Expansion plans resulted in the need for a permit/license in terms of national and provincial legislation. We proceeded with the required public participation process and Cape EAPrac (Cape Environmental Assessment Practitioners) were appointed to facilitate a Basic Assessment Review (BAR) which was submitted in January 2020. The Department of Environment and Developmental Planning granted the environmental authorisation on 27 July 2020. All the registered ‘Interested and Affected Parties’ were notified of this decision and their right of appeal on 4 August 2020.

Interested and affected parties can go to the following website page to access the relevant background information and information pertaining to the appeal procedure:

www.cape-eaprac.co.za

Melissa MacKay is the designated Cape EAPrac environmental consultant appointed to this task. She can be contacted as follows: