposals (for land use
changes) should be consistent with the location and functional
hierarchy of a core urban area.
S3 Identify vacant or under-utilised areas within existing urban areas
for infill development purposes.
S4 Enforce the ‘Guidelines for the Subdivision of Agricultural land’
(Act 70 of 1970) when considering any future subdivision
proposals for land zoned for agricultural purposes.
S5 Review the zoning scheme regulations for the Saldanha Bay
Municipal Area in a manner that provides area specific statutory reinforcement to urban edges, conservation use zones,
subdivision policies and densification mechanisms.
S6 Develop specific zoning parameters in the form of overlay zones
for sensitive environmental areas that are not statutorily
protected areas, these parameters should clearly outline detail
development controls (scale, density, form, aesthetics,
vegetation types, flood line, setbacks, etc.).
S7 Develop a coastal management plan, to manage coastal
towns and the remainder of the coastline to the benefit of the tourism
industry.
S8 Identify areas for future industrial development. Taking into
account the future growth of the port facility and expected
pressures on the industrial land supply, given the potential of the
growth in backward and forward linkages. Detail investigations
with regard to environmental impacts should be undertaken to
identify additional industrial areas.
7.2.3 URBAN LAND USE MANAGEMENT POLICY
The demographic trends of the Saldanha Bay Municipal Area, indicate
that the population of the Saldanha Bay Municipal area is growing at a
projected growth rate of 2.31% p.a. This growth rate can be ascribed
to not only natural growth but also in-migration due to the perceived
creation of job opportunities in the municipal area and industrial
development in the area.
It can be expected that future population growth will create increased
pressure for “greenfields” development, intensification of land uses,
demands on services infrastructure and bulk supply capacity, etc.
The management of land use will therefore require careful and
sensitive consideration, if sustainability is to be achieved.
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This section sets out policy recommendations and strategies for the
ongoing management of the designated core urban areas within the
Saldanha Bay Municipal area. This policy includes directives for all
components of the urban related areas as dealt with in Section 6 of this
report.
7.2.4 CORE URBAN AREA POLICY
The designated Core Urban Areas being the existing settlements of
Vredenburg, Saldanha, Langebaan, St. Helena Bay, Hopefield,
Paternoster and Jacobsbaai. As a result of the different and complex
historical, locational, socio-cultural and economic factors influencing
the growth of these settlements they each display a unique character,
land use mix and development form. Land use management policies
for each of these specific areas, albeit at a regional level, must
therefore take cognisance of these factors.
Within the context of the Saldanha Bay Municipal area, Vredenburg and Saldanha can be categorised as Main Local Towns, while
Langebaan, St. Helena Bay, Hopefield and Paternoster, are categorised
as Local Towns, which are substantially smaller than Vredenburg and
Saldanha.
An overall spatial understanding of the different functions and possible
growth pressures and potentials of the designated core urban areas has
been used to inform the formulation of area specific spatial and land
use management policies required to effectively manage each core
urban area.
7.2.4.1 Key Issues:
The following identified key issues have informed the formulation of the
policies and strategies for the core urban areas in the Saldanha Bay
Municipal Area.
• Lack of a well-defined functional hierarchy of settlements;
• Lack of spatially defined areas for urban extension;
• A lack of clear spatial policy directives and guidelines for the
management of different land use categories;
• A lack of controls relating to the siting and aesthetics of buildings, particularly in coastal settlements, resulting in many structures having
a negative visual impact on the landscape detracting from the
overall character of the area;
7.2.4.2 Policies for the Core Urban Areas are:
P10 Demarcate appropriate areas for urban extension where
required.
P11 Define the functional hierarchy of core urban areas with regard
to each areas unique attributes, comparative advantages,
functions and services.
P12 Where appropriate, the intensification of land use within the Core
Urban Areas of Vredenburg, Saldanha, Langebaan, St. Helena
Bay, Hopefield, Paternoster and Jacobsbaai should be
promoted.
P13 Development within the Core Urban Areas should avoid or
minimise negative impacts on ecosystems and should promote
the efficient use of resources.
P14 Any existing adverse environmental and socio-economic
impacts of the Core Urban
P15 Areas on conservation and transitional/ agricultural areas should
be identified and effectively mitigated.
P16 The scale and form of any tourism facilities provided within the
local towns should respect the unique character of each
settlement, and should be consistent and co-ordinated with the
overall Municipal Tourism Development Strategy to be prepared
for the municipal area.
7.2.4.3 Strategies for implementing the above policies are:
S9 Delimit a clearly defined urban edge for the core urban areas.
S10 Ensure that the future development of commercial facilities and
new amenities are aesthetically sensitive and co-ordinated with
the functional hierarchy of the specific area.
S11 Identify vacant or under-utilised land within existing urban areas
for infill development purposes.
S12 Prohibit development in ecologically sensitive areas, e.g.
floodplains, steep slopes, wetland or drainage areas, dune
areas, etc.
S13 Planning and development within the core urban areas must
ensure that the opportunities and constraints of the natural and
cultural environment, as well as potential impacts on valued or
sensitive environmental components are understood and taken
into account. Important place making and cultural elements,
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7.2.5.2 Policies to address housing issues in Core Urban areas are:
P16 Urgently address the existing subsidised housing backlog in the
municipal area.
P17 Ensure that there is suitable and sufficient land available in each
core urban area to address the housing need, within the context
of the municipality’s spatial objectives.
P18 Promote mixed land use planning in order to ensure accessibility
for the lower income groups to economic employment
opportunities.
P19 Each core urban area should have a balanced provision of
housing stock for medium and higher income groups, within the
context of the municipality’s spatial objectives.
7.2.5.3 Strategies for implementing the above policies are:
S15 Determine the quantum and type of the housing need throughout the municipal area and make spatial provision for this
need, within the context of the municipality’s spatial objectives.
S16 In the planning of future economic growth points, industrial
expansion, etc. Provision should be made for housing
developments close to these growth points / economic
opportunities.
S17 Implement the findings of the land audit of all vacant municipal
properties in the Core Urban Areas in order to identify suitable
land to address the existing housing backlog.
S18 Undertake a detailed demographic study for the municipal area in order to determine the population growth rate and migration
trends relative to the existing housing stock and future housing
needs.
7.2.6 INSTITUTIONAL SETTLEMENTS POLICY
Institutional settlements (Langebaanweg Airforce Base and SAS
Saldanha Military Academy) within the context of the Saldanha
Municipal Area can be described as settlements outside the
demarcated core urban areas where institutions have provided
housing, infrastructure and essential services to communities employed
within, or associated with, the specific institution.
e.g. trails, historical buildings, tree lines, and other heritage
resources should be identified and protected. These elements
must be incorporated in site evaluation and planning of all future
development.
S14 Undertake a study to accurately delimit the 1:50 year flood line
for drainage systems running through core urban areas, such as
the Salt River that runs through Hopefield as well as other rivers
that run through St. Helena bay and Langebaan. Establish
development controls for both the management of buildings
already within the 1:50 year flood line, and for future applications.
It is recommended that development control guidelines for flood
prone area be established.
7.2.5 HOUSING POLICY
Housing is the primary use of urban land. It is therefore imperative that
the local authority applies effective land use management policies to
ensure that the social and market related needs of housing for all income groups is effectively addressed.
The existing need for subsidised housing is detailed in the Human
Settlement Plan with identified housing projects.
The Saldanha Bay Municipal area offers a range of residential options
for high and middle-income households.
With some of the local towns such as Langebaan, St. Helena Bay and
Paternoster becoming increasingly popular as retirement towns, it can
be expected that more medium and higher income residential
opportunities may have to be provided in these areas.
7.2.5.1 Key Issues:
• Ensure a balanced provision of land and housing types for all
income and age groups in the municipal area.
• Effectively address the sustainable provision of subsidised housing
in the municipal area.
• Proactively identify appropriate land for the extension areas for
lower, middle and higher income residential purposes.
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7.2.7 RESORTS AND TOURISM RELATED AREAS POLICY
Resorts and tourism related areas can be described as areas that are
zoned for resort purposes and provide accommodation facilities to
tourists (e.g. Club Mykonos at Langebaan). (This section should be read
in conjunction with the tourism development policy).
7.2.7.1 Key Issues:
• The current zoning scheme regulations do not effectively
regulate the recent trends in the tourism industry (e.g. Bed and
Breakfasts, Guest houses, etc.);
• Tourism resorts / developments historically show a tendency to
develop in a linear pattern along the coast line, resulting in
environmentally detrimental ribbon development;
• The perceived lack of capacity of recreational and related
facilities, i.e. boat slipways, public ablutions, beach parking
areas, during peak tourism seasons;
• The need for improved regulations to effectively manage the
seasonal influx of visitors to the area, in respect of boat launching
facilities, etc.
7.2.7.2 Policies for resorts and tourism related areas are:
P21 Identify the location, scale and nature of the proposed new
development at Trekoskraal.
P22 Prevent linear / ribbon development along the coastline by
strictly limiting development to within designated core urban
areas.
P23 Public access points to the lagoon and coast line must be
rationalised, carefully identified and effectively managed.
P24 Prevent over exploitation of natural resources during the
seasonal influx of tourists and visitors.
7.2.7.3 Strategies for implementing the above policies are:
S20 The ecological and recreational carrying capacity of the
popular tourist destinations within Saldanha Bay Municipality – or
the limits of acceptable change – should be determined. A management framework taking into account, the location and
capacity of existing facilities, should then be compiled to control
There are two institutional settlements in the Saldanha Bay municipal
area, namely the Langebaanweg Airforce Base (±950ha) and the SAS
Saldanha Military Academy (±1230ha).
The Langebaan Airforce base provides a national strategic training
function and it is anticipated that more aircraft will operate from this
basis in future.
No further extension to the infrastructure of this base is planned in the
medium to short term; however, it is envisaged that this airbase could
serve as a dual-purpose airport for military and commercial flights to
cater for future air commuter transport associated with growth in the
area.
The Saldanha Military Academy fulfils an important training and
academic function to the National Defence Force. As sensitive
conservation worthy vegetation occurs in this institutional settlement, with approximately 700ha of the Saldanha Military Academy consisting
of a nature reserve, the area should be protected from development.
7.2.6.1 Key Issues:
• Institutional settlements area characterised by large land holdings
which include environmentally sensitive areas;
• The development footprints of the institutional settlements should
be limited to within the existing developed areas.
7.2.6.2 Policies for Institutional settlements are:
P20 Development footprints of the Institutional Settlements should be
limited to within existing limits.
7.2.6.3 Strategies for implementing the above policies are:
S19 Identify and demarcate the environmentally sensitive areas
within the Institutional settlement areas and promote the protection and conservation of these areas.
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recreational and other activities (e.g. bait-extraction, fishing,
boating, etc.), particularly during the peak tourism season.
S21 Development limits (bulk, height, density, development footprint
and acceptable land uses) should be demarcated for each
tourism related settlement within the study area, using detailed
Site Development Plans (SDP’s).
7.2.8 COMMUNITY FACILITIES POLICY
Community facilities provide an essential collective support system for
the urban population. The public domain and public facilities /
infrastructure is a public responsibility and when carefully planned, can
contribute towards place making, a worthy urbanity, sense of pride,
belonging, well-being and generally improvement of the quality of life
for all. Public places and public spaces cause the gathering of people
and should be located at places of collection and near movement
networks to sustain their supportive role.
When the quality of public facilities is good, these spaces enhance the
enjoyment of activities and give a sense of belonging, confidence and
permanence. However, when they are not good, the entire
environment may be regarded as sterile, regardless of the quality of
buildings.
From the analysis undertaken, it is clear that a range of community
facilities from clinics and health care facilities, schools, sport facilities to
libraries and various other civic amenities are provided in the core
urban areas in the municipal area. However, there are serious
shortcomings relating to the equitable provision, distribution and standards of the facilities, especially within the previously
disadvantaged areas. The vital importance of community facilities
creates a sense of belonging that makes a vital contribution to the
quality of life and social fabric of the communities and should therefore
not be underestimated.
In light of the above, a community facility policy should address the
equitable provision of a range of community facilities and services,
according to the most recent standards set by the relevant Provincial
authorities, to meet the physical, social, economic and spiritual needs
of the community. The policy should also encourage the upgrading of
existing facilities, address the inequitable provision of facilities and
promote the efficient utilisation of scarce resources.
7.2.8.1 Key Issues:
• There is an inequitable provision of community facilities in the
municipal area (e.g. lower income areas vs higher income
areas);
• The level of maintenance of existing community facilities is
generally inequitable;
• Several community facilities are not accessible to the community
it serves;
• There is a lack of access to sport facilities, specifically in
previously disadvantaged areas;
• There is a need for public ablution facilities at beach resorts.
7.2.8.2 Policies for community facilities are:
P25 Strive for equity in the provision of community facilities
throughout the municipal area.
P26 As a priority community service, all communities should have
access to a well-equipped primary health care centre.
