Heritage Practitioner – HIA Management – Urban Panning
Stefan
Stefan is a generalist heritage practitioner, is educated in other fields and specialized in certain areas of Heritage Impact Assessment. For further details see his CV posted below.
HERITAGE RELATED EXPERIENCE: PERCEPTION Heritage Planning
Principal Stéfan de Kock
Date of Birth 1973
Nationality South African
Education B-Tech: Town and Regional Planning (C-Tech, SA)
Environmental Impact Assessment Management (Dublin University, IRL)
Architectural & Urban Conservation (University of Cape Town, SA)
Urban Design Decision Making (University of Cape Town, SA)
Professional Corporate Member of the Irish Planning Institute
Membership Member of the Association of Heritage Assessment Practitioners
Being a Member of the Association of Heritage Assessment Practitioners (AHAP), Stéfan de Kock
is currently involved in the following projects in capacity as Heritage Practitioner:
- · Preliminary Heritage Survey (Red Flag Mapping) for proposed George Western Bypass;
- · Submission of NID / Heritage Impact Assessment for Helderberg International School:
Gustrouw 918/82, Stellenbosch;
- · Preliminary Heritage Survey for Riversdale CBD with draft Heritage Inventory as part of multidisciplinary
“Riversdale Re-vitalisation Programme”;
- · Preliminary Heritage Survey of George CBD as part of investigation for proposed George
Mobility Strategy, initiated by the Western Cape Provincial Department of Transport;
- · Assist George Municipality in compilation up of a tender for the appointment of professionals
to undertake Heritage Inventory for the George Municipal Area;
- · Preliminary Heritage Survey for proposed re-development of Erf 1268, Wilderness (Fairy
Knowe Hotel;
- · Assist George Municipality in drawing up of a tender for the appointment of professionals to
undertake Heritage Inventory for George;
- · The following submissions in terms of Section 38 of the National Heritage Resources Act,
1999 (Act 25 of 1999) (not all mentioned here):
– Mooikloof Residential Estate, Hansmoeskraal 202/21, 23, 24, 48 & 48, George (NID);
– Monteniqua Sports Academy and Forest Estate, Houtbosch 212/33, 47, 50 and Farm
216/5, 8, 9, Remainder, George (NID);
– Camdeboo Eco Reserve, Bo Plaat 287 and De Vreede 286, Graaff Reinet (NID);
– Residential development, Kraaibosch 195/3, George (NID, HIA);
– Residential development, Erven 1992 and 2646, Great Brak River (NID, HIA);
– Residential development, Erf 2098, Plettenberg Bay (NID, HIA);
– Residential development, Erven 923 and 6212, Oudtshoorn (NID, HIA);
– Stonehouse Country Estate, Hillview 437/9, Knysna (NID);
– Boutique hotel, Houtbosch 212/51, George (NID);
– Kwanokuthula Housing Extension, Plettenberg Bay (NID);
– Heidevallei Land Reform Project, Knysna (NID, HIA)
– Extension of Eastford Bulk Services Infrastructure (NID);
– Extension of Kraaibosch Bulk Sewer line – Phase Two (NID);
– Tarka Land Claim, Mossel Bay (Land Claim Commission) (NID, HIA);
– Agricultural development, Abrahamskraal, Prince Albert (NID);
– Residential development, Erf 419 (Reebok), Mossel Bay (NID);
– Residential development, Erf 1115 (Tergniet), Mossel Bay (NID);
– Duinekraal Residential Estate, Duinekroon 591/ Remainder, (Still Bay) Riversdale (NID);
– Residential development, Kraaibosch 195/ 256, 273, George (NID, HIA);
– Hotel development, Gansevallei 444/38, Plettenberg Bay (NID);
– Borcherds bus depot, George Mobility Strategy (NID);
– Social Housing project, Astley 439/2, 22, Plettenberg Bay (NID);
- · Application for permit to demolish structure older than 60 years in terms of National Heritage
Resources Act, 1999 (Act 25 of 1999): Erf 22 (Oaklands), Johannesburg.
