uct heritage park management framework - University of Cape Town

Table of contents
1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................... 1
1.1 Background to the study ............................................................................................ 1
Figure 1: Aerial view of the context of the UCT Heritage Park consisting of the
Forest and Dam Precincts ............................................................................... 2
Figure 2: Aerial view of the University of Cape Town campus showing the Forest
and Dam Precincts. ......................................................................................... 3
1.2 Site description .......................................................................................................... 3
1.3 Terms of reference .................................................................................................... 3
1.4 Study process ............................................................................................................ 4
1.5 Purpose of this document .......................................................................................... 5
2 LEGAL, POLICY AND PLANNING CONTEXT.......................................................................... 5
2.1 National legislation, policy and planning .................................................................... 5
2.1.1 The Constitution (Act 108 of 1996) ........................................................................... 5
2.1.2 The National Water Act (Act 36 of 1998) .................................................................. 5
2.1.3 The National Environment Management Act (NEMA) (Act 107 of 1998) ................. 6
2.1.4 The National Environmental Management Biodiversity Act (NEMBA) (Act 10
of 2004) ..................................................................................................................... 6
2.1.5 The Conservation of Agricultural Resources Act (CARA) (Act 43 of 1983) ................ 7
2.1.6 The National Veld and Forest Fire Act (Act 101 of 1998) .......................................... 7
2.1.7 The National Heritage Resources Act (NHRA) (Act 25 of 1999) ................................ 7
2.1.8 The Rhodes' Will (Groote Schuur Devolution) Act (Act 9 of 1910) ........................... 7
2.2 Provincial legislation, policy and planning .................................................................. 7
2.2.1 Western Cape Land Use Planning Ordinance (LUPO) (Ordinance 15 of 1985) ......... 7
2.2.2 The Western Cape Provincial Spatial Development Framework (PSDF) ................... 7
2.3 Local legislation, policy and planning .......................................................................... 8
2.3.1 Cape Metropolitan Area: Guide Plan (Urban Structure Plan), 1988 ......................... 8
2.3.2 Metropolitan Spatial Development Framework (MSDF), 1996 ................................ 8
2.3.3 CMOSS: An Open Space Strategy for the City of Cape Town (CMOSS) (2005) ......... 8
Figure 3: The site and broad locality as represented in the Draft CMOSS ..................... 9
2.3.4 The Scenic Drive Network: Management Plan: February 2002 ................................ 9
2.3.5 Cape Town Spatial Development Framework, 2012 and the Spatial
Development Plan: District H – Final Draft, 2011 ..................................................... 9
Figure 4: Extract from the Southern District SDP: Composite ...................................... 11
Table 1: Environmental Impact Management Table: Cultural and Heritage areas
– adapted from the City of Cape Town SDP –EMF Final Draft (2011). .......... 12
2.3.6 Draft Cape Town Development Edge Policy, August 2009 ..................................... 13
2.3.7 The City of Cape Town’s Integrated Metropolitan Environmental Policy
(IMEP): Cultural Heritage Strategy (2005) ............................................................... 14
2.3.8 Groote Schuur Estates Landscape Management Plan (LMP) 1992 ......................... 15
Figure 5: Groote Schuur Estates Landscape Management Plan .................................. 16
2.3.9 Conservation Development Framework (CDF): 2006-2011, Volume 1,
Prepared by South African National Parks (SANParks): Table Mountain
National Park (TMNP) .............................................................................................. 17
2.3.10 Groote Schuur Estate: Conservation and Development Framework: Phase 1
Analysis and Preliminary recommendations, June 2002 by CNdV. ......................... 18
UCT Heritage Park Management Framework: Draft Final Report, July 2012