P27 Where community facilities are over provided or underutilised,
mechanisms should be put in place to ensure equitable access
to community facilities – especially people from the previously
disadvantaged communities.
P28 Upgrading programs should be implemented in order to ensure
efficient and sustainable utilisation of the facilities/ and service
standards that are currently in a neglected state.
P29 To recognise the locational and site requirements of specific
community facilities / services to be provided and where
possible, to encourage the multi-functional use of facilities.
P30 Identify a suitable accessible location for a regional municipal
sports complex which to serve all communities.
7.2.8.3 Strategies for implementing the above policies with regard to community facilities are:
S22 Provide community facilities/ services in accordance with the accepted standards, as determined by the relevant Provincial
guidelines, for their provision, taking into account the expressed
needs of the beneficiary community.
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S23 Locate community facilities as close as possible to the major
movement routes and the communities they are designated to
serve.
S24 Facilitate a community-driven initiative that seeks to create a
representative ‘joint management structure’, which would
effectively pool and assist in the joint management of all
community facilities within the municipal area and its districts.
S25 Locate facilities at nodes or centrally within neighbourhoods so as
to contribute towards efficient urban form.
S26 The existing sports master plan should be revised to include the
entire municipal area. This revised plan should also include an
investigation to identify a suitable location for a regional sports
facility. Such a location should be accessible and close to
existing infrastructure and amenities.
S27 Undertake an audit to assess all facilities and amenities, as a basis
to prioritise upgrading programs to acceptable levels of service
upgraded to acceptable service levels.
S28 Investigate the possibility of involving the private sector through
public-private partnerships to assist with the financing and
management of any new public / community facilities (e.g.
Saldanha Stadium construction partnership with Transet).
S29 Larger multi-purpose sport facilities should be efficiently located
relative to schools and communities so as to facilitate the sharing
of facilities between different user groups.
S30 Undertake an investigation to identify a suitable location for a
regional sports facility. Such a location should be accessible and
close to existing infrastructure and amenities.
7.2.9 PUBLIC OPEN SPACE POLICY
Open space forms an integral part of both the urban and natural
environment. Public open spaces are a fundamental part of the spatial
framework of a city. There are a number of dimensions to the open
space system which underline its importance for the municipal area as
a whole, and for all people living in it. These dimensions include:
• An ecological dimension: This dimension recognizes that the natural environment and its processes provide the setting and the
basic resources for human life.
• An economic and productive dimension: This dimension
recognizes that the natural environment is vitally important for
tourism and agriculture. All resources are important and must be
used wisely. Natural resources also have the potential to help
people meet their own needs.
• A psychological and social dimension: This dimension recognizes
that the quality of human life is affected by a sense of place.
• A cultural dimension: This dimension recognizes the link between
the characteristics of a place, people’s activities in that place,
and the emergence of cultural expressions and forms.
• A recreational dimension: This dimension recognizes the need of
all people for escape, for active and passive recreation and for
contact with nature.
Public open spaces should be effectively designed in order to address
the abovementioned dimensions. Purposeful open spaces should
therefore be sensitively designed to be sustainable open spaces. In the
municipal area, not all public places are well located and due to high
maintenance costs and budget constraints, not all public open spaces
are well-maintained.
7.2.9.1 Key Issues:
• Many public open spaces are neglected, poorly located and
thus dysfunctional;
• Several public open spaces in low income areas are unutilized
and could be used to ensure the ongoing sustainable production of food for these communities;
• Many of the public open space zoned sites that are provided in
the previously disadvantaged areas are undeveloped and thus
provide no amenity value to surrounding residents;
• Several higher order public open spaces are inaccessible to low-
income communities.
7.2.9.2 Policies for Public Open Space areas are:
P31 Each community should have access to at least one, well- maintained, centrally located, functional open space.
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P32 Promote urban agriculture on unutilised and undeveloped public
open spaces.
P33 The location of public open space networks should where
possible, incorporate remnant patches of representative
indigenous flora, and sensitive natural areas like wetlands, slopes,
rivers and coastlines that are critical to the well-being and
sustainability of natural systems.
P34 Encourage the optimal use of public open spaces where extra
funds are available on the capital budget, functional open
spaces (i.e. play equipment, sport equipment) should be
provided through landscaping, urban design, etc.
P35 Promote the accessibility of public open spaces.
7.2.9.3 Strategies for implementing the above policies are:
S31 A strategic hierarchy of public open space should be identified
within each neighbourhood and town based on accessibility, size, function and level of maintenance.
S32 Public open space maintenance budgets should then be
allocated in accordance with this identified hierarchy of open
space. Harder, all weather open space areas should be
provided for informal play, kickabouts, basket ball courts etc., in
consultation with the beneficiary community.
S33 Unutilised and undeveloped public open spaces should be
made available for urban agriculture where communities can
produce food. The local authority should encourage NGO’s to
promote and develop community gardens in marginalised communities.
7.2.10 LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POLICY
Local Economic Development (LED) is an outcome based, local
initiative, driven by local stakeholders. It involves identifying and using
primarily local resources, ideas and skills to stimulate economic growth
and development.
The aim of LED should be to generate employment opportunities for local residents, alleviate poverty, and to redistribute resources and
opportunities to the benefits of all communities within the municipal
area.
The well-being of the local economy is a critical concern because it
affects the quality of life of all local residents. Creating opportunities for
small and micro enterprises (SMME) is very important in the municipal
area, because SMME tend to create more jobs than larger enterprises
do.
The Municipality’s approved LED Strategy and its strategies can be
used by the municipality to achieve its developmental objectives as
identified in the Integrated Development Plan (IDP) of the municipality.
The Saldanha Port is strategically positioned to contribute to the
economic growth of the municipal area. The port creates opportunities
for exporting of local products (i.e. steel, agricultural products etc.).
Besides Cape Town, the Saldanha Port is the only deep water harbour
in the Western Cape. The Saldanha Port can deliver a complimentary
service to the Cape Town Port as well as the Saldanha Bay Industrial
Development Zone (SB-IDZ), and thereby the municipal area could
become globally competitive.
The industrial tourism and agricultural sectors are seen as the primary
economic drivers in the Saldanha Bay municipal area’s economy.
However, due to increased mechanization in the agricultural sector,
farm workers loose their employment and migrate to urban areas in
search of employment opportunities. The natural environment is the
main attraction for tourists to the western of the municipal area.
Therefore, industrial development should take place in such a way that
the natural environment and tourism attractions are not effected
negatively. There are various economic opportunities for SMME in the
tourism industry.
Vredenburg can be seen as the commercial and administrative node
in the Saldanha Bay Municipal Area. However, there is no clear defined
functional hierarchy for the towns in the municipal area. In order to
promote local economic development in the municipal area, the role
and function of each core urban area must be defined. Economic
development should be promoted according to the identified function
of each core urban area (e.g. Vredenburg: administrative,
Langebaan: tourism, Hopefield: agricultural service centre, Saldanha:
port, industrial etc.). Due to the high volumes of tourists that visit the
area and especially the local towns (i.e. Langebaan, St Helena Bay and Paternoster), it is important to provide business facilities to fulfil in
the needs of the seasonal tourists as well as the local communities.
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It is important to promote the development of SMME’s and support
existing SMME’s in the municipal area. The economic drivers of the local
economy should be targeted for SMME involvement. SMME
development can be stimulated through linkages from existing industries
and networks formed in the private sector.
The following key issues were identified with regard to Local Economic
Development in the municipal area:
7.2.10.1 Key Issues:
• The role, function and comparative economic advantage of
each core urban area in the study area, especially Vredenburg
and Saldanha, should be clearly defined in the context of LED;
• Incrementally position the Saldanha Port to become
complementary to Cape Town Port;
• Existing transport links are insufficient for the projected industrial
development;
• A high percentage of the labour force in the municipal area is
unskilled;
• Promote Local Economic Development through the
encouragement of informal trading and SMME’s;
• Tourism has the potential to create many sustainable job
opportunities;
• Economic opportunities are not accessible to all communities in
the municipal area.
7.2.10.2 Policies for Local Economic Development are:
P36 Create a balanced functional hierarchy for towns in the
municipal area based on the comparative economic
advantage of each town. Each town should be aware of it’s
economic function and focus areas.
P37 The Saldanha Port should be extended to accommodate higher
volumes of cargo and be developed complementary to Cape
Town Port to create a “win-win” situation for both ports.
P38 Stimulate economic development in the municipal area through
place marketing and industrial recruitment.
P39 Promote the West Coast development axis from Cape Town to
the Orange River.
P40 Develop additional amenities and recreational infrastructure to
attract affluent tourists.
P41 The local authority should focus on the retention and expansion
of existing businesses in the municipal area.
P42 A coherent Skills Development Programme, focussing on the port
economy, specific manufacturing industries and the service
sector should be developed.
P43 Economic opportunities should be accessible to all communities
in the municipal area, especially the previously disadvantaged
communities. (e.g. access to land, finance, training, business
opportunities etc.).
7.2.10.3 Strategies for implementing the above policies are:
S33 Define the economic function of each core urban area in the
municipal area. Define a functional hierarchy for the core urban
areas according to these defined functions.
S34 The local authority should assist to make local businesses and
companies more globally competitive by targeting sectors in
which they have a comparative and competitive advantage,
and providing support to these sectors to compete
internationally.
S35 Expanding existing transport links, especially the rail link to Cape
Town via Atlantis.
S36 Investigate the sustainability of developing amenities like a water
front and other water related infrastructure in tourism focus areas
such as Langebaan, Paternoster, Saldanha and St. Helena Bay
S37 The local authority should form relationships with the private
businesses in the municipal area in order to be informed of the
needs and concerns of the businesses and to strive to address
these concerns from a municipal level. This could prevent them
from relocating to other seemingly more attractive locations.
S38 The local authority should facilitate an audit of existing skills in the
labour force, in order to optimise these skills in the industrial
sector. Improve skills amongst the local labour force would
improve productivity and therefore the possibility for industries to
invest in the area.
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S39 The local authority should facilitate the provision of
manufacturing hives for small entrepreneurs at suitable locations.
These could include existing industrial areas or new centres along
continuous routes.
S40 The local SDF’s of the core urban areas should be reviewed in
order to identify and promote LED.
S41 Identify opportunities for neighbourhood business centres in the previously disadvantaged communities.
S42 Appoint specialists to further develop individual LED strategy for
each town in the municipal area, based on the functional
strategy.
7.2.11 INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT POLICY
The Saldanha Bay Municipal area has over the past three decades
experienced a number of development initiatives that influenced industrial development and contributed to the broadening of the
economic base of the municipal area.
These developments contributed to the local economic development
of the area. These developments include, amongst others:
• Development of the Saldanha deep water Port for bulk exports;
• The Saldanha Sishen railway connection;
• The development of Saldanha Steel (now Accelor Mittal steel mill); and
• The Saldanha Bay Industrial Development Zone (SB-IDZ).
The most important asset of the municipal area is the Saldanha deep
water Port as well as its transport links (rail, road and air), and its pristine
coastline (Langebaan, Paternoster and St. Helena Bay).
The port of Saldanha has a direct link with the main consumer markets
and industrial zone of the West Coast. The port is therefore a gateway
to the many expanding markets of the area.
The municipal area’s potential to create more sustainable employment
opportunities as well as to expand its business activity should, thus, be
closely linked to opportunities that the port and coastline offer. Several
opportunities are created by the growing west African oil and gas
industry. These opportunities should be exploited by the Saldanha Port,
in co-operation with the Cape Town Port.
With the spin-off effects from Saldanha Steel (now Accelor Mittal steel
mill) that are experienced there is a definite need to spatially identify
and quantify future industrial land needs related to future port
expansion, downstream processing and predicated light industrial
growth and operation of the Saldanha Bay Industrial Development
Zone (SB-IDZ).
There is a lack in coordination of land issues within the municipal area,
especially where land belongs to private entities and used as a “buffer
zone” and not being developed is a deterrent for industrial investment.
With the high occurrence of sensitive irreplaceable vegetation and the
scarcity of fresh water in the study area, industrial areas should be
planned in areas where the natural environment will be affected the
least. There is a conflict in interest between industrial development and
the conservation of the pristine natural environment, however this is
being addressed in collaboration with Department of Environmental
Affairs and Development Planning through strategic environmental
offset studies.
Service trades are regarded as an essential land use since they provide
a service to retail consumers in the business area as well as in the general community. Service trades provide employment opportunities
to skilled and semi-skilled workers and can generate employment
opportunities for local entrepreneurs. In order to promote LED,
accessibility to light industrial opportunities for the previously
disadvantaged communities should be promoted.
In order to ensure light industrial development in core urban areas, a
balanced mix of site sizes should be available for industrial
development. The development of industrial hives in order to provide
economic opportunities to previously disadvantaged communities is means of promoting local economic development in the municipal
area.
