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This site will be updated on: 26 June 2003 at 17:00 |
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AN application for rezoning and subdivision of the property on which an exclusive plastic surgery clinic is proposed on the Franschhoek Pass, has been advertised by the Stellenbosch Municipality. According to the developers of the proposed L'Aubade Mountain Retreat in Franschhoek, the 16-bed plastic surgery clinic and 50-room convalescence section will be geared primarily to the foreign market, offering cosmetic surgery and recuperation services in a single facility. The proposed development will represent a direct investment of R190 million into the local and regional economy. The site that has been identified and purchased by the developers is over 30 hectares in size on the lower slopes of the Middagkrans Mountain on the Franschhoek Pass. Of the total site, approximately 3 hectares will be used for the development of the plastic surgery clinic and convalescence section, together with its related service and amenity areas and infrastructure. A further 1 ha contains existing buildings such as the bottling plant, stables complex, staff housing, visitor's cottages and related infrastructure. In addition, approximately 2 hectares will be turned into landscaped gardens, using existing vegetation and dams as structuring elements. Chittenden Nicks de Villiers (CNdV) was appointed by the developers to manage an integrated environmental planning and management process incorporating EIA and LUPO authorisations. The benefit of integrating the environmental planning and design process with the environmental assessment process is that potential impacts can be addressed early on in the process and the design proposal is able to respond and adapt to the concerns highlighted. The developers purchased the site for its spacious setting and dramatic view, tranquillity and privacy despite proximity to town centre. The mineral water content and water bottling plant was an added benefit as it can be used in the hydration of patients and provides an additional income. "The buildings of the Mountain Retreat aim to sensitively and discreetly 'nestle' into the site to be hidden as far as possible in a forest setting," say the developers. Although the building is stepped to follow the slope, it at no point exceeds 8m or two storeys. "The proposed development provides an opportunity to gain substantial socio-economic benefit from a development that will attract discerning 'quality' visitors whose spending per capita is high and broaden the tourism offer the Valley." Written comments and/or objections must reach the Stellenbosch Municipal Manager by 6 December. For enquiries contact Angelica van der Merwe at the Municipality (808-8255). |
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THE Paarl "town" farms must not be developed, as they make an important contribution to the character of the town, but their conservation will not come cheap as farmers will have to be compensated for their loss of development rights, according to the draft Paarl Farms Land Use Policy Study commissioned by the provincial administration and Drakenstein Municipality. According to the consultant, MCA Planners, retention of the farms will only be possible at a price and the Drakenstein community now has to decide what value they place on these farms. Strong incentives for farming will be required to counter the pressure for development and the success of the proposed policy will to a large extent depend on the willingness of Council to reach binding agreements with farmers that will place them on an equal footing with farmers outside the town. Farmers are faced by tremendous economic constraints and will have to be assisted in converting to more lucrative wine grapes or other crops to make their farms viable. Recommendations in the document include: * Council should offer to purchase the development rights of the farms currently zoned as single residential, based on the difference between the value of the land and the price a developer would pay for the land. In order to finance such payments, Council-owned and provincial land could be sold for development. * The Council should launch an economic development strategy to assist farmers in making capital improvements to their farms, as well as a targeted tourism strategy aimed at encouraging agricultural tourism. * Farms should be taxed at the same rate as farms outside the town, electricity should be provided at the lowest possible cost, irrigation water should be available at cost and access should be guaranteed. * Farmers must have the right to use tractors and spray crops as necessary and Council must co-operate in the control of pests such as fruit flies. * Farmers may also need funding to ensure the