Permits to Drive on the Beach and Licences to Operate a Boat-Launching Site
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The Department handles applications for permits to drive on the beach for the purposes of scientific research, recreational use, tourism business and gaining access to private property if there is no other access road. The Department also handles applications for a licence to operate a boat-launching site. The applications are assessed in terms of the National Environmental Management Act, 1998, with specific reference to Section 24(7) of the Act, in respect of the investigation, assessment and communication of the potential impact of the activity being applied for. The Department ensures that these applications are coordinated with other related applications, namely: a lease agreement in terms of the Sea Shore Act, 1935, or an EIA application where construction below the high water mark is being applied for. Based on this assessment, a decision will be made by the Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning whether the activity being applied is authorised or not. The written decision is called a Record of Decision (ROD). This is a legal document setting out conditions required to protect human health and the environment. If the activity is authorised, either a permit or a licence accompanies the Record of Decision - whichever is appropriate. |
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For more information, contact:Janette de Jager Environmental Management Private Bag X9086, Cape Town, 8000 Tel: 021 483 2994 Fax: 021 483 4372 jdejager@pgwc.gov.za |
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Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning (Provincial Government of the Western Cape) |
The content on this page was last updated on 9 September 2004
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