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7.2.12 INDUSTRIAL POLICY
7.2.12.1 Key Issues
• The capacity of the current harbour and its infrastructure facilities
at Saldanha Port and its ability to sufficiently fulfil in the present
need or additional exporting needs;
• The industrial role and function of Vredenburg and Saldanha is
undefined and therefore unstructured industrial development are
taking place;
• There is a conflict in interest between industrial development and
the conservation of the pristine natural environment in the
municipal area;
• Industrial land is not accessible/ affordable to previously
disadvantaged entrepreneurs;
• Bulk water capacity for heavy industries and industrial development as well as their energy needs is unknown;
• There is a need to spatially identify and quantify future industrial
land needs related to future port expansion, downstream
processing and predicted light industrial growth and that of the
Saldanha Bay Industrial Development Zone (SB-IDZ);
• Support systems are needed for SMME’s in the industrial sector.
7.2.12.2 Policies for Industrial areas are:
P44 Consideration should be given to include the Saldanha deep
water Port in the strategic planning (size, capacity and
accessibility) for Cape Town Port as a globally competitive
harbour.
P45 Industrial development should be promoted in each town by
promoting the optimal industrial activity that ties in with the
economic function (with regard to scale, focus and comparative
economic advantage) of the town.
P46 Promote the concept of creating an industrial corridor from the
Saldanha harbour to the Vredenburg-Hopefield railway line,
thereby concentrating resources according to the identified
need.
P47 Industrial development should not impact negative on the
pristine natural environment and the biodiversity of the area.
P48 The municipality must ensure that there is an adequate,
balanced mix of industrial land available to address market
needs and to promote sustainable market growth.
P49 The local authority should facilitate the provision of
manufacturing hives for small entrepreneurs at suitable locations. These could include existing industrial areas or new centres
along continuous routes.
P50 Promote the accessibility / affordability of industrial land for
Previously Disadvantaged Entrepreneurs in order to encourage
black economic empowerment.
7.2.12.3 Strategies for implementing the above policies are:
S44 The local authority must facilitate the expansion of the Saldanha
Port to expand to accommodate the need for more and larger
docking facilities in the harbour. Specialist studies should be
undertaken to identify the most suitable location for the
expansion of the port. Council should liaise with the port
authority and other stake holders to identify the most
appropriate location for the expansion.
S45 The functional hierarchy and roles of both Vredenburg and
Saldanha should be clearly defined in order to ensure mutually
supportive industrial activities on which product industrial
development should be emphasised in the subject towns.
S46 Any adverse impacts of heavy industrial areas must be adequately mitigated.
S47 The local authority must facilitate a study to determine the
medium to long-term capacity of the provision of bulk water for
industrial purposes and the anticipated industrial development.
S48 The local authority should implement investment incentives such
as tax and rate rebates to encourage investment and industrial
development.
S49 Expand existing transport links, especially the rail link to Cape
Town via Atlantis to improve the accessibility of the Saldanha
Port.
S50 Identify the specific need for service industries in all local towns in
the study area.
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S51 Light industrial areas / service industries should be located in the
proximity of residential areas and not outside the urban edge in
order to reduce travelling time to the industries and in order to
make the light industries more accessible to their markets.
S52 The local authority should create Public-private-partnerships to
ensure the development of SMME hives and skills development
centres.
7.2.13 POLICY FOR EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIAL AREAS (MINING)
Several extractive industrial activities are established in the municipal
area. These activities include, amongst others, mining of construction
materials such as lime shales, sand and phosphate mining.
Many of the mining operations are currently located in relative close
proximity to the Saldanha and Langebaan areas. The adverse impacts
of these mining activities on environmentally sensitive and urban areas should be mitigated. Not all potential mineral resources have been
identified in the area and this can lead to ad hoc applications for
mining permits in the area.
7.2.13.1 Key Issues
• No integrated plan that identifies the location of mineral
resources relative to infrastructure provision and environmental
sensitivities in the area, has been compiled.
• Some mining activities impact negatively on the pristine natural
environment of the municipal area or are in close proximity to
urban areas.
7.2.13.2 Policies for Extractive Industrial areas are:
P51 Extractive industrial activities should be in harmony with the
ecological systems, respecting the processes that control the
functioning of these elements.
P52 Any negative impacts associated with extractive industrial activities must be affectively mitigated.
P53 Buffer areas should surround extractive industrial areas that are
located in close proximity of core urban areas in order to
mitigate visual and environmental impacts.
P54 The location of mining activities needs to be carefully considered
relative to the location of other comparable resources,
infrastructure availability and environmental sensitivity.
7.2.13.3 Strategies for implementing the above policies are:
S53 Undertake a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) of
resources to determine the potential impacts of extractive
industries on the natural environment, relative to the location
thereof.
S54 Mining areas should be fully rehabilitated, as per minimum
statutory requirements, once the extraction of mining resources
ceases.
S55 Mining areas should, wherever possible, be located close to core
urban areas/ transport routes and existing infrastructure to ensure
maximum economic sustainability.
7.2.14 AGRICULTURAL LAND USE POLICY
To improve economic viability and sustainability of agriculture within
the municipal area, it is important that the development and
implementation of integrated approaches to natural resource
management are adopted. Overall land use management policies must therefore respect the importance of the role of the agricultural
areas and promote land use diversification in agricultural land.
In order to ensure the important economic contribution and land care
role of the agricultural sector in the municipal area, the following should
be noted:
• Land care principles must be promoted and adopted to ensure
the sustainable utilisation of the land resource for agricultural
production.
• Eco-tourism and agri-tourism are recognised as ways of
supplementing the income of farmers.
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• When agricultural land is subdivided, ensure that the remainder
and subdivided portions are sustainable agricultural units.
7.2.14.2 Policies for Agricultural Land Use are:
P55 Sustainable use of agricultural land and resources should be
promoted in the municipal area. The agricultural sector should employ the principles of ‘land care’ as endorsed by the
Department responsible for Agriculture.
P56 In adherence to the principles of land care, natural resources for
agricultural production purposes should be used in a sustainable
manner with special reference to water usage, grazing and
cultivation.
P57 The appropriate diversification of the agricultural sector in terms
of agri-tourism and value adding in the municipal area should be
supported.
P58 Areas for resource harvesting on a rotational basis should be
designated.
P59 The subdivision of agricultural land should be prohibited except
where it is consistent with the requirements as stipulated by Act
70 of 1970, and the guidelines for the sustainable sizes of farming
units required for the various types of agricultural produce, as
determined by the Department of Agriculture.
P60 Development applications for Resort Zone II within high potential
agricultural areas should not be permitted.
P61 Agri-tourism initiatives should be supported in agricultural areas.
P62 Potential and existing high production potential agricultural
areas must be protected. The EMF must be used as a decision-
support tool to evaluate all proposed development applications
through referring to the management objectives of the
Agriculture Development Zone to ensure more effective land
and resource use planning and development.
P63 The need for agricultural development and land reform amongst
the previously disadvantaged communities should be
addressed.
P64 Promote the mari-culture industry in appropriate coastal
locations.
• Limited scale guesthouses and holiday accommodation are
regarded as acceptable uses on low potential agricultural land.
Investigations in this regard should include all members of the
farming community, and should be co-ordinated with the tourism
development strategy for the area.
• Conservancies and Game farms have the potential to
supplement existing farming activities and are linked directly to
the tourism industry.
• Value adding - Value adding is regarded as an acceptable form
of agricultural activity. Practically, it entails the on-farm
processing of the raw produce of the farm, i.e. a cheese factory
on a dairy farm, aqua-culture, a wine cellar, butchery – livestock,
etc.
• The possibility of generating income from the sustainable
harvesting and / or use of indigenous plants is an opportunity
that should be investigated. Input from such institutions such as
the National Botanical Institute and Botanical Society of South
Africa and Cape Nature Conservation should be obtained to evaluate the potential for farming in the municipal area.
Appropriate research and trials should be undertaken in this
regard.
• Agricultural Land Reform as a vehicle of small farmer
development should be encouraged on land with the potential
for sustaining agricultural practices of an appropriate scale.
There are however, important locational factors that need to be
considered for any agricultural related uses, which may fall outside the
river corridor, i.e. eco-tourism, agri-tourism and value adding industries.
These should be addressed by policy proposals.
7.2.14.1 Key Issues
Issues that have been identified pertinent to the formulation of spatial
policy in respect of agricultural land use are:
• Where possible and appropriate, small scale farmers must be
accommodated in terms of national directives and policies;
• Eco- tourism and agri-tourism are recognised as ways of
supplementing the income of farmers;
• Ensure that agricultural practices as well as non-agricultural
activities on agricultural land, are consistent with the land care
principles of land care;
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7.2.15 SUBDIVISION OF AGRICULTURAL LAND POLICY
Agricultural land, particularly land in proximity to urban areas, is
continually under pressure for subdivision into non-sustainable units.
Urban growth that encroaches into surrounding farming areas should
be restricted and carefully managed. With the implementation of land
reform, agricultural land abutting core urban areas becomes desirable
for the settlement and development of small farmers. This land is under
pressure for subdivision into smaller farming units or agricultural small
holdings that are often unsustainable.
The implementation of land reform policies requires that agricultural
land be subdivided for the settlement of small farmers. If agricultural
land is to be subdivided, it should be viable for agricultural practices.
Moreover, its location should be accessible to the existing water
network and the provision of other necessary infrastructure.
Extensive residential development is a phenomenon that is a direct response to the need for residential settlement in a rural environment.
Intrinsic to this phenomenon is the subdivision of high potential
agricultural land for non-agricultural purposes, meaning that land is
predominantly used for a residential purpose and farming is only a part-
time activity.
The subdivision of sustainable agricultural units into non-sustainable units
reduces the production potential of farming units. The promotion of
agri-tourism as an instrument of economic development, has some
implications on the production potential of agricultural land.
It is therefore expedient that sound policies be proposed to prevent the
irresponsible subdivision of agricultural land.
7.2.15.1 Policies for the Subdivision of Agricultural Land
P65 Extensive residential areas in the rural areas should be contained
and no further subdivision should be allowed.
P66 Subdivision of agricultural land for extensive residential should be
restricted to designated areas.
P67 New extensive residential areas should locate within the urban edges of towns, without restricting future urban growth.
P68 Extensive residential areas should only be permitted on marginal
or poor agricultural land.
7.2.14.3 Strategies for implementing the above Policies are:
S56 Incorporate the role of agriculture in terms of eco-tourism, agri-
tourism and value adding opportunities as an integral part of the
Tourism Development Strategy.
S57 Value adding industries should be sensitively sited in terms of
landscape viewsheds, while buildings should be clustered and of a scale and design that relates to local vernacular and style –
aesthetics.
S58 Value adding industries that are associated with the tourism
market, e.g. wine cellars, taxidermy, etc., should ideally be
located close to public access routes, so as to increase the
marketability of the product to passing trade, thus avoiding
unnecessary movement across farm lands.
S59 Establish farming forums in the municipal area to investigate the
future of the farming industry, possible support structures that
could be put in place, and feasible alternatives to supplement
agricultural income (aqua-culture, game farming, eco-tourism /
agri-tourism and value adding).
S60 Potentially viable and sustainable alternative uses of land for,
amongst others, agricultural production, harvest and use of
indigenous plants, agri-tourism and ecotourism, should be
investigated in partnership with relevant agricultural and
conservation agencies.
S61 Initiate the land reform process and identify suitable land for
small scale farmer development.
S62 Conduct a comprehensive investigation into all bulk water
resources in the municipal area, its sustainable use options and
medium to long term management requirements, in the context
of agriculture.
S63 Determine guidelines for soil, water and vegetation capacity for
grazing and cultivation purposes.
S64 Suitably located land-based infrastructure should be made
available to support mariculture industries.
S65 Land for small scale farmer development should be identified
within designated areas and specialist studies should be
conducted to ensure the agricultural sustainability of that land.
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• Ongoing transformation of irreplaceable areas of Coastal
Renosterveld into cultivated lands;
• Over-fishing and unsustainable extraction of bait organisms;
• Unchecked invasion of terrestrial alien vegetation species (e.g.
Port Jackson and Blackwattle);
• Invasion of exotic aquatic plants into the Berg River system.
Degradation of the natural heritage of the municipal area results in
negative impacts on landscape character and aesthetic appeal, as
well as the loss of natural capital (e.g. bait, fish, plant species, bird
species, wild flower species) on which a spectrum of income-
generating activities depend. In addition, loss of our unique biodiversity,
representing the Cape Floristic Region, implies loss of a global asset with
associated potential for international, national and regional eco-
tourism. These combined losses have serious financial and, in turn,
socio-economic, implications in terms of lost opportunities.
7.2.16.1 Key Issues
On Land: • Ongoing transformation of irreplaceable areas of Coastal
Renosterveld to cultivated lands in agriculturally marginal areas;
• Uncontrolled clearing of indigenous bush for infrastructure, roads,
etc.;
• Unchecked invasion of terrestrial alien vegetation species (e.g.,
Port Jackson, and Blackwattle);
• Lack of co-ordinated eco-tourism initiatives;
• Inadequate monitoring and management of underground aquifers and recharge areas;
• Lack of management control over important palaeontological
sites that occur in the study area.
