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Despatch Park Mixed-use Development, including residential and commercial uses.

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Environmental Consultants International (Pty) Ltd (ECI) was appointed by Corner House Developments as environmental consultants for the establishment of a mixed-use development on Portion 0 the of Erf 700, Despatch, Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality, Eastern Cape. The residential component will include: • Single residential units; • A retirement village; • Town houses; and • Flats. The commercial component will include: • A shopping centre; A filling station; • Office space; • A private school; and • A private hospital.

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A low density of Stone Age artefacts is present at the site. Lithic artefacts were found in such low quantities that an artefact ratio (artefacts: m²) description is not possible. Stone Age artefacts were produced from quartzite, available on-site, and comprise primarily of cores, chunks and a few flakes, mainly cortical flakes. The low-density Stone Age occurrence is assigned a Middle Stone Age (MSA) designation, based on flake size knapped from more formal cores; no fossiles directeurs or diagnostic artefacts were observed for purposes of industry level identification. Stone Age artefacts seem to be surface, or surface level restricted; no identifiable in-situ anthropogenic stratigraphic member was observed in exposed sections. The low-density Stone Ace occurrence at the site is, from a heritage point of view, insignificant.  The proposed development poses no ‘Fatal Flaws’ with reference to archaeological and cultural heritage resources.  From an archaeological and cultural heritage point of view consideration of a ‘No Development’ option is irrelevant.  Development at the study site, being of no specific archaeological or cultural heritage significance, will by definition have no cumulative impact on such protected heritage resources.  No management or mitigation measures, inclusive of an EC PHRA Site Destruction Permit, is necessary with reference to the identified low-density Stone Age occurrence, not during the 1) construction or 2) operation / implementation or use phases of the development proposal.  [In the event of any incidental archaeological and cultural heritage resources, as defined and protected by the NHRA 1999, being identified during the course of development the process described in ‘Appendix B – Heritage Protocol for Incidental Finds during the Construction Phase’ should be followed. The developer is advised to ensure a sufficient heritage contingency budget to address incidental finds during the course of development.

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Tuesday, August 31, 2021 - 11:11

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