Heritage Cases

The owners of The Farm the Kloof No. 2921, District Bloemfontein, Free State Province identified a need to develop the said property for residential purposes and have appointed MDA Town and Regional Planners, Environmental and Development Consultants to apply for an environmental authorisation to the DESTEA for the proposed Township Establishment. The current document serves as the subsequent draft Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) following the application, draft Scoping and final Scoping Reports. The main purpose of the project is to provide more housing to Bloemfontein to ensure a continuous expansion of available housing for the community. The planning of the residential development has been undertaken in conjunction with the ecological and archaeological assessments and as a result the sensitive areas have been excluded from development and will be retained as private open space. The proposed layout will thus result in the lowest impact as long as other mitigation measures such as transplanting of protected species are also adhered to. Furthermore the archaeological assessment confirmed that no graves or items of archaeological significance are present on the site. Thus it was concluded that the proposed development can proceed provided that all excavation activities are restricted within the boundaries of the development footprint. The site is bordered on the east by the R700 tarred road and residential developments to the north (Somerton) and the south (Wild Olive) and situated approximately 1 km north of the Northridge Mall shopping center on the R700. The extent of the site is approximately 49.1106 hectares.