In and adjacent to rivers:
• Over-extraction of bait species in the estuarine areas;
• Over fishing;
• Water pollution from inappropriate sewage soak away systems;
• Invasion of exotic aquatic plants into the Berg River system (e.g. Water Hyacinth, Parrot Weed);
• Introduction and invasion of alien plants;
P69 The subdivision of agricultural land should be prohibited except
where it is consistent with the requirements as stipulated by Act
70 of 1970, and the guidelines for the sustainable sizes of farming
units required for the various types of agricultural produce, as
determined by the Department of Agriculture.
7.2.15.2 Strategies for implementing the above Policies are:
S66 Extensive residential areas should only be located on land with a
low agricultural production potential.
S67 Investigate the viability of agricultural small holdings within the
municipal area, focusing on areas where development pressure
is the greatest.
S68 Determine an overlay zone in the zoning scheme regulations
that is appropriate for extensive residential to provide
development parameters to restrict the extensive residential use
to uses consistent with the scale and character of rural areas.
7.2.16 CONSERVATION POLICY
The Saldanha Bay Municipal Area is home to fauna and flora of global
significance, many species being endemic and cannot be found
anywhere else in the world.
This rich natural heritage is part to the municipal area’s distinctive
character, providing opportunities for nature / eco-based recreation
and tourism. The statutory proclaimed Conservation Areas within the
Saldanha Bay Municipal Area currently includes the West Coast National Park, which has international significance, and several other
statutory and private nature reserves.
The high irreplaceability value of indigenous vegetation in the West
Coast National Park, and the Langebaan Lagoon (nominated as a
World Heritage Site), and the municipal area’s distinctive landscape
characteristics, highlight the need to effectively protect and manage
the natural environment to ensure the realisation of its conservation
value and economic potential in terms of recreational and tourism
resources.
Despite notable conservation efforts, the municipal area’s natural
heritage is still subject to degradation and the negative impacts of
decreasing biodiversity through:
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7.2.17.2 Policies for effective management of conservation areas are:
P70 Protect the biodiversity and ecosystem functioning of the
Conservation Areas. Use the EMF both as a screening tool to
evaluate whether the proposed location for a project is
appropriate or not and as a scoping tool to identify the issues
that require investigation as part of the EIA process. The EMF can assist in the identification of issues that require
consideration/investigation in an EIA process through referring to
the management objectives of the Environmental Management
Zones (EMZs).
P71 Protect the distinctive landscape character of the municipal
area from incentive development.
P72 Promote co-operation and partnerships between the private
and public sector, and local communities, in determining an
optimum strategy for realising the conservation/ ecotourism
potential of the sub-region.
P73 Any introduction of plants for commercial use, marine organisms
for aqua-culture or the introduction of game to the area, as well
as the harvesting of indigenous plants or animals, should be
subject to the consent and management conditions of the
relevant authorities.
P74 Public access to Conservation Areas should be strictly controlled
and rights of admission reserved.
P75 No development should be permitted in the Core Conservation
Areas. Rather, any such development (at an appropriate form/ scale) should be considered within the Buffer Conservation
Areas, linking the use of eco-tourism activities to the natural
assets of the core conservation areas.
P76 Use of energy and water-efficient technologies should be
promoted, as well as sound management in the disposal of solid
waste and sewage.
P77 Palaeontological areas of importance in the study area should
be identified and protected.
P78 Measures to rectify and mitigate the erosion of the Langebaan
Beachfront must be undertaken.
• Urban and agricultural water pollution from activities taking
place higher up the river catchment system outside the
municipal area.
Along the coast and in the sea:
• Erosion of the Langebaan beachfront due to disturbances to the
natural settlement dynamics;
• Over fishing and over-extraction of bait species;
• Water pollution from inappropriate sewage soak away systems;
• The saline balance and ecological integrity of the Langebaan
Lagoon system is dependant on an unusual strong inflow of fresh
ground water, especially in the south of the lagoon;
• Saline swamps in the Langebaan Lagoon are a significant bird
habitat.
7.2.17 CONSERVATION AREAS
The Conservation Areas within the municipal area as defined in this
report incorporate both core and buffer conservation areas. The Core
conservation areas are the areas/ nature reserves with statutory
conservation status or areas in the process of applying for statutory
conservation status, such as the Langebaan Lagoon area).
The existing Columbine Nature Reserve, the SA Navy Nature Reserve in
the Saldanha and Hopefield Private Nature Reserve area are also
reserves with statutory conservation status.
Outside the developed core conservation areas, there are several
significant conservation worthy areas that have been identified as
buffer conservation areas.
7.2.17.1 Key Issues
• There are several untransformed conservation worthy natural
areas within the municipal area that are threatened by future
agricultural or urban related development;
• The potential contribution of the areas natural resource towards eco-tourism and economic development within the municipal
area is underestimated.
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7.2.17.3 Strategies for implementing the above policies are:
S69 Cape Nature Conservation and the local authority should
disseminate information on the uniqueness and significance of
the indigenous vegetation and ecosystems in municipal area to
local landowners, communities, visitors and tourists.
S70 No further transformation of existing natural areas by, amongst others, cutting, clearing or ploughing of indigenous veld, for
cultivation, planting of exotic trees, mining, quarrying or waste
disposal, or erection of infrastructure, to be permitted.
S71 Natural resources should be soundly managed to ensure
biodiversity conservation and the maintenance of ecological
corridors. Specifically, such aspects as the fire regime, grazing
and eradication of invasive alien plants should be managed in
accordance with advice from Cape Nature Conservation
and/or other competent bodies and/or persons.
S72 Natural resources should be used, harvested or extracted on a
sustainable basis, drawing on reliable research, advice from
Cape Nature Conservation and other competent bodies and/or
persons, and should incorporate sound management and
appropriate monitoring. Such uses could include sustainable
harvest of wildflowers or indigenous plant material, as well as
extensive game farming.
S73 Protect and maintain the existing network of ecological corridors
between the Lower Berg River, the Salt River, the West Coast
National Park, the sea and adjacent natural areas. Subdivisions
in conservation areas should be limited to the minimum and only
permitted if they are supportive of conservation objectives. No development should be permitted within the core corridor
running through the Besaansklip Industrial Area as defined in the
Strategic Offset Strategy in order to protect irreplaceable
biodiversity features in the Vredenburg Peninsula Coastal
Corridor.
S74 Degraded areas and areas invaded by alien plants should be
rehabilitated to restore their biodiversity and ecosystem function,
and maintain effective ecological corridors. Advice on
appropriate rehabilitation methods should be obtained from
Cape Nature Conservation, National Parks Board and other
competent bodies and/or person/s.
S75 Conservancies should be promoted and used as a forum for
local landowners and communities to discuss sound
management and sustainable use of the area, and to invite
input from appropriate competent authorities and/or bodies on
such management and use.
S76 The formation of voluntary conservation groups to assist with
managing and monitoring public Conservation Areas, and
privately-owned land on request, should be encouraged.
S77 Responsible eco-tourism should be encouraged as a means for
residents, visitors and tourists to enjoy the natural environment,
and to provide source of enabling financial investment in the
protection and rehabilitation of natural areas / ecosystems in the
municipal area.
S78 A conservation and eco-tourism strategy for the municipal area
should be formulated by all key stakeholders, including Cape
Nature Conservation, West Coast National Park, Cape
Columbine Nature Reserve, local communities and land-owners,
and tourism bodies. Such a strategy should, amongst others, look at specific opportunities and constraints presented by the
natural and cultural resources and socio-economic
characteristics, identify and prioritise activities and services
having the most potential for revenue generation and which
would best meet the needs of biodiversity conservation, and
consider ways in which eco-tourism facilities and activities
offered by Nature Reserves and adjoining privately-owned areas
could be complementary and of mutual benefit. Opportunities
for partnerships, joint ventures and collaborative efforts should
be explored and promoted.
S79 Small-scale eco-tourism development may be considered in the
Buffer Conservation Areas, provided that such development
does not involve subdivisions and is consistent with the
conservation and eco-tourism strategy and plan for the Sub-
region, and subject to the Integrated Environmental
Management procedure and environmental assessment at an
appropriate level of detail.
S80 Any eco-tourism facilities in the Buffer Conservation Areas should
be planned and implemented to have negligible negative
impact on biodiversity, aesthetic, heritage or sense of place
characteristics.
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S81 Integrated Environmental Management procedures and
environmental assessments, at an appropriate level of detail are
to be used to evaluate all proposed development applications
involving more than a primary dwelling, within this area. Similarly,
the management objectives, desired outcomes and limits of
acceptable change ought to be considered in decision-making
through referring to the management objectives of the
Environmental Management Zones (EMZs) in the EMF.
S82 No development should be permitted within 30 metres either
side of a river course. These areas are important areas for all
forms of faunal and floral habitat and form natural wildlife
corridors that create a link between the ecological corridors.
S83 Wetland areas and their associated vegetation create unique
habitats for plants, bird life and other fauna. Recreation in these
areas should only take place in a controlled and orderly way
and must be compatible with the sensitivity of the environment.
S84 Find funding options for addressing the erosion problem at
Langebaan. Investigate all other possible beach erosion problems and associated rising sea level impacts that may
develop.
7.2.18 TOURISM DEVELOPMENT POLICY
The socio-economic benefits of tourism to an area such as the
Saldanha Bay Municipal area, form the rationale for the strategic need
to formulate a development policy and strategy plan. The tourism
industry is important to the economic growth of the region.
The tourism industry offers much economic development potential to a
large part of the local community, with the potential of a year-round
flow of tourists, and consequently, economic activity.
It is within this context that the importance of the sub-region’s bio-
physical integrity is critical to its future economic well-being. The
conservation of the important elements of the natural environmental
setting and the sensitive and appropriate development of urban areas
is therefore critical.
In order to achieve integrated sustainable development, which
addresses the challenges facing the sub-region’s tourism industry, a
tourism development plan needs to be formulated. A SDF’s function is
not to compile comprehensive tourism development policies, but it is
important that the SDF’s policies address the spatial requirements
aimed at managing, and facilitating tourism based economic growth.
7.2.18.1 Key Issues
• Lack of co-ordinated tourism management at municipal level.
• The maintenance of existing tourist attractions to acceptable
international standards and the
• development of new appropriate tourist attractions.
• The development of new tourist attractions based on the area’s
natural assets.
• Development of scenic routes and eco-tourism facilities.
• Conservation of the coastline and improved accessibility to the coastline and associated islands.
• Utilisation of the industrial developments within the region, as
tourist attractions.
7.2.18.2 Promotion of Tourism Growth
The tourism potential of the municipal area, and its possible benefits to,
and impacts on the environment, community and economy, must be
realized, unlocked and optimised. This must be integrated within a
tourism development strategy that should highlight the most effective means by which to achieve and sustain the municipal area as a quality
tourism destination in terms of the uniqueness of its natural environment
and historical background.
7.2.18.3 Tourism Management
Tourism management is an integral part of tourism development, as it
involves the sustained administration and supervision of tourism
initiatives undertaken in the municipal area. This is necessary in order to
evaluate and upgrade facilities and initiatives taking place on an
ongoing basis, in order to ensure the continued sustainability and progress of tourism in the municipal area as initiated through the
tourism growth strategy.
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Although tourism is a valuable source of income, some tourist
destinations and attractions may require locations on rural land,
thereby conflicting with some conservation principles. Therefore,
locating these destinations (for example, guest farms) and attractions
should be guided by principles that attempt to balance the economic
potential and the conservation status of the rural landscape.
The following types of tourism development need to be addressed in this regard:
• Agri-tourism: This contributes to the income of farming enterprises.
It includes value adding to farms and establishment of chalets on
the farms.
• Adventure based tourism: This includes hiking, rafting, 4 x 4 routes,
boat-based recreation, whale watching, as well as visits to
islands.
• Scenic routes: The development of scenic routes, especially
where these are accessible from country roads, has potential
economic advantages to rural communities.
• The natural assets of the area, especially in Paternoster,
Langebaan, St Helena Bay and Trekkoskraal should be focused
on.
• The West Coast Fossil Park is a national asset and the significance
of this tourism attraction should be emphasised.
Tourism related uses are in most instances located within attractive
scenic and natural environments. As a result of their location close to
environmentally sensitive areas, development may often lead to
negative environmental impacts. Given the economic benefits
from tourism related development or any non-agricultural
development, their development and use should be managed to the
advantage and benefit of the built, demographic as well as
natural environments.
7.2.18.4 Policies for Tourism Development
P79 Promote environmentally sustainable tourism in the municipal
area.
P80 Encourage the establishment of a tourism management framework that is co-ordinated with the tourism growth strategy,
so as to ensure the long-term effectiveness of the strategy and
maintenance of standards.
