Rectification of the Unlawful Construction of an Agrochemicals Storage Facility on Erf 509, Willow Park Manor X65, N4 Gateway Park, Pretoria, City of Tshwane Municipality, Gauteng Province

The construction included the building of a warehouse facility which includes:
 Admin section
 Ablution facilities
 Washroom facilities for staff
 Storm water junction box and other stormwater related infrastructure.
 Existing access road from the Amatole Road
 Existing municipal connections to electricity, sewage and water services.
No processing or formulation takes place in the warehouse.
The storage include chemicals classified as dangerous goods and thus triggered activities listed in Listing Notice 2 of the National Environmental Management Act, 1998 (Act 107 of 1998) (NEMA) as follows:
Listing Notice 2 (Activity 4): The development and related operation of facilities or infrastructure, for the storage, or storage and handling of a dangerous good, where such storage occurs in containers with a combined capacity of more than 500 cubic metres.
All activities listed in Listing Notice 2 require that a full Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) comprising of scoping and impact assessment phases be undertaken as stipulated in GNR982 of the NEMA, as amended by GNR326 of 2017, and amended in 2021. As no authorisation was obtained prior to the commencement of construction, this triggered a S24G Application process.

Province(s): Gauteng