conservation of heritage resources on their farms and should also be encouraged to augment their income with auxiliary uses such as guesthouses and boutique wineries. * The issue of accommodation of farmworkers should also be addressed, possibly at alternative locations in the urban area. Council must undertake to assist farmers with this process. * The farms must be proclaimed a special area in terms of the zoning scheme to preserve the integrity of the cultural landscape as a heritage resource in its own right, with conservation guidelines as part of an effective local conservation management system. * A complete growth management plan must be drawn up as a matter of urgency to promote densification and contain urban sprawl. * An urban edge must be defined for a set period of ten to fifteen years to prevent valuable agricultural land on the fringe of the town from being developed. The plan must clearly indicate where the pressure for development in Paarl could be absorbed (which could also lead to reconsideration of the "town" farm policy). Farmers who do not accept the Council's offer of compensation and wish to develop their land will be entitled to do so, but will be faced by an onerous process of which the outcome is uncertain, as it would be in contravention of council policy. Such land application would have to meet with the requirements of the Heritage Resources Act as well as the Subdivision of Agricultural Land Act and the Environment Conservation Act. A heritage impact assessment and environmental impact assessment could be required for each application. Should the policy not be accepted, the Council would have to deal with the situation on an ad hoc basis again which is likely to lead to wholesale development of the farms over time, according to the study. Other options are to allow limited residential development adjacent to existing urban areas, or allow limited residential development of a rural nature for the high income market. Comments on the draft policy must reach the Municipality by 8 November. The document is available for viewing at the municipal planning department in Paarl (room 301) and on the website www.mcaplan.co.za. For enquiries, contact Bisschof Bosman on 807-4834 or Lize Malan of MCA Planners on 685-1150 or mcaplan@gem.co.za. |
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THE light has changed from red, flashed through orange, and is now green for the R240 million shopping mall planned for Paarl South. "We are going ahead," says developer Rodney Squire-Howe of Spire Property Services Group, after the purchase contract with Tiger Foods for the Langeberg site in Cecelia Street was finally signed last week. "We would like to get the main contractor on site in Cecelia Street by early next year, once Tiger Foods has moved part of its production to other parts of the plant and demolished unused buildings." The shopping centre of 35 000 square metres is to be built on 15 hectares of the old Langeberg site between Paarl railway station and Cecelia Street, for completion in 2005. Doors opened for the project after approval by the relevant roads authorities as well as the Drakenstein Municipality, for a reconstructed access road from the N1. After proposals for an access road from the N1 ran into opposition from residents and industries in De Soete Inval and Suider Paarl last year, it was back to the drawing board for the developers. To enable road access to the Mall, the Worcester on-ramp to the N1 must now be moved to the west side of Main Street at the entrance to Paarl. The developers will have to carry the cost for the road reconstruction (including the new off-ramp at Cecelia Street), totalling an estimated R15 million. The N1 bridge over Main Street will be adapted to carry the traffic from the new on-ramp. All necessary approval has been obtained for the access road from the N1, zoning approval and site development plans have been given the go-ahead by the Drakenstein Municipality. Detailed building plans are now being prepared. Negotiations with major national retailers are now being finalised for anchor tenants in the Mall, Squire-Howe said. "We are excited that the development is finally on track and are looking at property investments in Main Street, as there will be major spin-offs from the centre, especially in Paarl South." Plans to erect a giant film studio complex in Paarl had to be ditched earlier this year, when the Tiger Foods premises were sold to the developers of the Paarl Mall. The film studio will now be developed on the Culemborg station premises in Cape Town. The plan to establish the Cape film studio in Paarl at a cost of R100 million, was the brainchild of Anton Nel, Hollywood filmmaker involved with the company Cape Town Motion Picture Studio (CTMPS). CTMPS is partaking in a bidding process for a major film studio in