R603 (ADAMS) SETTLEMENT PLAN & DRAFT SCHEME CONTRACT NO.: 1N-35140 DEVELOPMENT PLANNING ENVIRONMENT AND MANAGEMENT UNIT STRATEGIC SPATIAL PLANNING BRANCH 166 KE MASINGA ROAD DURBAN 4000 2019 FINAL REPORT R603 (ADAMS) SETTLEMENT PLAN AND DRAFT SCHEME TABLE OF CONTENTS 4.1.3. Age Profile ____________________________________________ 37 4.1.4. Education Level ________________________________________ 37 1. INTRODUCTION _______________________________________________ 7 4.1.5. Number of Households __________________________________ 37 4.1.6. Summary of Issues _____________________________________ 38 1.1. BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT ____________________________________ 7 4.2. INSTITUTIONAL AND LAND MANAGEMENT ANALYSIS ___________________ 38 1.2. PURPOSE OF THE PROJECT ______________________________________ 7 4.2.1. Historical Background ___________________________________ 38 1.3. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ________________________________________ 7 4.2.2. Land Ownership _______________________________________ 39 1.4. MILESTONES/DELIVERABLES ____________________________________ 8 4.2.3. Institutional Arrangement _______________________________ 40 1.5. PROFESSIONAL TEAM _________________________________________ 8 4.2.4. Traditional systems/practices _____________________________ 41 1.6. STUDY AREA _______________________________________________ 9 4.2.5. Summary of issues _____________________________________ 42 1.7. OUTLINE OF THE REPORT ______________________________________ 10 4.3. SPATIAL TRENDS ____________________________________________ 42 2. LEGISLATIVE & POLICY FRAMEWORK ____________________________ 10 4.3.1. Movement and Linkages_________________________________ 42 2.1. LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK _____________________________________ 10 4.3.2. Settlement patterns ____________________________________ 43 2.2. POLICY FRAMEWORK ________________________________________ 20 4.3.3. Land Use Activity _______________________________________ 47 2.2.1. National Development Plan (2011) ________________________ 20 4.4. ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS ____________________________________ 48 2.2.2. KZN Provincial Growth Development Strategy/Plan 2011 ______ 20 4.4.1. Assessment method ____________________________________ 48 2.2.3. eThekwini Integrated Development Plan/Spatial Development 4.4.2. Description of the study area _____________________________ 49 Framework 2018/19 __________________________________________ 22 4.4.3. Topography, geology and hydrology _______________________ 52 2.2.4. eThekwini South Spatial Development Plan _________________ 27 4.4.4. Vegetation ____________________________________________ 53 2.2.5. eThekwini Rural Development Strategy 2016 ________________ 28 4.4.5. Site specific habitats and vegetation forms __________________ 55 2.2.6. Adams Local Area Plan _________________________________ 28 4.4.6. Conservation importance ________________________________ 61 4.4.7. Summary of issues _____________________________________ 62 3. GUIDELINES FOR THE PREPARATION OF A SCHEME _________________ 32 4.5. AGRICULTURE ANALYSIS_______________________________________ 63 3.1. PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES OF A SCHEME ___________________________ 32 4.5.1. Assessment method ____________________________________ 63 3.2. WHAT IS A SCHEME _________________________________________ 33 4.6. AGRICULTURE CONTEXT _______________________________________ 63 3.3. COMPONENTS OF A SCHEME ___________________________________ 33 4.6.1. Agricultural potential and Agricultural Land Categories ________ 63 3.4. PACKAGE OF PLANS _________________________________________ 34 4.6.2. Current agricultural activities _____________________________ 67 4.6.3. eThekwini Agro-Ecology Unit _____________________________ 68 4. SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS _______________________________________ 35 4.6.4. Kwazulu-Natal Department of Agriculture and Rural Development 4.1. DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE ______________________________________ 35 68 4.1.1. Population ___________________________________________ 35 4.6.5. Summary of issues _____________________________________ 74 4.1.2. Projected Population ___________________________________ 36 4.7. TRANSPORTATION ANALYSIS ____________________________________ 75 Page 1 R603 (ADAMS) SETTLEMENT PLAN AND DRAFT SCHEME 4.7.1. Existing Road Network __________________________________ 75 4.11.3. Police Station ______________________________________ 103 4.7.2. Vehicular Traffic _______________________________________ 77 4.11.4. Sports & Recreation _________________________________ 104 4.7.3. Existing public transport infrastructure, services and demand __ 77 4.11.5. Cemetery _________________________________________ 104 4.7.4. Existing NMT services __________________________________ 78 4.11.6. Community Hall ____________________________________ 104 4.7.5. Road Safety __________________________________________ 78 4.11.7. Library ____________________________________________ 104 4.7.6. Freight Movement _____________________________________ 79 4.11.8. Postal Facilities _____________________________________ 105 4.7.7. Road Reserve and Building Line Encroachments Along Route R603 4.11.9. Summary of Issues __________________________________ 105 79 5. BROAD PLANNING APPROACHES _______________________________ 106 4.7.8. Summary of issues _____________________________________ 80 4.8. HUMAN SETTLEMENT ANALYSIS ____________________________ 81 5.1. INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT ___________________________________ 107 4.8.1. Tenure arrangement ___________________________________ 81 5.2. UNIQUE CHARACTER ________________________________________ 108 4.8.2. Settlement typologies __________________________________ 81 5.3. ACCESSIBILITY AND ROAD NETWORK ______________________________ 108 4.8.3. Challenges ___________________________________________ 82 5.4. HIERARCHICAL DEVELOPMENT __________________________________ 108 4.9. BULK INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICES ANALYSIS______________________ 82 5.5. MULTI USE FACILITIES _______________________________________ 109 4.9.1. Water _______________________________________________ 82 5.6. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT __________________________________ 109 4.9.2. Existing bulk infrastructure ______________________________ 83 5.7. MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT ____________________________________ 109 4.9.3. Sanitation ____________________________________________ 85 6. DEVELOPMENT PRINCIPLES ____________________________________ 110 4.9.4. Refuse Removal _______________________________________ 87 4.9.5. Electricity ____________________________________________ 87 6.1. SPATIAL PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES ____________ 110 4.9.6. Stormwater __________________________________________ 89 6.2. ECONOMIC PRINCIPLES ______________________________________ 111 4.9.7. Transnet _____________________________________________ 90 6.3. ENVIRONMENTAL PRINCIPLES __________________________________ 112 GRICULTURAL PRINCIPLES 4.10. ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ________________________________________ 93 6.4. A ____________________________________ 112 4.10.1. Local Economy Overview _____________________________ 93 6.5. TRANSPORTATION AND TRAFFIC PRINCIPLES ________________________ 113 4.10.2. Employment Status of Study Area ______________________ 93 6.6. SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT PRINCIPLES _______________________________ 114 4.10.3. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) _________________________ 94 7. VISION DEVELOPMENT _______________________________________ 115 4.10.4. GVA Broad Economic Sectors __________________________ 94 7.1. MUNICIPAL SPATIAL VISION AND PRINCIPLES ________________________ 115 4.10.5. Sector’s share of regional total (%)______________________ 95 7.2. SOUTH SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN VISION _______________________ 116 4.10.6. Sector Analysis in the Study Area _______________________ 96 7.3. FOLWENI / ADAMS LOCAL AREA PLAN VISION _______________________ 118 4.10.7. Summary of Issues __________________________________ 100 7.4. ALIGNMENT OF THE VISION, PRINCIPLES, GOALS/OBJECTIVES, STRATEGIES AND 4.11. SOCIAL ANALYSIS __________________________________________ 101 PROPOSALS _____________________________________________________ 118 4.11.1. Health Facilities ____________________________________ 102 4.11.2. Education _________________________________________ 102 8. STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK _____________________________________ 119 Page 2 R603 (ADAMS) SETTLEMENT PLAN AND DRAFT SCHEME 8.1. GOALS _________________________________________________ 119 10.2.1. Key programmes ___________________________________ 143 8.2. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES _______________________________________ 119 10.3. ECONOMIC FRAMEWORK _____________________________________ 145 8.2.1. Environmental objectives _______________________________ 119 10.4. SOCIAL FACILITIES __________________________________________ 147 8.2.2. Agricultural objectives _________________________________ 119 10.5. INFRASTRUCTURE FRAMEWORK _________________________________ 149 8.2.3. Economic objectives ___________________________________ 120 10.5.1. Wastewater infrastructure ___________________________ 149 8.2.4. Transportation objectives ______________________________ 120 10.5.2. Water infrastructure ________________________________ 149 8.2.5. Human settlement objectives ___________________________ 120 10.5.3. Stormwater infrastructure ____________________________ 149 8.2.6. Infrastructure objectives _______________________________ 120 10.6. RESIDENTIAL FRAMEWORK ____________________________________ 151 8.3. STRATEGIES _____________________________________________ 121 11. SETTLEMENT PLAN LAYOUT _________________________________ 157 8.3.1. Strategy 1: Protection of ecologically