P81 Encourage tourism in areas where the previously disadvantaged
communities can meaningfully participate in the tourism industry.
P82 Encourage responsible tourism that promotes balanced and
sustainable tourism and focuses on the development of
environmentally based tourism activities.
7.2.18.5 Strategies for implementing the above Policies are:
S85 Implement the Tourism Strategy for the Saldanha Bay
Municipality and its implementation plan for the area.
S86 Compile and enforce local and provincial by-laws, respectively
to ensure controlled development and accreditation of all
tourism facilities and attractions.
S87 Identify tourist attractions in each town and improve the
accessibility of these.
S88 Guesthouses located on farms should ideally be located close to
existing buildings, and should not be visually conspicuous, but rather be sited harmoniously within the surrounding rural
environment.
S89 Provide the necessary transportation infrastructure to promote
the involvement of the public transport service providers in the
tourism industry.
S90 Improve the accessibility and infrastructure of towns like
Hopefield to allow them to unleash their tourism potential.
7.2.19 TRANSPORT POLICY
The movement network of an urban area and its surrounding rural
areas is vitally important in determining how conveniently and
affordable people live in urban areas. The way different routes and
different types of transport links together, determine the basic pattern
of accessibility for people.
The movement system also has great structural importance because
public and private sector investments are appropriately made in the
places that are most accessible for people. This implies that the
movement system should not just address the current demand for transport. The movement system should be used in a proactive way to
create a new pattern of accessibility and to create opportunities for
investment in those places.
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The central challenge in the Saldanha Bay municipal area is to
maximise accessibility (reducing the total distance that people have to
travel) rather than increasing mobility (making it easy for motor vehicles
to move).
The movement of freight in terms of the road network upgrades have
already commenced with specific road upgrade projects. Public
transport links with specific emphasis on road transport between the
core urban areas in the municipal area is a definite need.
7.2.19.1 Key Issues:
• The following key issues were identified with regard to the
movement network in Saldanha Bay:
• The lack of an affordable road based public transport system
between different towns in the
• municipal area;
• Maximise accessibility rather than to increase mobility;
• Employment opportunities and residential areas are located far
apart;
• There is a very small variety in public transport opportunities in the
municipal area;
• Wide, unused road reserves in urban areas sterilises land for
development.
7.2.19.2 Policies for Transport and movement networks:
Taking into consideration the above-mentioned key issues the following
policies are proposed for transport and movement networks in the
municipal area:
P83 To provide / promote an affordable, road based, public
transport service between the towns in the municipal area.
P84 To create a strong commitment to public transport rather than to
the use of private cars.
P85 To create convenient and pedestrian friendly environments.
P86 To upgrade all roads in the municipal area to acceptable all
weather standards.
P87 More intensive activities (for example shops, small
manufacturing, social and cultural facilities) should be
encouraged to locate along major transport routes that link
communities in core urban areas.
P88 Different types of movement must be integrated as closely as
possible, so people can switch type of transport and direction as
easily as possible.
P89 Unused land in unnecessary/ unused road reserves should be
used for housing purposes and other forms of infilling.
P90 Minimise the distance between employment opportunities and
residential areas.
7.2.19.3 Strategies for implementing the above Policies are:
S91 The local authority should introduce public-private-partnerships
(PPP) to provide an affordable, road based public transport service between the towns in the municipal area.
S92 New residential developments should be located closer to
employment opportunities.
S93 Investigate the possibility to build links between parts of the
public transport movement infrastructure (road and rail) to make
the system more efficient.
S94 Define a hierarchy of public roads and clarify the roles of these
roads (particularly, those which should be limited access routes
like distribution roads and those where activities should be
encouraged to locate), to make life more convenient for local communities. Limited access, high speed distribution roads
create barriers that separate local communities.
S95 Implement the findings of the vacant land study that identifies all
vacant municipal land in the core urban areas. The study should
identify the optimal use for these identified vacant municipal
land portions. This should include the identification of roads with
excessive road reserves that can be used for infill purposes.
7.2.20 BULK SERVICE INFRASTRUCTURE POLICY The existing bulk services infrastructure is a strategic asset that must be
managed and improved on a sustainable basis.
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The contribution of services to the sub-regional economy in terms of the
tourism potential in the areas, and on the environment is of critical
importance.
In general the provision of bulk services in the Saldanha Bay municipal
is sufficient. However, the following key issues have to be addressed in
the Bulk Service Infrastructure Policy.
7.2.20.1 Key Issues:
• The following key issues were identified, pertinent to the bulk
service infrastructure:
• The capacity of water reservoirs in urban areas should be
addressed.
• The upgrading of sewerage treatment works where capacity
issues exist.
• Settlements such as Jacobsbaai and St. Helena Bay still utilise
septic tank systems.
• There is a need to provide infrastructure to support and facilitate
new subsidised housing developments.
• Several public beaches in the area do not have sufficient public
services (i.e. ablution facilities, parking areas, etc).
• With the projected industrial growth in the municipal area taken
into consideration, there may be insufficient bulk water supply for
industrial purposes in future.
• Storm water drainage and capacity in certain areas needs to be
addressed.
7.2.20.2 Bulk Infrastructure and Services:
The level the provision of bulk services within an area is generally a
good indication of the area’s level of development. Taking into
consideration the abovementioned issues, the following policies are
proposed for the development and management of the bulk service
infrastructure in the sub-region.
7.2.20.3 Policies for Bulk Services Infrastructure:
P91 To ensure that existing and future development meets a clearly
defined set of minimum standards with the regard to the
provision and maintenance of services.
P92 To provide all communities in the municipal area with an
acceptable minimum standard of services.
P93 To manage the bulk service infrastructure network in an effective
and sustainable manner.
P94 To avoid, or minimise and remedy, pollution.
P95 To ensure that the provision of bulk services for industrial
development will not impact negatively on the level of services
for household purposes.
P96 To promote efficient utilisation of energy and water resources.
P97 To avoid negative aesthetic impacts in either the provision of
services or disposal of waste.
P98 The recycling of solid waste should be encouraged where
feasible in order to minimise the waste stream (the expansion of
the current recycling initiative to other municipal towns).
P99 Efficient use of potable water, and minimising wastage of water through inappropriate use, should be promoted to minimise
demands on freshwater resources.
7.2.20.4 Strategies for implementing the above Policies are:
S96 Establish a system to monitor the groundwater and river water
quality.
S97 Investigate the possibility of the desalination of seawater and the
recycling of sewerage treated water for industrial uses
(municipal owned plant).
S98 The Saldanha sewerage treatment plant should be upgraded
and extended. Land in private ownership should be obtained to
extend to treatment works.
S99 Investigate the feasibility of formalising the existing sewage
disposal system within Hopefield, St. Helena Bay and Jacobsbaai
S100 Adjudicate development applications in terms of the existing
supply capacity of infrastructure and services in order to ensure
that a set of minimum service standards is met. Supply and
services include the water supply sources, proposed sewage
treatment and disposal system, electricity supply, as well as
access roads / servitudes.
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7.2.21 RENEWABLE ENERGY GENERATION
This section of the report deals with possible renewable energy projects
which could be implemented in the West Coast region. The siting of
these projects is important from a spatial land use viewpoint as large
tracts of land are generally required to accommodate them.
Renewable energy generation projects are still in their infancy in South
Africa, especially with regard to solar farms. A small number of wind
farm projects however have been initiated. In 2003 the Provincial
Government of the Western Cape, Department of Environmental
Affairs and Development Planning, embarked on a rigorous
programme to pave the way for wind energy development within the
Province.
Wind energy is seen as a clean, renewable resource that should be
developed in South Africa on the basis of national policy and provincial
and regional guidelines. It will be essential to become accustomed to wind turbines appearing in the landscape in the future as progressive,
efficient and safe generators of clean energy.
Consequently, the following basic guidelines should be applied when
evaluating any application to establish a wind farm, with detailed
guidelines and methodologies available in “Strategic initiative to
introduce commercial land-based wind energy developments to the
Cape West Coast”, CNdV, 2006.
(i) Commercial Wind Energy development should be excluded from:
• Areas of high aesthetic landscape value, particularly national parks and provincial nature reserves and other wilderness areas.
• Areas where technical and safety considerations apply.
(ii) Wind energy should be encouraged:
• At strategic locations identified in a Regional Wind Plan (RWP) to
be prepared by the relevant planning authority.
• Where they are well located in terms of visual impact, technical
and safety criteria and landscape, environmental and planning
criteria.
• In large concentrated windfarms rather than small dispersed
locations where the distance between large windfarms is at least
30km, and ideally exceeding 50km.
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• In appropriate urban and industrial “brownfield” sites.
• Where visual disturbance to the landscape has already occurred
(e.g. power transmission lines).
• At the local scale where individual turbines (not exceeding 50m
in total height) could provide power to small users.
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7.3 MUNICIPAL SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
The demographic projections indicate that there will be pressure for
urban development in the core urban areas of Saldanha Bay
Municipality. It must therefore be expected that future population
growth will increase the pressure for “green field” development,
intensification of land uses, demands on services, infrastructure, etc. The management of land uses, specifically residential, will therefore
require careful consideration, if economic and environmental
sustainability is to be achieved and the character of certain urban
nodes retained.
Critical to any growth management strategy will be the timeous
provision of bulk infrastructure capacity (water, sewerage, electricity) in
the identified growth areas, to address both existing capacity backlogs
and the supply of additional capacity to provide for growth.
This section sets out policy recommendations and strategies for the
ongoing management of the designated core urban areas within
Saldanha Bay.
7.3.1 KEY SPATIAL POLICY AND RELATED CONCERNS/ISSUES:
SUMMARY
The need for a co-ordinated growth management policy framework
for implementation to ensure uniformity of approach and redress
apartheid spatial inequalities.
The lack of spatially defined urban extension areas, given the existing
subsidised housing backlogs and projected population growth.
The lack of clear spatial policy directives and guidelines for the
management of different land use categories, particularly outside
defined urban nodes and agricultural settlements.
The existing bulk service infrastructure backlogs and the need to provide additional capacities in a manner that ensure maximum
economic return.
7.3.2 OBJECTIVES
Objective 1: To provide an integrated growth management
framework for future urban development.
Objective 2: To address past imbalances and promote equal access
to services, facilities and opportunities.
Objective 3: To provide clear guidelines for urban and rural land use
management.
Objective 4: To provide a spatial plan that will promote a sustainable,
efficient and integrated urban structure.
For the purposes of this section of the document, the term strategy is
understood as referring to the key strategic interventions required to
successfully implement the Spatial Development Concept / Growth
Management Strategy for the Saldanha Bay Municipal area. In this
regard, it is recommended that six (6) key strategies should underpin all
spatially related decision making in the Saldanha Bay municipal area.
The 6 key strategies are:
(i) Adherence to Spatial Planning Structuring elements
Strategy:
Adopt an approach which consciously measures projects and
development applications against the Spatial Planning Principles
The Spatial Planning Principles and Tools are the guidelines through
which the ordered and efficient restructuring and future growth of the
Saldanha Bay municipal area can be achieved.
(ii) Managing Population Growth and in-migration
Strategy:
Adopt a selective “supply driven” approach by only providing for
housing growth and related community facilities in the urban areas
where the highest potential for sustained economic growth exists.
The growth management strategy will ensure that ‘supply side’
provision for future growth exists in terms of land, bulk services, etc. in
accordance with the growth potential hierarchy of the Spatial Management Concept.
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(iii) Housing Strategy
Strategy:
Eliminate the current subsidised housing backlog through the
implementation of a coordinated housing supply plan. Ensure that
the overall provision of land for housing makes provision for a
balanced mix and range of housing types for all income groups.
The housing strategy implies that:
• The Municipality acknowledges the growing extent of the existing
subsidized housing backlog; however due to the limited funding
allocations the addressing of the backlog cannot be totally
addressed within a specific timeframe;
• The pro-active identification of suitable land for housing in areas
with the highest growth potential as per the growth
management framework will be undertaken;
• Consider the vacant land audit in identifying suitable located municipal owned land for development;
• Bulk services development and related service provision is
coordinated with the housing supply plan.
(iv) Bulk Service Infrastructure Provision
Strategy:
Compile a co-ordinated bulk infrastructure supply provision policy
which prioritises the implementation of bulk infrastructure based on
the municipal spatial development concept / Growth Management Framework.
The infrastructure provision strategy implies that the provision of roads
and services must be strategically prioritised to ensure that a ‘supply
side’ approach is followed. In this instance a supply side approach will
ensure the provision and upgrading of the existing capacities of bulk
services in the towns and areas as indicated by the growth
management plan.
The intention being to ensure that future development is strategically
facilitated in areas which have the highest potential to sustain economic growth and provide the maximum amount of employment
opportunities.
(v) Stimulate economic growth through specific economic development projects / drivers
Strategy:
Stimulate economic growth and development in areas which are
linked to their comparative locational advantage. The Saldanha
Bay municipality must identify and actively facilitate key catalyst projects in conjunction with strategic partnerships with business /
investors.
