241205005052 - PROPOSED CLOSURE OF ERF 3352 AS A PUBLIC OPEN SPACE AND REZONING OF ERF 3352 AND ERF 3346, SWAKOPMUND EXTENSION 9, FROM PUBLIC OPEN SPACE AND INSTITUTIONAL RESPECTIVELY TO LOCAL BUSINESS WITH BULK 1.0

Swakopmund Municipality intends to apply town planning procedures for the permanent closure of Erf 3352 as a Public Open Space and Rezoning Erf 3352 and Erf 3346 from POS and Institutional respectively to Local Business with Bulk 1.0. In terms of Schedule 5.1 of the Environmental Management Act (Act No. 07 of 2007), () and its regulations (GN No. 30 of 2012), the rezoning of land zoned Public Open Space to any other land use cannot be undertaken without an Environmental Impact Assessment being undertaken. The purpose of the EIA is to asses the potential impacts emanating from the proposed activities as well as to obtain input from the Interested and Affected Parties.