The proposed Global Business Services Campus (Saint Blaize development)
FINAL BASIC ASSESSMENT PROCESS (FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES)
HilLand Environmental have been appointed as the Environmental Assessment Practitioners (EAP) by the applicant, The Rietvlei Realisation Trust, to ensure compliance with regulations contained in the National Environmental Management Act (NEMA Act No. 107 of 1998) and the Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations (2014), as amended, for the proposed global business services campus on a portion of the remainder of portion 7 of farm 225, Mossel Bay (phase 1).
The portion of remainder of Portion 7 of Farm 225, here after referred to as ‘the property’, has an existing Environmental Authorisation (EA) in place for the development of an industrial and business park.
The proposal now is to change from an industrial and business park development to a Global Business Services Campus (Saint Blaize development).
This proposal triggers new listed activities in terms of the NEMA: EIA Regulations (2014, as amended) as it triggers new listed activities not previously contemplated or assessed.
Phase 1 of the development includes the following:
The required road upgrades specified in the Traffic Impact Assessment (TIA) for access from the N2 and Herbertsdale road, construction of the reception, retail, medical, restaurant, offices etc., and parking area within the eastern portion of the property. This phase will be serviced using Municipal services for which the capacity has been confirmed. As the intent of the whole campus development is to be a Nett Zero Carbon – the Phase 2 includes sustainability aspects which will replace and “free up” the initial municipal services provided to Phase 1.
Phase 2 application will follow shortly after the Phase 1 application, as soon as the various required specialist studies become available.
Phase 2 will follow a separate NEMA Application process appropriate to the activities triggered in Phase 2.
The final BAR has been submitted to DEADP for their decision-making purposes. The report and associated appendices as submitted are available to download and view.
Documents
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01. 491 – St Blaize Final Basic_Assessment_Report August 2024
Appendix-A1-Locality-Map-St-Blaize
Appendix-B1-Road-Reserve-Drawing-for-discussion-02-07-24
Appendix-B1-Site Development Plan (full)
Appendix-B1-Site development plan (zoom)
Appendix-B2-Environmental-sensitivities-map
Appendix-C-Photographic-record
Appendix-E2-CapeNature-comments
Appendix-E3-BOCMA-comments, Draft BAR
Appendix-E3-BOCMA-comments, Pre App BAR
Appendix-E3-GA-submission-BOCMA
Appendix-E7-Department-of-Agriculture-Comments
Appendix-E15-Mossel-Bay-Municipal-comments, Draft BAR
Appendix-E15-Mossel-Bay-Municipal-comments, Pre-App BAR
Appendix-E16-Confirmation of services
Appendix-E21-ROD-and-addendums
Appendix-F-01. Public Pariticpation Process (PPP) report, Final BAR
Appendix-F-Annexure-A-Neighbouring-notification
Appendix-F-Annexure-B-Legal-Advert
Appendix-F-Annexure-C-Site-notices, Draft BAR
Appendix-F-Annexure-C-Site-notices, Pre-App BAR
Appendix-F-Annexure-D – List of Registered I&APs final BAR
Appendix-F-Annexure-E-Proof-of-notifications, Pre-App BAR
Appendix-F-Annexure-E-Proof-of-notifications-Reminder, Pre-App BAR
Appendix-F-Annexure-F-Pre-App-comments-received
Appendix-F-Annexure-G-SACAA-submission
Appendix-F-Annexure-G-SANRAL-meeting
Appendix-F-Annexure-H-Notification-on-Draft-BAR Aero Club
Appendix-F-Annexure-H-Notification-on-Draft-BAR
Appendix-F-Annexure-H-Notification-on-Draft-BAR-reminder
Appendix-F-Annexure-H-Notification-on-Draft-BAR-reminder-ANTS
Appendix-F-Annexure-I- Draft BAR comments received
Appendix-G-01.-Socio-economic-assessment
Appendix-G-02.-Addendum-to-Socio-Economic-assessment
Appendix-G-Butterfly-compliance-statement
Appendix-G-Terrestrial-Biodiversity-compliance-statement
Appendix-G-Visual-Impact-Assessment-VIA
Appendix-H-01. Environmental-Management-Programme-EMPr-St-Blaize Final BAR
Appendix-H-Annexure-A-Locality-Map-St-Blaize
Appendix-H-Annexure-B-Road-Reserve-Drawing
Appendix-H-Annexure-B-Site development plan (zoom)
Appendix-H-Annexure-B-Site-Plan, phase 1
Appendix-H-Annexure-C-No-Go-map
Appendix-H-Annexure-D-Basic-Rules-of-Conduct
Appendix-H-Annexure-D-Induction-Register
Appendix-H-Annexure-E-Method-Statement
Appendix-H-Annexure-F-List-of-rescued-plants
Appendix-H-Annexure-G-List-of-protected-species-from-acts
Appendix-H-Annexure-H-CV-of-EAP
Appendix-I-Screening-Tool-Report-road
Appendix-I-Site-Sensitvity-Verification-Report
Appendix-K-Need-and-Desirability-input
Appendix-L-Engineering Services Report Rev 01_21-08-2024
Appendix-L-Stormwater-Management-Report – 29 Aug 24
Appendix-M-Geotechnical-report-Saint-Blaize-Mossel-Bay
Appendix-N-Groundwater-impact-assessment
Appendix-P-Saint-Blaize-TIA-20231006
Appendix-Q-SAINT-BLAIZE-MEPF-CONCEPT-DESIGN-REPORT-REVA
Appendix-R-Saint-Blaize-GBSC-Planning-Memorandum-rev11-signed
Appendix-S-No-Go-Alternative-SDP
Appendix-S-Site-Alternative-Municipal-correspondence