It is critical that key economic development projects are located in
areas with the highest growth potential to sustain economic growth
and provide employment opportunities.
(vi) Priority areas for biodiversity conservation
Strategy:
All public owned land (including state, provincial and municipal
property) that is of high conservation importance is to be included
in a formal municipal nature reserve network. The mechanism with
which this can be achieved is through establishing contract nature
reserves negotiated in conjunction with the Cape Nature
Conservation Stewardship Programme whose function in this
instance is to provide legally binding guidelines for land-use in
protected areas. Urban- and infrastructure development should aim
to avoid impacting on the core area of the Besaansklip Industrial area.
The objective of prioritising biodiversity conservation is to ensure that a
broader formal conservation strategy is implemented for publicly
owned land within the Saldanha Bay municipal area.
Private land owners should also be encouraged to join the WCNCB’s
conservation stewardship programme through an incentive scheme in
order to conserve land identified as critical for biodiversity conservation
in perpetuity.
The implementation of the Strategic Biodiversity Offset Strategy for the
Besaansklip Area should be prioritised.
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7.4 URBAN GROWTH MANAGEMENT POLICY
7.4.1 MOTIVATION
An overall spatial understanding of the growth pressures and
development potential of each urban area is required as the basis to
inform the specific spatial land use management policies.
7.4.2 KEY SPATIAL CONCERNS
The demarcation of an urban edge for the urban areas in the
Saldanha Bay Municipality is important for the achievement of the PSDF
and SDF principles regarding the containment of urban sprawl, the
intensification of development, and the integration of urban areas.
The urban edge is a clearly demarcated line that forms the boundary between urban developments and rural/agricultural areas.
The urban edge is essential for the protection of valuable agricultural
land, as well as natural and cultural resources and will serve to establish
a limit beyond which urban development will not be permitted.
A number of challenges have been identified in addressing the growth
management for nodes, namely to:
• Curtail the pattern of low-density, hap-hazard and discontinuous
urban development;
• Protect those environments and resources within and outside the
urban fringe that contribute to sense of place characteristics;
• Re-orientate expectations of continuous outward expansion of
the urban areas;
• Promote a more compact, denser, efficient and environmentally
sustainable urban form;
• Rationalise the supply of bulk infrastructure and service capacity
to ensure that the bulk capacity is provided in the urban areas where growth and development is considered desirable.
7.4.3 STRATEGY
An urban edge should be determined for each settlement with a view
to promote densification and create a more compact urban form.
7.4.4 POLICIES
• To contain and manage urban sprawl and to improve urban
efficiencies, urban development should be contained within the
defined urban edge for the duration of the policy period.
• Future urban growth should be managed to achieve sustainable
communities, sustainable resource use and sustainable bulk
services provision.
• Judicious densification and intensification in urban areas should
be actively promoted.
7.4.5 GUIDELINES
7.4.5.1 Densification: Definition/Description
• Densification is the process used to increase the number of
dwelling units per area (hectare) within the boundaries of a
specific area.
7.4.5.2 Densification: mechanisms
• A number of mechanisms can be implemented to promote
higher densities, including:
- Permitting second dwellings;
- Permitting smaller subdivisions;
- A density map outlining blanket restrictions per area;
- Urban edge delineation.
7.4.5.3 Densification plan
• To address the current rate of urban sprawl, the projected
population increase and land required, a general strategy of
densification should be implemented.
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• The vacant land use audit provide baseline information
pertaining to vacant municipal owned erven and identifies
properties suitable for higher density development within the
urban edge.
• An area specific densification policy should be compiled for
each town, to promote appropriate densification:
7.4.5.4 Densification: General directives
• Compile a density proposal for each urban node at the level of
neighbourhood planning units.
• Promote re-subdivision with the CBD
• Promote densification along major movement routes.
• Promote densification surrounding open spaces.
• As a general guideline, densities should be planned according to
three main categories, namely high density (35u/h and higher),
medium density (±20-25u/ha) and low density (10u/ha and
lower).
7.4.5.5 Urban edge: General informants
The following general guidelines should be used in the demarcation
of the urban edges:
• Existing planning policy;
• Existing zoning and land uses;
• Natural environmental informants:
- Natural water courses,
- 1:50 year flood line,
- Wetlands,
- Slopes steeper than 1:4,
- Ridgelines,
- Unstable geology,
- Sensitive vegetation, and
- Protected natural environments.
• Agricultural potential of land;
• Built environment:
- Cultural heritage structures,
- Scenic routes,
- Vehicular accessibility.
• Planning policy, zoning and ownership.
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7.5.4 POLICIES
• Addressing the current housing backlog, particularly the
subsidised housing category, should be regarded as a very high
priority.
• A balanced and co-ordinated approach should be followed
across the municipality to address the housing need in the subsidised housing category linked to the capital budget
programme.
• Residential areas should be pro-actively identified within the
urban edge for all income groups.
• Promote and attract residents with high skill levels through
planning of middle and higher income residential developments.
7.5.5 GUIDELINES
7.5.5.1 Housing backlog (Subsidised housing)
• Address the current housing backlog through the Government
subsidy scheme;
• Maintain and update the Human Settlement Plan to
accommodate the current backlog;
• Pro-actively identify land through a land audit linked to a land
release programme;
• Continual monitoring of the waiting lists and yearly updates of
census data.
7.5.5.2 Migration
• To manage the impact of in-migration, it is proposed that the
land release/subsidy provision programme should be balanced
with the growth rate to ensure that in-migration is not supply side
driven.
• Regular socio-economic data should be compiled of informal
households to :
- Determine the reasons for migration.
- Ensure regular monitoring.
- To support pro-active planning.
7.5 HOUSING POLICY
7.5.1 MOTIVATION
The projected population growth in Saldanha Bay Municipality will
increase pressure on the demand for housing. The SDF is inter alia
concerned with the optimum use of land within the context of the study area.
An appropriate balance therefore needs to be achieved between
densities which control the location and amount of land used for
residential development, and the need to provide satisfactory
residential environments, and the protection of the natural attributes of
the area’s setting.
Furthermore, a full range of residential needs must be catered for. The
needs of the poor, youth, the single and the elderly are becoming
more prevalent and therefore must be addressed in future residential policies.
7.5.2 KEY SPATIAL CONCERNS
• the current backlog for the provision of subsidised housing;
• shortage of public land on the commonage within certain urban
nodes;
• the area’s higher population growth rates attributed to in-
migration;
• to balance the shortage of subsidised housing with the need to protect the rural/village character of urban areas and to
promote sustainable urban development; and
• creating a balance between the housing need, the growth
potential of the local economy to provide work opportunities,
and their ability to exist as economically viable entities.
7.5.3 STRATEGY
Restructure the spatial development patterns through integration of
previously disadvantaged communities, the elimination of housing backlogs and the identification of land for high, middle and low
income housing on the basis of the comparative growth potential of
the towns within Saldanha Bay Municipality.
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7.5.5.3 Middle and high income housing
• While the majority of the housing backlog is in the low income
category, middle and high income housing areas should also be
made available as part of an integrated strategy to:
- Attract people with higher skills levels,
- Increase the rates base,
- Promote local economic development,
- Ensure a variety of housing types, including group housing,
semi-detached, row houses, walk-up apartments, flats and
mixed-used areas.
7.5.5.4 Development pattern:
• Housing development should be planned at appropriate
locations that are consistent with the municipality’s overall
development pattern policy for nodes and settlements
according. Housing development should therefore be:
- Accommodated within existing nodes and settlements, to enable low income households easy access to services,
facilities and job opportunities.
- Promoted within public settlements.
- Accommodated within agri-villages, provided that the
policies relating to security of tenure, subdivision, usual
impact, etc. apply.
7.5.5.5 General guidelines for land identification
• Subsidised housing should not be developed on slopes steeper
than 1:4.
• No development should be permitted below the 1:50 year flood
line.
• Avoid environmentally sensitive areas.
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7.6 ENABLING PROJECTS FOR SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT
AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT The following table of projects is compiled from the SDF proposals in
Section 6 and will enhance the spatial development and land use
management functions of the Municipality, in alignment with the six
Spatial Development Strategies in Section 7.3.
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KEY STRATEGIC INTERVENTION: Adherence to Spatial Planning Structuring elements # PROJECT DESCRIPTION VALUE IMPLEMENTATION AGENCY
1 Beach parking and public
access study: Paternoster &
Langebaan
Prepare beach parking and public access
study for all proposed parking areas
75 000
350 000
SBM traffic, planning and
engineering departments
2 Business and transport
interchange plan:
Langebaan
Prepare business and transport interchange
plan for NDA 10
500 000 SBM traffic, planning and
engineering departments
DTPW
3 Gateway: MR 533 tourism
gateway to St Helena Bay
Suitable signage and gateway proposals at
MR 533 junction with R 27 to promote route
as tourist gateway to St Helena Bay
500 000 SBM planning and engineering
departments
DTPW
SANRAL
4 Gateway: MR23
urban/tourism Gateway to
Langebaan, and Saldanha
town and Jacobsbay via MR
559
Suitable signage and Gateway proposals at
R23/R 27 junction to promote road as tourist
gateway to Langebaan, Saldanha Town and
Jacobsbay
500 000 SBM planning and engineering
departments
DTPW
SANRAL
5 Gateway: R27 and MR 559
beautification
Implement tree planting, and NMT road
shoulders and symbology including red dust
management on section near port
2.5m SBM planning and engineering
departments
DTPW
SANRAL
Portnet
Orex, Khumba,
6 Gateway: R45 gateway to
Vredenburg and Paternoster
Suitable signage & gateway proposals at R
45/ R 27 junction to promote route as tourist
gateway to Vredenburg & Paternoster and
discourage freight traffic.
500 000 SBM planning and engineering
departments
DTPW
SANRAL
7 Heritage and design
guideline priority area:
Langebaan
Prepare heritage and design guidelines for
priority area
250 000 SBM planning
8 Main street boulevard NMT
network: Vredenburg
Prepare landscape and civil engineering
Main Street network masterplan to integrate
Diazville and CBD with same kerbside and
planting treatment throughout
250 000
(not including
planting and
construction
plans)
SBM planning and engineering
Departments
EPWP
9 Main street boulevarded
NMT network: Hopefield
Integrate all parts of settlement with same
kerbside and planting treatment – using
Oosterval Street, Langebaan precedent
where appropriate
100 000
(not including
planting and
construction
plans)
SBM traffic, planning and
engineering departments
KEY STRATEGIC INTERVENTION: Adherence to Spatial Planning Structuring elements # PROJECT DESCRIPTION VALUE IMPLEMENTATION AGENCY
10 Main street boulevarded
NMT network: Langebaan
Main street boulevarded NMT network
Prepare landscape and civil engineering main
street network
250 000
(not including
plants and
construction
plans)
SBM traffic, planning and
engineering departments
EPWP
11 Main street boulevarded NMT
network: Paternoster
Implement tree planted network with cycle
lanes and sidewalks along all main streets to
integrate all parts of settlement with same
kerbside and planting treatment – using
Oosterval Street, Langebaan precedent
where appropriate
250 000
(not including
plants and
construction
plans)
SBM planning and engineering
departments
EPWP
12 Main street boulevarded NMT
network: St Helena
Prepare landscape and civil engineering main
street network masterplan from Laingville to
Ecklonia street (Britannia Bay) with same
kerbside and planting treatment – using
Oosterval Street precedent where appropriate
1 000 000 SBM traffic, planning and
engineering departments
13 Precinct Plan Hopefield:
Mixed use, mixed income -
NDA 13
Prepare precinct plan to accommodate a mix
of uses and mix of incomes using principles
in section 5 of this Report
350 000
(including high-
level design
input from
Engineers)
SBM planning and engineering
departments
14 Precinct plan Hopefield:
Oak/Old Vredenburg Road
intersection node
Prepare precinct plan as new CBD node on
the northern side of river to accommodate a
mix of uses a mix of incomes using principles
in section 5 of this report
200 000
(including high-
level design
input from
engineers)
SBM planning and engineering
departments
15 Precinct plan Langebaan: MR
23/R559 gateway node
Prepare Gateway node precinct plan for this
intersection (Node B) and abutting NDAs 11,
12, 13, 14, and 15
750 000 SBM planning and engineering
departments
DTPW
16 Precinct plan Saldanha CBD
and Waterfront Urban
Renewal and Rapid
Development Area including
upgrading resort areas
Urban design guidelines and precinct
planning for CBD and waterfront area
including Local Area Plan (LAP) and Pepper
Bay and Saldana Bay fishing harbour SEDFs
(Hout Bay harbour and V&A waterfront as
precedent) include heritage and architectural
design guidelines
1 000 000 SBM planning and engineering
departments Department of
Agriculture, Forestry and
Fisheries
Department Public Works
Operation Phakisa
17 Precinct plan Saldanha:
From Goodhope/ Diaz street
junction along Zabalaza
street
Prepare urban design guidelines and precinct
plan
250 000 SBM planning and engineering
departments
18 Precinct plan St Helena:
Nodes A, B, C and D
Prepare precinct plans for Golden Mile (Node
A), Stompneusbaai (Node B), Sandy Point
(Node C), St Helenabaai (Node D). Node D to
be Rapid Development Area.
