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VUDA & SABETO Advisory Plan VUDA & SABETO Advisory Plan Department of Town and Country Planning February 2009 Vuda and Sabeto Local Area Advisory Plan Table of Contents 1.0 INTRODUCTION........................................................................................1 1.1 Purpose of Advisory Plan................................................................................................ 1 1.2 How to use this Document .............................................................................................. 2 Town Planning Act 1999 ............................................................................................................. 2 NLTB Lautoka-Nadi Corridor Master Plan .................................................................................. 2 Moratorium on State Land........................................................................................................... 4 1.3 Key Aims of the Advisory Plan ....................................................................................... 4 1.4 Advisory Plan Methodology ............................................................................................ 4 1.5 Abbreviations.................................................................................................................... 5 1.6 Acknowledgement............................................................................................................ 5 2.0 STUDY AREA CONTEXT..........................................................................6 2.1 Land ................................................................................................................................... 6 Topography ................................................................................................................................. 6 Climate ........................................................................................................................................ 8 Hydrology .................................................................................................................................... 8 Land Tenure ................................................................................................................................ 9 2.2 Population ....................................................................................................................... 11 2.3 Development Trends ...................................................................................................... 15 Sugar Cane Industry ................................................................................................................. 15 Review of Applications Received by DTCP .............................................................................. 15 2.4 Existing Development Potential.................................................................................... 19 Vulani ........................................................................................................................................ 19 The University of Fiji.................................................................................................................. 19 Vuda .......................................................................................................................................... 20 2.5 Urban Rural Relationship .............................................................................................. 20 3.0 CONSTRAINTS AND OPPORTUNITIES ................................................22 3.1 Land Capability............................................................................................................... 22 3.2 Infrastructure ..................................................................................................................23 Roads ........................................................................................................................................ 23 Water......................................................................................................................................... 25 Sewerage .................................................................................................................................. 27 Rubbish Disposal ...................................................................................................................... 27 Airport........................................................................................................................................ 27 Electricity ................................................................................................................................... 28 Vuda and Sabeto Local Area Advisory Plan 3.3 Disaster Management .................................................................................................... 29 3.4 National Fire Authority................................................................................................... 32 3.5 Mineral Extraction .......................................................................................................... 33 3.6 Environment.................................................................................................................... 34 Naikorokoro Point...................................................................................................................... 34 Mangroves................................................................................................................................. 34 Traditional Fishing Rights.......................................................................................................... 38 Other Guidelines for Environmental Protection......................................................................... 38 Sites of Importance ................................................................................................................... 38 3.7 Tourism............................................................................................................................ 41 4.0 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION EXERCISE....................................................42 4.1 Survey Methodology ...................................................................................................... 42 4.2 Survey Limitations ......................................................................................................... 42 4.3 Resident Survey Findings ............................................................................................. 43 Land and People ....................................................................................................................... 43 Agricultural Land ....................................................................................................................... 44 Infrastructure ............................................................................................................................. 44 Services..................................................................................................................................... 44 Emergency Services ................................................................................................................. 45 4.4 Non-Resident Survey Findings ..................................................................................... 46 4.5 PPE Overview ................................................................................................................. 47 5.0 MASTER PLAN .......................................................................................48 5.1 Definitions ....................................................................................................................... 48 Agricultural Development .......................................................................................................... 48 Residential Development .......................................................................................................... 48 Civic Development .................................................................................................................... 48 Special Use Development.........................................................................................................49 Commercial Development......................................................................................................... 49 Mixed Use Development ...........................................................................................................49 Industrial Development ............................................................................................................. 49 Minimum Development Specifications: ..................................................................................... 50 5.2 Future Land Use ............................................................................................................. 51 Lauwaki ..................................................................................................................................... 51 Lomolomo and Barara Settlement ............................................................................................ 53 Saweni....................................................................................................................................... 57 Vuda .......................................................................................................................................... 60 5.3 Policies 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