District Spatial Development Framework Review 2015 2015 DIRECTORATE: INTEGRATED PLANNING & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT JULY 2015 Contact: The Town Planner 045 – 807 4800 Private Bag X7121 QUEENSTOWN, 5230 Copies of this Document can be obtained from: The Municipal Manager Chris Hani District Municipality Private Bag X7121 QUEENSTOWN 5320 Contact: The Director: Integrated Planning & Economic Development Telephone: (045) 807 4800 Copyright Reserved © Permission to reproduce the contents of this document must be obtained from the Chris Hani District Municipality. CHRIS HANI DISTRICT SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK REVIEW JULY 2015 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY A DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVE OF CHRIS HANI DISTRICT INTRODUCTION The points below set out some of the most distinctive features of the Chris Hani District taken into consideration in the review of the SDF: - In accordance with the requirements of legislation governing municipal planning, the Chris Hani District Municipality (CHDM) reviewed its District Spatial Development Framework (SDF). • It is estimated that the total population of the district in 2015 will reach about 813,473 people (approximately 216,600 households), with the highest population densities located in the former Ciskei and In line with the function of the District Municipality to co-ordinate development activities in the district, the District Transkei areas. This reflects a reduction from previous estimates (2001 and 2004) and suggests that the SDF should be taken as a guide to where planning and development initiatives could best be directed by public district is experiencing a process of outward migration. and private sector agencies seeking to invest in development initiatives in the district. Therefore, the SDF: - • In essence, the Chris Hani District may be defined as a largely land or primary production-based area, § Identifies the key spatial development features (trends and dynamics) currently applicable in the Chris Hani where the most important elements of the district economy are derived from state investment and from the District Municipality; consumption and production patterns of the resident population itself. § Establishes clearly the objectives of the Chris Hani District Municipality in relation to spatial development in its • From a spatial development perspective, it is clear that the dominant area for economic activity in the area of jurisdiction, with particular emphasis on clarifying the principles to be followed in the management of district is the Lukhanji municipal area, where some 48% of the total Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the such spatial development in the area; district is produced. Within Lukhanji, Queenstown remains the main concentration of activity in the commercial, manufacturing, and services sectors. § Identifies the Municipality’s strategies and policies that are adopted to achieve its spatial development objectives. These focus on establishing a hierarchy of settlement and delineating Special Development Areas, • It is clear, too, that the small towns in the district remain important as service centres where the local which are: - populace can access retail goods and other services. Areas where strategic development intervention is required (areas of particular development potential o • Looking at economic development potential, the Chris Hani Regional Economic Development Strategy and/or areas where current development activities represent a development opportunity); and (REDS) has endorsed 4 specific clusters (or sectors) for prioritisation in the district, these being: (i) The Agricultural, Agro-Processing and Forestry Sector; (ii) The Manufacturing, Construction and Mining o Areas where priority spending is required (areas of special need). Sector; (iii) Tourism & Hospitality Sector; and (iv) The Services, Retail and Logistics Sector. § Sets out basic guidelines for a land use management system in Chris Hani District Municipality. • The REDS process has emphasised, however, that the sector that is perceived to present the greatest The main changes to the district SDF of 2010 are as follows: - opportunity to build value, create job opportunities and improve economic development in the district is the broadly defined agricultural and forestry sector with its related value-adding activities. • Boundary changes as per the demarcation board are reflected; • The REDS has provided the strategic basis for an Agro-Industrial approach to development in the • Revised Priority Spatial Issues identified on the basis of a new Analysis as well as the revision of the related district, which has also taken form in the conceptualisation of a district Special Economic Zone (SEZ). Spatial Development Objectives and Strategies, in line with the current