800 000 SBM planning and engineering
departments
19 Precinct plan Vredenburg:
Node A, Saldanha,
Voortrekker Road
Intersection
Prepare urban design guidelines and
precinct plan as a Rapid Development Area
for this node
500 000 SBM planning and engineering
Departments
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20 Precinct Plan Vredenburg:
Urban design, Heritage, and
Gateway for Main Street/
Saldana Road and
Vredenburg Main Road in
Vredenburg
Prepare urban design, heritage, landscaping
architectural and building guidelines for
development of this precinct using Oosterval
street, Langebaan and Main Road,
Plettenberg Bay as precedent
500 000 SBM planning and engineering
departments
21 Precinct plan: St Helena,
Laingville
Prepare precinct for settlement including
creating positive interface and gateway with
St Helena Bay main road
250 000 SBM traffic, planning and
engineering departments
DTPW
22 Rural periodic service centre
market structure feasibility
study: Paternoster
Prepare feasibility study to construct market
structure including possibility of coordinating
mobile services from Department of Home
Affairs, library services, clinic services, and
pension payouts
100 000 SBM planning and engineering
departments Department of
Home Affairs
Western Cape Departments of
Education and Health
SASSA
23 Service/ frontage road
guidelines: Vredenburg
Prepare design guidelines for
service/frontage roads on NDA’s 4, 6, 7, 8b,
and 10 (refer to Oosterval str, Langebaan
precedent)
250 000 SBM traffic, planning and
engineering departments
DTPW
24 Signage, landscaping, and
building design guidelines
manual: Paternoster, St
Helena, Hopefield
Prepare signage, landscaping and building
design guidelines manual to manage all
development, including renovation and
extension of heritage buildings and
construction including engineering and
transport services and provincial roads
signage
150 000
250 000
250 000
SBM planning and engineering
departments
DTPW
HWC
SAHRA
25 Traffic safety measures
Besaansklip: R45/R27
intersection
Relocate intersection and implement
necessary traffic calming and geometric
improvements to reduce high fatal accident
rate
To be
investigated
SBM traffic, planning
department
DTPW
26 Traffic safety measures
Besaansklip: TR85/1 / M238
intersection
Implement necessary traffic calming and
geometric improvements to reduce high fatal
accident rate
To be
investigated
SBM traffic, planning and
engineering departments
DTPW
KEY STRATEGIC INTERVENTION: Housing Strategy
# LOCATION PROJECT DESCRIPTION VALUE IMPLEMENTATION
AGENCY
1 Vredenburg NDA’s 16 and 17
(Ongegund)
upgrade
including
possible
extension to
NDA 21
Informal settlement in situ upgrade NDA’s 16
and 17 (Ongegund) urban design, planning
approval and engineering concept design
(urban design and planning to approvals only)
500 000 SBM planning and
engineering departments
Department of Human
Settlements
KEY STRATEGIC INTERVENTION: Bulk Service Infrastructure Provision
# PROJECT DESCRIPTION VALUE IMPLEMENTATION
AGENCY
1 Updating the Infrastructure and
Growth Plan Using the recent Infrastructure and Growth
Plan Assessment and available master plans
to update the infrastructure and growth
needs to inform the Capital Expenditure
Framework
NIL SBM planning and
engineering departments
DLG
2 Finalising a Capital Expenditure
Framework Compile a Capital Expenditure Framework
through a collaborative process of integrated
sector planning (Municipal SDIS), to translate
spatial planning into an investment
framework to inform budget decisions
100 000 SBM financial, planning
and engineering
departments
DEA&DP
KEY STRATEGIC INTERVENTION: Stimulate economic growth through specific economic
development projects / drivers
# PROJECT DESCRIPTION VALUE IMPLEMENTATION
AGENCY 1 Blaauwklippen
powerline upgrade
servitude alignment:
Besaansklip
Engage with Eskom to ensure proposed
powerline servitude abuts R27 and TR85/1 so
as to minimise unnecessary disruption of
industrial landholdings
NIL SBM planning and engineering
departments, ESKOM
2 Development incentive
study: St Helena
Investigate innovative ways including fiscal,
infrastructure and marketing initiatives to
encourage development of vacant plots and
derelict fishing harbour buildings
250 000 SBM planning and engineering
departments
Institute of Estate Agents
WESGRO
Landowners
Property developers
3 Freight Management:
TR 85/1 as dedicated
freight haul road to
Besaansklip industrial
area and port
Investigate dedicated road freight transport
route along TR85/1 with main entrance at R27
junction including gateway promoting
industrial Park
750 000 SBM planning and engineering
departments, DTPW, SANRAL
4 Rail line relocation:
Besaansklip
Remove rail line through Vredenburg and
construct direct line between Duferco and
marshalling yard
To be
assessed
SBM planning and engineering
departments, PRASA
5 Resort Development:
Tabakbaai resort
upgrading plan
Complete and implement Tabakbaai resort
upgrading plan
250 000 SBM planning and engineering
departments
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KEY STRATEGIC INTERVENTION: Priority areas for biodiversity conservation # LOCATION PROJECT DESCRIPTION VALUE IMPLEMENTATION
AGENCY
10 Langebaan Olifantskop public
open space corridor
Investigate continuous coast to National
Park open space corridor over Olifantskop
with walking/ jogging and MTB trails
including negotiations with private owners
100 000 SBM planning and
engineering departments
SANParks
11 Jacobs Bay West Coast Peninsula
hiking, running, MTB
trail
Conduct study on the feasibility of
implementing trail system linking to coastal
towns and rural B&Bs
250 000 SBM planning and
engineering departments
CapeNature
Tourism Organisations
12 Besaansklip Industrial areas/CBA
offset guidelines
manual
Guidelines manual to indicate to property
owners and industrial developers how to
incorporate offset guidelines into
development proposals
250 000 SBM planning
department, DEA&DP
13 Besaansklip Updating of the
Besaansklip Industrial
Area Proposals map
(Figure 6.9.3)
Update the spatial proposals and
reconfigure the NDAs in alignment with the
refinement of the boundary of the core
corridor
0 SBM planning and
engineering departments
DEA&DP
14 St Helena Odour management
study
Investigate best practicable method of
controlling odour when fish factories are
operating
PC
estimate
250 000
SBM planning, health,
and engineering
departments
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AGENCY
1 Urban Areas Resolving
competing land
use proposals to
align the EMF
and SDF
Improve clarity and certainty on the desired
future land use as noted in Figures 6.2.4,
6.3.4, 6.4.4, 6.5.4, 6.6.4, 6.8.4 and Annexure
A and amend the SDF / EMF accordingly
0 SBM planning and
environmental
management
departments
DEA&DP
2 Rural Areas West Coast
Peninsula hiking,
running, MTB
trail
Conduct study on the feasibility of
implementing trail system linking to coastal
towns and rural B&Bs
250 000 SBM planning and
engineering departments
CapeNature
Tourism organisations
3 Vredenburg Western coastal
conservation
corridor
Implementation plan for assembling coastal
corridor including walking and MTB trails
including discussions with conservation
authorities, landowners and DEA&DP,
including incentive mechanisms
250 000 SBM planning department
DEA&DP
CapeNature
4 Vredenburg Inland CBA
corridors and
open space
networks
Opportunities and constraints study for linking
West Coast
National Park, Hopefield Nature Reserve, and
Berg River estuary
250 000 SBM planning department
DEA&DP
CapeNature
SANParks
5 Vredenburg Mining, CBA and
aquifer guidelines
manual
Prepare manual to guide mining prospecting
and
operating licenses in CBA, aquifer recharge
areas and marine areas
1 000 000 SBM planning department
DEA&DP
CapeNature
SANParks
DME
SANBI
Environmental NPOs
6 Vredenburg Tree planting:
Main Street
network
Plant street trees of suitable species along
Main Street network including Main Road/R45
and Kootjieskloof Road including extension to
Ongegund
To be
confirmed
with
landscape
contractor
SBM planning and
engineering departments
7 Vredenburg CBA corridor use,
maintenance and
management
investigation
Identify practicable sustainable use,
maintenance, management, and financial
strategy for CBA corridors
250 000 SBM planning and
engineering departments
CapeNature
SANBI
SANParks
8 Saldanha Future options for
Diazville small
farmers
Investigate future options for small farmers
including a properly managed small farming
complex in the current location or integrating
with proposed Farmer Production Support Unit
at Hopefield. (High level of public participation
required)
250 000 SBM planning department
Department of Agriculture
Department Rural
Development & Land
Reform
9 Saldanha West Coast
Peninsula hiking,
running, MTB trail
Conduct study on the feasibility of
implementing trail system linking to coastal
towns and rural B&Bs starting at Tabakbaai
resort
250 000 SBM Planning and
Engineering
Departments
CapeNature
Tourism Organisations
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CONFIGURE AND ALIGN SECTOR PLANS
MUNICIPAL SDF WASTE MANAGEMENT WATER SERVICES HOUSING SECTOR
(Human Settlements) SERVICES AND
INFRASTRUCTURE SPCs
1 Core: Wetlands Rivers systems Coastal National Parks and nature Reserves
N/A Ensure protection of ecological corridors around wetlands and rivers
N/A Minimize disturbance of protected areas by infrastructure crossings and alignments and efficient quality
2 Buffer:
(Extensive Agriculture and Eco-Tourism)
N/A N/A N/A N/A
3 3.1
Intensive agriculture: Irrigation Schemes
N/A Encourage water demand management and enhanced irrigation efficiencies
Monitor water quality Promote bio-farming and
other techniques to reduce nutrient loads in hydrological systems(conservation agriculture)
Supply water rights for land reform projects
N/A Ensure balance between water supply infrastructure for agriculture and urban development
3.2 Dryland Crop Farming N/A Monitor borehole abstraction water and ground water levels and recharge rates
N/A N/A
3.3 Commonage N/A
Provide irrigation for small scale crop farming on commonage
No residential accommodation to be provided on commonage
Supply irrigation infrastructure to crop farming on commonage
Table 7.7.1 SDF Relationship with Sector Plans
7.7 CONFIGURE AND ALIGN SECTOR PLANS AND SDF
The sector plans should contain the SDF plans for the municipality and
urban centres as their primary spatial informant.
They should take the SDF proposals into account as follows (see facing
page as well):
Note: the tables on pages 205 and 206 should be viewed side by side. Likewise the tables on pages 207 and 208 should be viewed side by side.
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PUBLIC TRANSPORT AND
NMT (Transport
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ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT (SANParks, Cape Nature, SANBI, Dept of
Environment, Dept of Agriculture, Land use Managers)
LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM
LAND REFORM (Dept Rural Development &
Land Reform) DISASTER MANAGEMENT
N/A
Ensure protection of ecological corridors around wetlands and rivers
Promote eco-tourism including events, hiking, MTB, B&Bs
N/A N/A
N/A Promote veld rehabilitation and rotational grazing to enhance bio-diversity
Promote eco-tourism including events, hiking, MTB, B&Bs
Ensure livestock farming does not damage bio-diversity through poor
grazing methods
Ensure adequate fire protection and burn management
N/A
Monitor water quality Promote bio-farming Ensure water
Ensure water rights for land reform projects
N/A
N/A
Monitor borehole abstraction water and ground water levels and recharge rates
Provide extension services to emerging farmers
Promote bio farming N/A
N/A Promote bio-farming on commonage Provide extension services to emerging
farmers
Promote bio-farming on commonage
Draw up commonage development plan
N/A
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Table 7.7.1 SDF Relationship with Sector Plans cont.
