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Pledge Nature Reserve

Posted by seoservices in General on 01 13th, 2009 | no responses

I don’t know how many of you are aware of the controversy surrounding the Oyster Walk development that has effectively cut public access off to the Nature Reserve from Pledge Square but if there ever was an issue that demands answers to questions, this is it. An erf was expropriated during the mid 1990’s for the purposes of providing public access to Pledge. This was subsequently bundled up with private erven and virtually given away so as to facilitate a high density residential development that is improperly zoned business. Planning permission was granted subject to certain conditions such which have not been fulfilled yet despite this the developer was been given the go ahead to commence by the Municipal Clerk and one must ask why?

One of these conditions was that an existing service access road from Fitchat St into the Reserve would be provided for as part of the dvelopment. The developer howevr, has ignored this and has excavated right up to the boundary of the property making the service road impassable. Who is accountable for this development? How did it ever get this far? Why was there no EIA? What right has the Municipal Clerk to overrule conditions set by Council in the Public’s interest?

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