CHDM IDP • The Chris Hani SEZ is proposed to have its Hub at the Queendustria industrial complex in • A revision of the Development Nodes and Corridors as well as the identified Special Development Areas to Queenstown. align with the inputs of the review of the Regional Economic Development Strategy (REDS); • The inclusion of information emanating from the Special Economic Zone report SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK PROPOSALS • A consideration of the likely requirements related to the implementation of the Spatial Planning & Land Use In recognition of the need to plan for the maximization of available human and natural resources within a context Management, Act 16 of 2013 (SPLUMA) of achieving sustainability, the CHDM acknowledges that there is a need to focus limited public resources in areas of opportunity in order to achieve maximum impact. From a spatial planning perspective, this means certain structuring elements have been identified to guide future planning and expenditure. These structuring elements are clustered into four main components: - • The district-scale Settlement Hierarchy; • Development Corridors aligned with the REDS and the SEZ; • Special Development Areas defined on the basis of specific development potential and/or development need; and • Environmental Management Areas i | Page CHRIS HANI DISTRICT SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK REVIEW JULY 2015 DISTRICT-SCALE SETTLEMENT HIERARCHY The SDF Review has identified an amended hierarchy of settlements in order to guide the DM and LMs in the SETTLEMENTS allocation of appropriate levels of investment in infrastructure and services and to be better able to implement Function of Settlement and Type Location Spatial Development Priorities appropriate land use management strategies. associated typical land uses District Queenstown District-level Administrative Managed urban expansion and It must be noted that the Hierarchy is defined from a district perspective and relates primarily to a • • Centre centre Public-funded Housing development consideration of both current status and function of a centre as well as its prospective future status. This (Lukhanji LM) Major district service centre Urban level of service infrastructure takes into account the priority of Small-Town Regeneration, which forms part of the overall strategic • • for commercial and social development and related investment approach of the REDS. goods and services priorities (i.e. higher order level) to • Centre of educational cater for expansion excellence • Upgrade and maintenance of • Industrial centre for value- existing infrastructure adding processes and local- • CBD Management and focus on based manufacturing (SEZ Urban Aesthetics Hub) • Environmental Management (Game • Residential development Reserve) covering full range of economic bands (High- income – Low-income) Sub-District Cradock (Inxuba • Municipal-scale • Land Management & Administration Centres Yethemba LM) Administrative Centre o CBD Revitalisation and Ngcobo (Engcobo • Municipal-scale service associated planning LM) centre for commercial and • Sustainable Human Settlement Cofimvaba (Intsika social goods and services Programme Yethu LM) • Residential development o Public-funded Housing Lady Frere covering limited range of Development (Emalahleni LM) economic bands (Middle- o Urban level of service income – Low-income) Cala (Sakhisizwe infrastructure & Social LM) • Potential for value-adding Facilities upgrade agro-industrial processes • Maintenance and upgrade of existing • Potential for event-related infrastructure tourism events Local Middelburg • Municipal-scale • Limit urbanization (sustainability) Centres (Inxuba Yethemba Administrative Centre • Urban aesthetics and land use LM) • Local-scale Service Centre management (to support local Hofmeyer for commercial and social tourism) Tarkastad goods and services • Maintenance and upgrade of urban (Tsolwana LM) Residential development level of service infrastructure • Molteno covering limited range of • Environmental management (to economic bands (Middle- (Inkwanca LM) support local tourism) Elliot (Sakhisizwe income – Low-income) LM) • Potential for value-adding Dordrecht agro-industrial processes (Emalahleni LM) ii | Page CHRIS HANI DISTRICT SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK REVIEW JULY 2015 SETTLEMENTS Corridor Description Key Opportunities (REDS) associated with Function of Settlement and Corridor Type Location Spatial Development Priorities associated typical land uses CORRIDOR 3 The N10 from Middelburg Wool production and wool processing; and chip-board Sub-Local Sterkstroom • Minor Administrative • Areas where higher order facilities through Cradock to ALiwal manufacturing were identified as the two activities Centres (Inkwanca LM) Functions should be focused in first instance North with most economic