LAND USE CATEGORY
WASTE MANAGEMENT WATER SERVICES HOUSING SECTOR
(Human Settlements)
SERVICES AND
INFRASTRUCTURE RELEVANT SECTOR
4
Urban development:
4.1 Intensification Areas
Ensure sufficient supply
Transfer stations to be
accessibly located in corridors
Ensure sufficient supply
Impact of climate change on
water availability (Western Cape
Climate Change Response
Strategy)
Promote higher density
mixed use housing within
the intensification area
boundaries
Ensure sufficient
infrastructure to support
higher levels of
development
4.2 General Promote waste separation at
source throughout urban
settlements
Promote rainwater harvesting and
grey water recycling
N/A N/A
4.3 Residential Promote waste separation at
source throughout urban
settlements
Ensure access to basic water and
sanitation
Allow for communal service
centres to address heath issues for
non-qualifiers
All projects to include
range of housing, laid
out according to socio-
economic gradient
Provide minimum basic
services to proposed new
housing areas
4.4 Industrial (including IDZ) Industrial and toxic waste to
be properly managed and
disposed of
N/A N/A Ensure infrastructure
made available when
required
4.6 Community facilities N/A N/A Include proposals for
necessary community
facilities into Human
Settlement Plans (HSP)
N/A
4.7 Recreational areas N/A N/A Include proposals for
recreational areas into
HSP
Housing layouts to face
onto recreational areas
and not turn their back
N/A
4.8 Ecological corridors
(overlap with core buffer, agriculture)
Landfill sites can be located in
ecological corridors providing
they are managed to best
practice standards
N/A Include proposals for
recreational areas into
HSP
Housing layouts to face
onto recreational areas
and not turn their back
Where possible services
and infrastructure
alignments should not
disrupt river channels and
wetlands
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PUBLIC TRANSPORT AND NMT (Dept of Transport)
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT (Dept of Environment) Dept of Agriculture
LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
& TOURISM
LAND REFORM (Dept Rural Development
& Land Reform)
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
Provide road network to
• commonage farms and promote
animal traction, cycling and walking
• Main routes / spines through
development corridors to be designed
with cycle lanes and pedestrian
footways
• Should be declared public transport
routes (with embayments etc.)
Promote indigenous or fruit trees for use in
the landscaping of development corridors
N/A N/A
• Urban settlements should be designed
to minimize the need to travel and
avoid costs of public transport
Promote integrated stormwater design
including the use of permeable paving
and swales in urban development areas
N/A Ensure residential
development not located
below 1:50 floodlines
• Ensure high densities of urban
development coincide with main non-
motorised routes
Promote off-grid sustainable technologies
and passive building design
N/A Ensure adequate fire
protection:
Building setbacks
Electrical compliance
Careful use of combustible
materials
• Ensure industrial areas provided with
cycle and pedestrian routes
Industrial and toxic waste to property
managed and disposed of Manage red
dust impacts
N/A N/A
• Community facilities should be located
on public transport and NMT routes to
promote convenience and security
N/A N/A N/A
• Non-motorised transport networks
should pass through recreational areas
N/A N/A N/A
• Non-motorised transport networks
should pass through ecological
corridor areas
Ensure continuity between connected
rural and urban ecological corridor areas
Provide highest level of protection in
ecological corridor areas
N/A N/A
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7.8 MONITORING, EVALUATING AND REVISION
FRAMEWORK 7.8.1 PROGRESS REVIEW IN IDP AND 5-YEARLY REVISION
The annual performance review of the IDP should include a review of
progress on the policy amendments and project implementation of the
SDF according to the priority listings and expenditure programs of the
various sector departments’ budgets.
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Figure 7.8.1 propose a continuous monitoring and evaluation process
throughout the development and implementation of the SDF. The SDF
will be implemented through the various precinct and sectoral plans,
see Figure 7.8.2. During the implementation phase, the SDF should be
regularly monitored by the IDP’s annual reporting on the performance
progress of the various implementation/ sectoral plans. This review
should also comment on the SDF. Figure 7.8.2 further shows that the SDF
is the common spatial base on which all the implementation plans
should be executed.
Figure 7.8.2 Proposed Relationship between IDPs, Implementation Plans, including HSPs
and SDFs (source: DRDLR, 2014)
The SDF should be revised and updated at least every 5 years in terms
of context and priorities, in parallel with the IDP and in line with the
provisions of the MSA, SPLUMA, LUPA and the By-Law on Municipal
Land Use Planning. Ideally, the implementation/ sectoral plans and the
IDP should start and end on the same 5 year cycle in order to inform
and shape each other. Unless compelling circumstances require it, a
review and/or amendment of the SDF should not need to be
undertaken more frequently.
As development, whether it be the public sector or the private sector,
takes multiple years to be realised, it is not feasible to review the SDF on
an annual basis. The SDF encourages consistency and predictability in
planning decisions in order to achieve the desired outcomes.
Although the SDF implementation is assessed every year in the IDP and
is revised every 5 years it needs to take a longer term view. The SDF
should take a 20 to 30 year perspective on the growth direction of a
municipality and settlements. It will be the only plan in the municipality
taking such a long term view and it is recommended that the SDF should only be rewritten every 10 years.
Figure 7.8.1 Phases in the process of completing an SDF (source: DRDLR, 2014)
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7.8.2 MONITORING OF IMPLEMENTATION (source: GSRSIF, 2018)
The Municipality supports the Provincial Spatial Development and
Infrastructure Support (SDIS), which is intended to ensure improved
planning, integration and implementation of the:
• Spatial Development Framework;
• Integrated Transport Plan;
• Integrated Waste Management Plan;
• Integrated Human Settlement Plan;
• Infrastructure Growth Plan (inclusive of departmental U-AMPS);
• Long-Term Financial Plan; and,
• Integrated Development Plan.
The Municipality will play an integral role in the Inter-Governmental
Relations (IGR) Platform that pulls together the representatives responsible for and/or involved in the drafting and/or amendment of
any of the above listed sector plans.
The SDIS Municipal / Project Committee as an IGR Platform aims to:
• Ensure that the relevant officials in each sector are aware of and
party to any proposed changes to the sector plans mentioned
above. Through this awareness of and participation in the changing
sector plan, areas of conflict, duplication, and/or opportunity for
synergy with the other sector plans can be easily identified.
• To build on the areas of opportunity, remove areas of duplication,
and resolve areas of conflict. This will occur through focussed
discussions which includes all relevant officials with a keen
understanding of the Municipality. The outcome of these discussions
will be the adoption of an agreed-to way forward which has been
arrived at through negotiation and compromise.
As a collective, funding options and trade-offs are explored and
through the coordinated implementation of the individual sector plans,
infrastructure enabled development is promoted. Delivery of public
sector housing opportunities forms a significant proportion of the
development taking place in Saldanha Bay Municipality and therefore
also presents strategic potential to spatial transformation.
This collaborative planning process will enable continued discussions
regarding subsidised housing and the provision of social facilities,
especially the identification of school sites to inform the relevant sector
plans.
The development of the Capital Expenditure Framework (CEF) is
viewed as an incremental task and the starting point is to have a range
of integrated sector plans to enable efficient municipal resource
allocation, synchronised with all planned government expenditure.
7.8.3 CAPITAL EXPENDITURE FRAMEWORK (CEF)
SPLUMA requires that SDFs include an Implementation Framework that
contains the following:
• Sectoral requirements, including budgets and resources for
implementation
• Necessary amendments to the Municipal Zoning Scheme By-Law
• Specification of institutional arrangements necessary for
implementation
• Specification of implementation targets, including dates and monitoring indicators
• Specification where necessary, of any arrangements for
partnerships in the implementation process
SPLUMA further requires that SDFs “determine a capital expenditure
framework for the municipality’s development programmes, depicted
spatially”.
The intention is to more effectively link the Municipality’s spatial
development strategies to one of the primary means with which to
implement these strategies, namely the municipality’s budget and the budgets of other government stakeholders. By providing more specific
guidance on what investments should be made where, in what order
of priority, alignment between the Municipality’s strategies, plans and
policies and development on the ground is better maintained and the
risk that budget allocations undermine or contradict the SDF are
mitigated.
The Municipality aim to develop a CEF after the adoption of the SDF
and will approve it as Volume 3 of the SDF. The CEF will be informed,
amongst others by the different sector plans noted in Section 7.8.2.
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An Infrastructure and Growth Plan: Assessment report was done for the
Municipality by the Department of Local Government. This will assist in
the drafting of a CEF as an important objective is to ensure the
development of the long term plans for all engineering infrastructure is
based on the SDF with its associated land use proposals and predicted growth trajectory. The Infrastructure and Growth Plan also enables the
tracking of when new infrastructure is required based on the actual
growth of the municipality by comparing the growth in demand against
capacity of existing infrastructure.
The Long Term Financial Plan, 2016 (LTFP) presents an independent high
level estimate of New Infrastructure Demand for the period 2015/16 to
2025/26 and is based on a quantification of infrastructure backlogs and
infrastructure required for new household formation as well as
Moveable and Other Assets. A number of assumptions is noted in the
report.
Figure 7.8.3 INCA Estimate of Future New Capital Expenditure Demand (source: LTFP, 2016)
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(source: MERO, 2018)
The Municipal Economic Review and Outlook 2018 (MERO) prepared by
Provincial Treasury gives an overview of the economic and municipal
infrastructure analysis that focuses on identifying bottlenecks and
constraints that may be hampering economic growth and
employment. It gives an overview of Provincial infrastructure spend,
Municipal capital budget spend and it unpacks other funding sources.
Provincial infrastructure spend within the Saldanha Bay municipal area
will amount to R261.5 million in 2018/19. This amount will increase to
R338.2 million in 2019/20, before pulling back to R229.9 million in 2020/21. The total provincial infrastructure allocation in Saldanha Bay will amount
to R829.6 million across the MTREF. Noteworthy projects for 2018/19
include tarring of the C975.1 AFR Saldanha Bay IDZ (R100.0 million) as
well as the C415.2 AFR Saldanha Bay TR77 (R52.0 million) road, upgrades
to the Vredenburg Hospital (R54.5 million) and planning towards the
Vredenburg Urban Regeneration Land Acquisition project (R10.0
million).
Saldanha Bay serves as the commercial hub of the West Coast District
and as such, regional economic activities are largely concentrated
within the Municipality’s jurisdiction. High levels of economic activity,
coupled with an ever growing population, increase the demand for
goods and services within Saldanha Bay which has, in turn, put pressure
on the existing economic and social infrastructure network.
The Municipality has proactively sought additional funding to satisfy the
demand for economic and social infrastructure, evident from the large
percentage of the capital budget sourced from internally generated
funding. In fact, the majority of the Municipality’s capital budgets have
since 2014/15 been funded through internal funding sources. The
Municipality has also been able to diversify its funding mix by
introducing public contributions and borrowings as supplementary
capital budget sources.
The Municipality’s capital budget will in 2018/19 almost entirely sourced
from internally generated funds. Consideration of the 2018/19 Budget
Report indicates that these internally generated funds are sourced
from the Municipality’s capital replacement reserves (CRR). The trend
to almost exclusively apply own funding is however reversed in the
outer years of the 2018 MTREF as the Municipality intends to source
more than half of the capital budget from external loans/borrowings in
2019/20 and 2020/21.
Figure 7.8.4 Saldanha Bay Municipality: Provincial Infrastructure Spend, 2018/19 – 2020/21
(R’000) (source: MERO, 2018)
Figure 7.8.5 Saldanha Bay Municipality: Capital Expenditure, 2014/15 – 2019/20 (R’000)
source: MERO, 2018)
Figure 7.8.6 Saldanha Bay Municipality: Capital Budget Funding Sources, 2014/15 –
2020/21 (R’000) source: MERO, 2018)
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7.8.4 MONITORING AND EVALUATION
The SDF provides a long term vision and recommended six key
strategies to implement the Spatial Growth Management Strategy and the objectives of the SDF. SPLUMA requires that this is translated into an
implementation framework that takes a 5 year view to inform the
municipality’s Integrated Development Plan and Budget.
To achieve the IUDF’s transformative vision, four overall strategic goals
are introduced: Access, Growth, Governance, and Spatial
Transformation. “The overall outcome of the IUDF is spatial
transformation. However, spatial transformation cannot be achieved
overnight but is a process that requires consistent interventions until the
desired goal is reached. There are no quick fixes for spatial
transformation but careful consideration of how and where we build
infrastructure could change the trajectories of spatial development,
and deliver considerable gains for ordinary citizens and the national
economy.”
In order to monitor and evaluate spatial transformation the following
assessments, as a minimum is required:
• Land use and land development trends in the municipal area and
the realization of the land use planning principles of spatial justice,
spatial sustainability, efficiency, spatial resilience and good administration on town level.
• Hectares approved for future development outside the urban edge.
• Number of land use applications processed per town as a
percentage of the total number of land use applications submitted
municipal-wide.
• Number of building plan applications processed per town as a
percentage of the total number of building plan applications
submitted municipal-wide.
• Number of dwelling units that are within 1km of access points to
public transport / taxi terminus as a percentage of all dwelling units
in the town. • Progress made with the release and approval of land parcels for
purposes of land and human settlement development.
• Reporting on the implementation of specific projects identified as
Enabling Projects.
The implementation of the provincial spatial agenda on a municipal
level is supported by regional planning processes and therefore it is
necessary to also evaluate the implementation of the GSRSIF through
the SDF. The following questions can be asked in this regard:
• Does the Municipality address regional spatial priorities and principles
through the implementation of the SDF?
• Are the municipal projects and programs (KPI’s) responding to the
key regional actions and interventions?
• Have assessments been completed on the affordability of service
demand and what is the timing and sequence of investments by the
different spheres of government?
• Are municipal transport strategies and plans addressing regional
transport issues identified in the GSRSIF?
• Have sector plans been amended or reviewed?
• Has the Spatial Development and Infrastructure Support Municipal
Committee been formed to better align sector planning?
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