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1 8 March 2018 Department: Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning Attention: Ms Bernadette Osborne NOTICE OF FIRST PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PERIOD: 8 March April 2018 GNEC Code: DEA&DP REF: 16/3/3/5/B3/28/1012/18 Dear INFORMING OF START OF THE FIRST PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PERIOD FOR THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF THE AUTHORISED PAARL JUNCTION BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ON AMENDMENT REPORT FOR THE PAARL SOUTH BUSINESS PARK DEVELOPMENT ON PORTIONS 10, 16, 20, 73, 74 AND PORTION A OF A PORTION 21 OF FARM NO. 832 AND PORTION B OF REMAINDER OF FARM NO. 832, PAARL Located along the southern foothills of Mountain, Erf (consolidated from Portions 10, 16, 20, 73, 74 and Portion A of a Portion 21 of Farm No. 832, and Portion B of Remainder of Farm No. 832,, referred to as The Property ), is an elongated land parcel stretching from west to east. The N1 demarcates the property s northern border and the R101 (Old Road) defines the southern. Sandwyk Street connecting the R101 to the Courtrai residential area to then north define the eastern border of the site and the western extent ends approximately 102m east of the Suid-Agter Road which runs past Fairview Wine Farm and Spice Route. On the 16 th of October 2014, the Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning granted authorisation to the Paul de Villiers Family Trust / Dormy Trust (Pty) Ltd to development the property for business use. This included the authorisation of 19 business erven, open spaces and associated internal and access roads. The layout was designed along an internal spine road running from west to east with 12 erven to the north of the road on the eastern portion of the site, and 7 erven to the south of the road in the western extent of the property. The business erven to the east was planned to be used as general office buildings whilst the erven to the west was to be used as motor showrooms (car dealerships) and therefore the development was informally known as Motor City. One large erf was approved for retail development along the Old Road adjacent to the access to the site. Since this authorisation was issued, the property was sold to TTIN Properties (Pty) Ltd. Application is therefore made to amend the ownership to the following applicant P.O. Box

2 TTIN Properties (Pty) Ltd X1, Post Net Suite 440 Melrose Arch 7076 The second amendment includes changes to the approved layout. As discussed above, the original layout was authorised for 19 business erven, open spaces and associated infrastructure. The new owners of the property, however, has a different vision for the property The proposed new development layout includes only seven (7) business erven instead of the approved 19, however they are larger than the approved, ranging from 4 939m 2 to m 2 with much larger open spaces in between the erven. Finally, the original Visual Impact Assessment which was authorized by Heritage Western Cape included a condition that a 3m high berm should be constructed along the R101 to shield the development from the surrounding roads and land uses. This was necessary due to the limited open space around the buildings. GNEC included this condition in the EMP, which was approved by DEA&DP, but it was not included as a condition in the EA. This condition was planned to be implemented, however once the surface area was calculated it became apparent that in order to construct a 3m high berm, a horizontal surface area of 9m in extent would be required, which would be too wide to fit the berm within the proposed layout plan. Since then, the Visual Specialist has again be appointed to assess the new Spatial Development Plan and ultimately to amend the condition to a more suitable solution. Currently it is proposed that a wall / fence (clear vu) be constructed along the R101 and that this should be landscaped with tall trees and scrubs. In addition to this, the layout makes provision for large open spaces and visual corridors through the development. No additional Listed Activities in terms of the National Environmental Management Act will be triggered due to the amendments to the approved layout. The table below contains the list of Affected Parties notified of the first public participation period. P.O. Box

3 Sector Local Authority (Municipality) Local Authority (Municipality) Local Authority (Municipality) Title First Name Mrs Cindy Winter Ms Zenobia Ayford Mr. Bisshoff Bosman Last Name Company Tel Fax Mobile Address1 Drakenstein District Municipality: Environmental Management Drakenstein District Municipality: Heritage Management Branch (AKSO) Drakenstein District Municipality, Forward Planning same as above same as above same as above same as above Ward Counsellor Mr L. Niehaus Ward Counsellor ` Posbus 1, 7646 Posbus 1, 7646 Posbus 1, 7646 Eskadale Str 105 De Soete Inval Suider Local Authority Mr Ellis District Road Ingineer Suider, x600, 7624 Non Mr Rhett Smart CapeNature Land Use Advice: Scientific Services - Western Cape landuse@capenature.co.za x5014, Stellenbosch, 7599 Mr Cor Van Der Walt Western Cape Department of Agriculture corvdw@elsenburg.com X1 Elsenburg 7607 Mrs Grace Swanepoel Western Cape Government: Road and Transport Managemnet Grace.Swanepoel@westerncape.gov.za Po Box 2603, Cape Town, 8000 P.O. Box

4 Mr Troy or Andrew Smuts September Heritage Western Cape rd floor, Protea Assurance Building, Green Market Square, Cape Town, 8000 Non Ms Anne Kruger Drakenstein Heritage Foundation (021) P.O. Box 2646, 7620 Non Ms Anne- Marie Fick 300 Foundation (021) / Mr. Warren Dreyer Department of Water Affairs x16 Sanlamhof, 7532, Bellville Mr. Dick During Interrested and affected Mr Kurt Harman Interrested and affected Po Box Mr Mark Teuchert Lazercor ( ) ` ` ` mark@lazercor.co.za P.O. Box 1066, Stellenbosch, 7599 P.O. Box

5 Mr Hendrik Olivier Adjacent Land Owner ` ` Krige Street, Stellenbosch, 7600 Mr Jakobus de Villiers Adjacent Land Owner (Paul de Villiers Family Trust Sandwyk Plaas, Suid, 7646 Mr Derick Anderson Adjacent Land Owner (JVZ) ` / P.O. Box

6 PROJECT PLAN The table below provides an indication of the proposed timeframes for the project. BASIC ASSESSMENT PROCESS PAARL HILLS DEVELOPMENT Activity Start Date Finish Date Specialist Studies September 2017 March 2018 Compile draft Amendment Report and EMP Part 2 Amendment Application submitted to DEA&DP Public Participation Process (30 days) Possible Additional Specialist studies Amend Final Amendment Report and EMP Submit Final Amendment Report and EMP DEA&DP to Acknowledge Receipt of Final Report DEA&DP Review of Amendment Report &EMP February 2018 March February March April 2018 April 2018 May April May May May 2018 Authorisation EA August 2018 Authorisation Notify all I&IPs May 2018 August 2018 August 2018 The aim of this EIA process is to ensure that: The environmental impacts that may be associated with the proposed development are taken into consideration. Public participation is conducted, i.e. to afford stakeholders and/or the community sufficient opportunity to provide comment on the proposed development; and Sufficient information is submitted to decision-makers to support an informed decision-making process. The first Public Participation Process will run from the 8 th of March 2018 until the 18 th of April A copy of the First Draft Amendment Report is available on our website at under the Documents under Review tab as well as in the Public P.O. Box

7 Library. Meanwhile, should you have any queries, please feel free to contact myself, at: Cell: , Tel: (021) , Fax: (021) or Yours sincerely Euonell Visagie For GNEC P.O. Box