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CNdV africa (Pty) Ltd. draft SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK

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5.14 LUTZVILLE (population: + 8 000) (IDP 2012 – 2017)

5.14.1 SPATIAL ANALYSIS, see Figures 5.14.1.1

Sub-regional location

• Lutzville is strategically located on the northern bank of the Olifants River at the point where the R363 deviates northwards

towards Nuwerus, past Koekenaap and the Namakwa Sands mineral separation plant from the river corridor which

proceeds westwards to Ebenhaezer and the estuary;

• It is only 24 km from Vredendal. This is a similar spacing to the distance between settlements observed on the Olifants

River corridor between Groblershoop via Upington to Kakamas, intensive irrigation farming areas are able to support

significant settlements in relatively close proximity to each other; and,

• This relatively dense settlement pattern can help to broaden the spatial benefits of development, especially if there is a

strong transport and telecoms network linking the various settlements, rather than all of the benefits accruing to a single

dominant centre at the expense of the smaller satellite settlements.

Layout pattern

• At the macro level the settlement exhibits the typical apartheid layout pattern with the lower income component located

behind wide expanses of vacant land set back from the R363 and behind the industrial area on the R362 (Stasie Street) to

the north;

• There is a relatively new middle income housing area to the east of the industrial area, set back by a wide buffer strip from

the R362 (Stasie Street);

• South of the R363 across a wide expanse of golf course is the more upmarket area of town which also contains the CBD;

• In contrast to most historic CBDs, the two has two CBDs. One being located in the to the south of the main road set back

in the heart of this southern component on Namakwa Street and the other north of the main road along Stasie Street;

• However, commercial activity is developing around the central intersection of the R362 and R363, clearly a more rational

response to the location of economic opportunity arising from passing trade; and,

• There is a small isolated township south of the river known as Lutzville West.

Urban quality

• The general impression on arriving from any direction is that of a settlement comprising isolated neighbourhoods linked by

sterile limited access arterial roads with no real core or heart;

• Lutzville South and east comprise upmarket large houses, generally from the 1950s onwards, in heavily treed gardens;

• Lutzville North is somewhat different in that it is approached along Verkeer Street comprising a concrete brick paved road

lined with palm trees along its southern boundary;

• There is also some evidence of a different approach to design and layout in the first neighbourhoods to be encountered

with more upmarket houses than the remainder of the township exhibiting a verandah and gable architecture as the

town developed two parts. The first part which was built by a mining house, which is a good example of how to channel

corporate resources into an existing urban settlement that results in direct and indirect benefits for the larger community.

While the second part is as a result of subsidized housing; and,

• There is a large community of informal dwellings on the extreme west of this part of Lutzville.

Challenges and potential

• The current move to a more rational settlement development as seen by the recent, development of a filling station and

shops around the intersection of the R363 and R362 (Stasie Street) needs to be promoted. This should be reinforced by

locating the + 400 units proposed in the HSP

and other development so that settlement

become more integrated rather than

dispersed.

Lutzville CBD

Verkeer St entrance Lutzville North

Houses around POS: Lutzville North



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Figure 5.14.1.1 Lutzville: Analysis



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Figure 5.14.2.2 Lutzville: Aerial photograph



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5.14.2 LUTZVILLE: DRAFT SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK, see Figure 5.14.2.1

5.14.2.1 Core landscape areas Notes

• The main arterial routes through Lutzville, currently dividing the town into

quarters need to be reinterpreted as an integrating network of heavily

treed boulevards that serve to create positive entrances to the town as

well as a landscaped spine comprising R362 (Stasie Street), Verkeer

Street, Matsikama and Namakwa Streets; and,

• Verkeer Street into Lutzville North serves as an appropriate precedent

but shade trees rather than the palms used here should be planted.

5.14.2.2 Urban Development Notes

• Further development around the R362/R363 intersection should be

promoted. This should be a guided by a road access management

plan that treats this area as a CBD environment (Road Access Policy,

Chief Directorate Transport, Provincial Administration Western Cape,

Nov 1996) as well as architectural, urban design and landscape

guidelines’; and,

• The proposed low income housing should be located in the vacant

land behind the industrial area, new development area 3 , so as to

help to bring residents of the western side of Lutzville closer to the

available economic opportunities.

5.14.2.3 Heritage Areas Notes

• No heritage area or point resources have been identified, however, all

development fronting onto the main road framework as identified

below should be subject to architectural, urban design and landscape

guidelines.

5.14.2.4 Urban Restructuring Notes

• Two main components to achieve this are proposed:

o The network of heavily treed boulevards onto which direct access

should be given, commercial and higher density residential

development promoted, and buildings that should be subject to

architectural, urban design and heritage guidelines;

o New development, such as the proposed low income housing

should be located on land whose location will serve to integrate

the currently separate components of the settlement; and,

• Care should be taken with the aesthetic appearance of such

development. There are already various good examples of an

acceptable approach to be found in the northern parts of Lutzville.

These can serve as appropriate precedent for other settlements in the

municipality.

R362 between south and north

Proposed site for new CBD

Well located vacant land



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Figure 5.14.2.1 Lutzville: Spatial Development Framework



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