Case Decision - 184109

The Heritage Officers Committee meeting considered your application on 10 August 2023 and site inspection was conducted on 18 August 2023.The proposed project area falls into a moderate fossil sensitivity and has been under cultivation for decades. The Palaeontological Impact Assessment by Professor Marion Bamford indicates that a study area lies on the Pietermaritzburg Formation that rarely has trace fossils and the area is very disturbed.The committee resolved not to object to the proposed development within the limits of the stipulated Fossil Chance Find Protocol and standard conditions.The developer is required to adhere to the following standard conditions:

STANDARD CONDITIONS1. The KwaZulu-Natal Amafa and Research Institute should be contacted if any heritage objects are identified during earth-moving activities and all development should cease until further notice.2. No structures older than sixty years or parts thereof are allowed to be demolished, altered, or extended without a permit from the KwaZulu-Natal Amafa and Research Institute.3. Under no circumstances may any heritage material be destroyed, inundated, collected, or removed from the site unless under the direction of the KwaZulu-Natal and Amafa Research Institute and a heritage specialist.4. Should any remain, that could potentially be human remains be found on-site, the South African Police Service (SAPS) should be contacted, and the KwaZulu-Natal Amafa and Research Institute must be notified immediately. No SAPS official may disturb or exhume such remains, without the necessary permission from the KwaZulu-Natal Amafa and Research Institute.5. No activities are allowed within 50m of a site that contains rock art.6. Sources of all-natural materials (including topsoil, sands, natural gravels, crushed stone, asphalt, etc.) must be obtained in a sustainable manner and in compliance with the heritage and environmental (NEMA) legislation.