the Western Cape. The consortium found the Paarl premises, with its 78 000sqm of empty buildings, ideally suited to their needs. According to Nel, no additional construction would have been necessary before filming could have started. The site also offered ample space for outside shots and the construction of back lots. "We had a 30 million dollar contract for a television series that we had planned to start shooting on the Langeberg site immediately," Nel said. "But when our offer was declined, the filming moved to Australia." Tiger Brands, owners of the Tiger Foods site, decided not to accept the film company's offer, as they were in the final stages of negotiations with the developers of the shopping mall when the new offer was brought to the table. |
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DIE De Poort museumdorp wat in Suider-Paarl beoog word, gee vandeesweek 'n tree nader aan die werklikheid sedert die Paarl Post 'n jaar gelede vir die eerste keer daaroor berig het. Hersonering van die grond vir die ontwikkeling van dié dorpie naby Paarlstasie word vandag geadverteer en sal na verwagting binne die volgende paar maande afgehandel word. De Poort se hooftrekpleister sal die uitbeelding van die wamakersbedryf tussen 1875 tot 1895 wees. Dié bedryf het daardie tyd 'n opbloei in die Paarl beleef om fortuinsoekers na die goud- en diamantvelde te dra. La-ter is die waens ook na die oorlogsfronte toe. Dit is hierdie era van ekonomiese vooruitgang van die vallei wat deur De Poort voorgestel gaan word in 'n aktiewe lewendige museumdorpie. Die waversameling van die Drakenstein Munisipaliteit is in die bekwame hande van die De Poort-komitee geplaas en sal verskuif word sodra gepaste huisvesting in die erfenisdorpie gebou is, waar dit uitgestal word. Die versameling bly die eiendom van die Munisipaliteit. By hierdie spesiaal-ontwerpte gebou word 'n opelugarena beplan waar die vaardighede van die hanteerders van waens, perde en muile ten toon gestel gaan word aan die publiek. 'n Lid van die De Poort-komitee is reeds hard aan die werk om muile af te rig sodat besoekers ritte kan onderneem op replikas van veerwaens en ander rytuie soos wat deur Domingo, Retief en ander plaaslik gebou is.Tydens beplanning is die behoud van die dennebome op die terrein in gedagte gehou. Gevolglik word die meeste geboue op die rand van die grond geplaas.'n Skool, stadsaal, winkeltjies, tipiese huise en menige ander geskiedkundige voorstellings van die era word beplan vir die aktiewe museumdorpie. Die winkels wat op die grense beplan word, sal 'n dubble doel dien: na buite sal hulle hedendaagse goedere verkoop, maar aan De Poort se kant moet die winkels, winkelassistente en die ware wat te koop aangebied gaan word, eie wees aan die negentiende eeu. Entrepreneurs kan een of beide bedryf soos hulle dit verkies. Om die gebied ten beste te benut, sal parkering op die perseel van Spoornet verskaf word. Dit is in beginsel goedgekeur deur die betrokke owerhede. Sover moontlik is die geboue wat gebou gaan word, eie aan die era en sommiges sal herinner aan ou Paarlse geboue wat gesloop is. Onder hulle is die ingang in Tabakstraat wat herinner aan die ou Paarl Wyn- en Brandewynmaatskappy, die stadsaal grensend aan Hoofstraat het elemente van die ou stadsaal wat afgebrand het en die ou negosiewinkel van weleer in Stasiestraat is ook herkenbaar. Die projek het die ondersteuning van die Drakenstein Munisipaliteit en Raad en dit is positief ontvang deur die gemeenskap. Dit word gesien as 'n belangrike stimulus vir toerisme in die gebied. Die loodskomitee van De Poort (almal vrywilligers) het lang ure gespandeer om bande op te bou met 'n wye spektrum van organisasies en instellings sodat die hele poging so verteenwoordigend as moontlik kan wees. Raadslid Herman Bailey, die onderburgemeester, is afgevaardig om namens die Munisipaliteit op die De Poort Raad te dien, met raadslid Johann von Wielligh as secundus. 'n Lewensvatbaarheidstudie is verlede jaar uitgevoer met fondse bewillig deur die Wes-Kaapse regering. Dit het getoon dat nie net broodnodige direkte werkskepping bevorder sal word nie, maar dat die hele omliggende gebiede finansieel op verskeie maniere kan baat vind by die projek en 'n toename in toeriste. De Poort word ook beskou as 'n belangrike katalisator om verskillende toerisme-besienswaardighede in die omgewing saam te snoer om toerisme te bevorder: waaronder stoomtreine, Het Gesticht, die Slaweroete, Madiba-huis, die Taalroete en Roete 62. Die twee erwe tussen Turk en Pinestraat (een provinsiaal en die ander munisipaal) gaan saamgevoeg word en sal, na kommentaar deur die algemene publiek, hersoneer word vir spesiale besigheidsregte en toerisme. Die Raad het reeds in beginsel die huur van die grond aan De Poort goedgekeur vir 25 jaar met die opsie om te hernu. Alles dui daarop dat die projek 