Heritage Cases

In 2001, a township development consisting of 31 stands for residential use and public open space was proclaimed on Portion 369 of the farm Pusela 555-LT. However, no construction or installation of internal services has taken place yet, as insufficient bulk civil services were available to serve such a development at that time. The township was initially proposed to be developed by the landowner, the Greater Tzaneen Municipality (GTM), themselves, but in 2006 they invited tenders from private developers to undertake the development. The current applicant, Solidarity Developers CC, was appointed by GTM in 2006, but development can only be contemplated now that the GTM has upgraded electrical infrastructure in Tzaneen. The township in its current form consists of 28 single residential stands (zoning: Residential 1), two townhouse stands (zoning: Residential 2), one park stand (zoning: Public Open Space) and internal streets, as well as certain servitudes. The single residential stands range in size from 846 m2 to 1 228 m2. The townhouse stands are 6 173 m2 and 5 291 m2 in extent respectively, and the park stand is 6 682 m2 in extent. In the decade since the township was proclaimed, there has been a growing need for more affordable housing. The relatively large stands forming part of the current township would be out of reach of a large portion of the population due to their cost, and hence a need was identified to restructure the township to contain a larger number of smaller stands so as to be more affordable for the general public, though still in keeping with the adjoining existing neighbourhood. A town planner has been appointed to undertake an application for the consolidation of the 28 single residential stands and the subsequent subdivision thereof into 38 single residential stands ranging in size from 518 m2 to 709 m2. The townhouse stands are no longer proposed, as these have been found to fall within a wetland and its buffer zone. The area within the wetland and its 30m buffer zone is now proposed as a large park stand (public open space). Associated infrastructure is proposed to consist of internal reticulation of water and sewerage pipelines and