From September 2001until February 2004, he joins An Bord Pleanala (Irish National Planning
Appeals Board), a Directorate of the Irish National Department of Environment, Heritage and Local
Government. Here he gains extensive knowledge on particularly high- and medium density urban
residential projects, urban conservation, rural- and agricultural related projects. Heritage-related
projects researched and adjudicated includes the following (copies of these reports available on
request):
- · Construction of 5 x four bedroom detached dormer dwellings, 4 x three bedroom semidetached
dwellings, 5 apartment blocks each containing 1 x two bedroom apartment and 1 x
one bedroom apartment as well as associated site works at Rosses Upper, Rosses Point,
Sligo (PL027.125453);
- · Demolition of existing double storey building and construction of new office building for
Wexford County Council at Hill Street, Wexford (PL085.126065, PL85.201523);
- · Construction of eleven dwellings, Bawn Street, Strokestown, County Roscommon
(PL027.127097);
- · Marina basin, link to existing canal, toilet block, refuse store, general stores, petrol- and diesel
pumps, 6 dwellings and new service road from public road at Old Schoolhouse to proposed
development, including services, small sewerage treatment plant and car parking area at
Mount Plunket, Lecarrow, County Roscommon (PL027.126488);
- · Demolition of existing three storey building and construction of new three storey building with
basement storage, licensed restaurant/take-away on ground floor level and office space on
first- and second floor levels at 31a John Street, Waterford (PL31.127607);
- · Refurbishment and change of use of a Martello Tower (a protected structure) to an archive at
Brighton Vale, Seapoint, County Dublin (PL06D.128362);
- · Demolition of existing 2 storey office building; removal of adjacent on grade car park; Mixed
development comprising Office space at ground- and first floor levels; 5 two-bedroom
apartments; 1 two-bedroom maisonette; 1 one-bedroom apartment at first- and second floor
levels together with associated services and development works at 7-12 Baggot Court, Dublin
2, County Dublin (PL29D.129210);
- · Construction of three 52m high wind turbines and ancillary works at Gibraltar, Stratford-on-
Slaney, County Wicklow (PL27.130834);
- · Construction of a two-turbine wind farm consisting of turbine towers not exceeding 71m in
height and turbine rotors not exceeding 71.5m in diameter with ancillary buildings and
incidental site works at Kilmullin, Newtownmountkennedy, County Wicklow (PL27.200319);
- · Alterations to shop front and entrance to upper floors at Robert Chambers Hair Salon, 69
Grafton Street, Dublin 2, County Dublin (PL29S.201076);
- · Construction of overhead electricity line of double circuit 110kV from Killowen and
Huntingtown to Banoge, County Wexford (PL26.202379);
- · Demolition of dwelling and construction of 21 apartments and 2 townhouses with revised
vehicular access onto Stillorgan Park Road at Meadow Court, Stillorgan Park, Blackrock,
County Dublin (PL06D.202962).
In December 2002, Stéfan is elected as a Corporate Member of the Irish Planning Institute. He is
also sanctioned by An Bord Pleanala to engage in further studies and completes a Diploma in
Environmental Impact Assessment Management at the Dublin University in 2002. During 2003 he
is also sanctioned to attend the Planning Summer School, held at the University of Wales, under
the auspices of the Royal Town Planning Institute. In December 2003, returns to South Africa and
in February 2004 and founds PERCEPTION Environmental Planning. The focus of this
consultancy is primarily on Urban Planning projects and Heritage Impact Assessment throughout
the Western- and Eastern Cape. In June 2007 completes a course in Architectural & Urban
conservation at the University of Cape Town.
Prior to 2001, he acquired experience within the South African public sector during respective
employment terms with Mossel Bay Municipality, George Municipality and Eden District
Municipality (c. 5.5yrs). He also spent time in the private sector (c. 0.5yrs) when joining Aikman
Architects and Planners as an Urban Planner where he gained experience in various private/
public sector ventures relating to urban development, e.g. proposed re-development programme
for William Porter Reformatory, Tokai.
PERCEPTION Heritage Planning
PO Box 9995, GEORGE, 6530
Fax: 086 510 8357
Mobile: 082 568 4719
E-mail: perceptionenvplg@gmail.com
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