'n bate vir die Drakenstein-area gaan wees, veral vir die gebied om Paarlstasie waar ou geboue na verwagting opgeknap sal word om in te skakel. Besoekers aan De Poort sal teruggevoer word na 'n lewendige, aktiewe dorpie eie aan die tydperk van 1875 tot 1895 en getrakteer word op verskeie spesiale ervaringe: * Werkers in die kompleks gaan in eietydse kostuums geklee wees; * Orkeste gaan musiek maak soos in vervloë dae; * Kinders en volwassenes sal kan deelneem en leer van speletjies van ouds; * Besoekers sal afgeneem word in kostuums van die era; * Die Kaapse Berede Polisie sal marsjeer en hul passies toon met ou gewere; * Families sal pieknieks tipies van die era onder die bome kan hou; * Handvaardighede van die tydperk sal gereeld ten toon gestel word. * Vir die kooplustiges sal daar unieke eietydse artikels te koop wees. Vir navrae, skakel Frances Graves by 863-3902 of epos fegraves@mweb.co.za. Kommentaar op die planne moet die Munisipaliteit bereik voor 17 Mei. * The Municipality has advertised a site in Suider Paarl for rezoning for the purpose of building the proposed De Poort heritage village. |
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THE lavish gates to a newly established upmarket development, Winelands Estate, will roll open in Simondium shortly.At a cost of R300 million, the 190hectare security estate next to the historic farm Simonsvlei, is one of the biggest building projects ever undertaken in the Cape. |
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At the height of building activity, more than a thousand construction workers were on site on any given day. The low density development has a Provencal style, with thick walls, natural stone finishes in earthy tones, wooden windows and doors and is set in vineyards with lavender and herb gardens. The Winelands Hotel and Santé Wellness Centre will be operated by the Southern Sun Group and is scheduled to open in September. The ten-suite five star plus country hotel has restaurants for the residents. Also on the estate is a corporate conference centre, 14 privately owned villas and another 10 fully furnished luxury apartments. The apartments and villas, valued at R155million, was sold out off-plan within six months. Buyers were South Africa's top corporates, including Leon Vermaak (Auto & General) and GT Ferreira (FirstRand), and two international investors. Three villas are now available for re-sale from R5,2m while two apartments are on the market for R3million. Two large dams with an island and water features, wooden broadwalk and bridges, have already lured an abundance of bird life and become home to indigenous vegetation. The hi-tech conference centre is linked by a colonnaded walkway to the hotel and will accommodate 180 delegates with break-away rooms and exhibition space. Phase two will commence later this year and will comprise of an exclusive residential estate with an upmarket farm stall. This will include a gallery, a theatre, restaurant, cheesery, bakery, wine shop and olive press. Each villa is located on more than a hectare planted with vineyard, olive groves and gardens. They are fully maintained outside and offers a hassle-free farming lifestyle. Villa owners are entitled to the annual production of some 350 cases of wine from the newly established vineyards. A wine cellar with a capacity of 500 tons is to be constructed. Seventeen swimming pools are being constructed. Residents will have access to the pools, gym, saunas and jacuzzis. The emphasis of the wellness centre is on pre-emptive corporate health. The new centre boosts 100 bedrooms and 22 treatment rooms. Medical services include dental and aesthetic surgery, with full-time medical officers and physiotherapists during recuperation before and after operations, detoxification and destressing. State of the art equipment has been imported from Germany and a unique indoor swimming pool fitted with light and sound therapy. The hub of the property, the former Akarana vegetable farm, was acquired from Bruce Glazer and Dewcrisp. The Winelands Estate project is the flagship property of Original Developments (Odev), which is owned by entrepreneurs Craig Young, Eduard du Plessis and Joe Kieser. For more information, contact the Winelands Estate sales office at 875-5357. |
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Hierdie pragtige woning is sentraal geleë op 908m² grond. Die huisoppervlak beslaan 268m². Verder bied die woning 4 tot 5 slaapkamers, baie ruim leefareas en pragtige swembad. Houtvloere, houtraam vensters, 'n baie mooi kaggel en droom-kombuis rond die prentjie af. UITSTEKEND GEPRYS: R677 000 Skakel Boland Landmark (021) 871-1020 of Janri Bruwer 082-871-1268 |
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PROPERTY AGENTS Aida 872-2161 - www.aida.co.za |
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