Backlash over KZN golf estate development
Durban North residents want to stop eThekwini Municipality’s plans to begin the development of a 75-year-old golf course into a multimillion-rand coastal estate.
The Sunday Tribune reports that plans are under way by Beachwood Investments to develop the green lung into a housing and recreational estate. It bought the private Beachwood Course from the Durban Country Club in 2017.
Residents have until 12 December to submit their written objections to the eThekwini Land Use Management offices and many of them are saying ‘no’ to the development.
More than 100 residents met at the Beachwood Golf Course on Thursday to voice their disapproval.
Chairperson of the Durban North Residents Association, Vanessa Knight, said the developers had bought the property for R100m.
Environmental law specialist Jeremy Ridl said the development could escalate issues faced by the residents.
There were town-planning issues such as traffic congestion and not having enough stormwater and sewage pipelines.
Gavin Strydom, the CEO of Edstan Construction, said the development was centred on a sustainable, environmentally conscious initiative that would leave the neighbourhood better off.
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