CH5 A PROJECT DESCRIPTION - 14jul17
CH5 A PROJECT DESCRIPTION - 14jul17
CH5 A PROJECT DESCRIPTION - 14jul17
On Lot 26413 Mukim Setapak and Lot 3538 Mukim Ulu Kelang, Kuala Lumpur
For Nova Pesona Sdn Bhd July 2017
CHAPTER 5
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
5.1 BACKGROUND
5.1.1 General
Nova Pesona Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of Tan & Tan Development Sdn Bhd, is the developer
responsible for the planning, construction and management of the above-mentioned Project.
Nova Pesona is committed to meet all statutory requirements relevant to the development
which includeds environmental aspects prescribed under the Environmental Quality Act, 1974
and related regulations.
5.1.2 History
In 1983, the Bandar Baru Ladang Hawthornden project masterplan was approved by DBKL.
The owner was Landmarks Land & Properties Sdn Bhd and the developer was Peremba
Berhad. Our proposed Project is located in a portion of the R-12 section of that approved
masterplan. Refer to Figure 3.1A in Chapter 3 for the approved masterplan for Bandar Baru
Ladang Hawthornden
In 2003, Nova Pesona Sdn Bhd was formed in an agreement between Landmarks Land &
Properties Sdn Bhd and Tan & Tan Developments Bhd. Nova Pesona Sdn Bhd, was given
the responsibility for the planning, construction and management of this Project.
The chronology of activities and approvals from March 2003 until June 2015 is provided in
Appendix 3.4D.
A summary of the key approvals is provided in Figure 5.1.2A: Timeline Flowchart of Key
Approvals
On 6th October 2005, the DO approval was obtained for development in Parcel 3 (Refer
Appendix 3.4C)
Erosion and Sediment Control Plan (ESCP) and Storm Drainage (MSMA) from
JPS,
Geotechnology Report from JKR Cerun and IKRAM
Thus the amended Master Plan Layout obtained conditional approval from DBKL in July
2015. One of the conditions stated that the extension to the DEIA approval conditions be
obtained before any earthworks can be carried out.
5.2 LOCATION
The Project site is located on Lot 26413, Mukim Setapak and Lot 3538, Mukim Ulu Kelang,
Kuala Lumpur. This area is known as Sector R12, Bandar Baru Wangsa Maju, Kuala Lumpur.
It is approximately geo-referenced at 3o 11’ 40” N and longitude 101o 44’ 59” E.
Approximate distances (“as the crow flies”) to nearby major urban centres are:
Kuala Lumpur (Dataran Merdeka): 8 km, southwest of the site
Petaling Jaya (Menara MBPJ): 15 km, southwest of the site
Shah Alam (Stadium Malawati): 25 km, southwest of the site
Rawang: 23 km, northwest of the site
The Project site can be accessed along its western boundary, via Jalan 1/27c, from Jalan
34/26 in Seksyen 5 Wangsa Maju. Major roads and highways leading to the site include:
Jalan Genting Kelang, to the west of the site
Lebuhraya Duta – Ulu Kelang (DUKE), to the south of the site
Middle Ring Road 2 (MRR2), to the east and north of the site
Figure 5.2A shows the major roads surrounding the project site.
The project area is under the jurisdiction of Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur (DBKL) as the
Local Authority.
5.3 CONCEPT
Approximately 54 hectares of hilly terrain will be developed under this project located in Sector
R12 of Projek Pusat Pertumbuhan Bandar Baru. The hill slope development project
comprising 1,212 high-end residential and commercial units adopts a “landed strata residential
development within a gated community” concept.
As an aesthetically luxurious residential estate, the project is creatively designed for houses
on slopes, suspended car parks and cascading drainage. A gated community enhances
security and privacy for the contentment of its residents. Ambient landscaping and retention
of existing vegetation as green lungs and buffers is an important inclusion for the project.
Due to the sensitive hilly terrain, and after much study and recommendation by the
geotechnical consultants, the original concept of strata housing was maintained.
The development will therefore follow the topography of the site, involve minimal earthworks,
and minimal clearing (clear only the building plinth area and build on stilts).
A larger portion of the site will remain green with the incorporation of a Linear Park, Green
Area to the east of the Telecom road to be surrendered to DBKL, and green areas around the
strata buildings. The Linear Green Park will provide vegetated buffer of up to 200m as well
as hiking trail and viewing decks for recreation.
Figure 5.3A shows the overall extent of green area including landscaped open spaces within
building lots.
The development is designed with a density of 9 units/acre or 45 persons per acre. This is
lower than the norm for development within DBKL of 12 units/acre or 60 persons per acre.
The plot ratio for commercial and recreation area is 1:3. This is relatively lower than the
standard of 1:1.25 as outlined by the Town and Country Planning Department. The layout of
the development takes into consideration factors such as the sensitive topography and
landform of the area, access roads and existing surrounding development in Wangsa Maju.
The components of the development is provided in Table 5.5a. and the Layout Plan is shown
in Figure 5.5A and also attached in Appendix 5.1.2A.
The Project comprises 1,212 residential units, including low and medium rise condominium
units, strata villas, strata town houses, strata terrace houses, and a bungalow unit; a
commercial village near the entrance, Linear Recreational Park, green area and related
amenities.
A. RESIDENTIAL
2 Condominium 6-12 storey 300 6.04 2.44 4.66
3 Bungalow & Guard House 1 0.26 0.11 0.20
4 Strata Town House 5-6 storey 136 9.43 3.82 7.27
5 Strata Town House 5-6 storey 130 6.84 2.77 5.27
6 Strata Town House 6-7 storey 178 7.79 3.15 6.00
7 Strata Link House 3-4 storey 42 5.80 2.35 4.47
8 Strata Town House 6-7 storey 93 14.99 6.07 11.56
9A Condominium 5-6 storey 137
20.35 8.23 15.69
9B Villa Strata 21
10 Strata Town House 5-6 storey 174 10.35 4.19 7.98
Sub-Total Residential 1,212 81.85 33.12 63.10
B. COMMERCIAL
1 Commercial Plot
(Clubhouse, Sales, Management, 1 3.54 1.43 2.73
Security and Recreation)
Sub-Total Commercial 1 3.54 1.43 2.73
C. OPEN SPACE
Linear Recreation Park (surrendered) 25.87 10.47 19.95
Green Area (surrendered) 6.26 2.53 4.83
Sub-Total Open Space 32.13 13.00 24.78
D. INFRASTRUCTURE/UTILITIES
Main Distribution Substation (PPU) 1 - - -
Electrical Substation (PE) 12 - - -
Detention Pond (Wet) 1 0.29 0.12 0.23
Water Tank & Pump House 4 1.58 0.64 1.22
Drainage Reserve 1.26 0.51 0.97
Utilities and Service Corridor 9m 0.17 0.07 0.13
Road Reserve 8.88 3.59 6.85
Sub-Total Infrastructure /Utilities 18 12.18 4.93 9.40
The proposed residential units are located based on terrain and and land suitability. The
highrise condominiums are located in the western portion of the site (Parcel 2), next to the
Commercial Plot. The plot density for the highrise condominium is 39.27 units/acre and 157
persons per acre. The lowrise condomium units (137 units) are located in Parcel 9, near the
Villa Strata units at the southern portion of the site.
The lowrise (5-6 storey) condominiums will be located along the higher contours, while the
highrise (6-12 storey) will be located along the lower elevations. The rationale for this relative
placement of lowrise and highrise buildings is as follows:
a) The lowrise condominiums have a smaller building plinth and require less earthworks.
b) The placement of the various condominium blocks based on density and contour
heights will provide a building layout that is consistent with the slopes, and provide the
units with unimpeded views
c) Apart from enhancing the aesthetic value of the proposed project, the proposed layout
has better marketing potential as the comfort of the residents have been considered in
the design.
A 3-storey Bungalow and Guard house will be located in Parcel 3 next to the highrise
condominium units of Parcel 2.
The Villa Strata (21 units) or detached houses will be located in the southern portion of the
site (Parcel 9B), at the higher contour levels. The Villa Strata units are located near the lowrise
condominium units. The Villa Strata in Parcel 9B will be sold as individual lots, and the design
for the detached houses in each of the lots has not been decided as yet. Hence, the building
plinth of the Villa Strata have not been drawn in the Development Layout Plan at this time.
Strata Town Houses of 5, 6 and 7 storey height, will be spread out along the main road in
Parcels 4, 5, 6, 8 and 10. In all there will be 711 units of Strata Town Houses. Plot densities
for the Strata Town Houses will range from 6.62 units/acre to 23 units/acre.
Strata Link Houses (42 units) of 3-storey height, are located in Parcel 7. This type of residential
units have been included to provide diversity and added marketability to this Project.
The commercial plot is located within a plot of 3.54 acres, with gross floor area of 322,011
sq.ft. and plot ratio of 1:3. The commercial plot is situated at the entrance of the site, in Parcel
1 which is in the western portion of the site. The commercial buildings in this plot will house
the following:
a) Sales Office
b) Management Office
c) Guard house
d) Club house
e) Recreational Club
f) Retail shops to serve the community needs
Some of the recreational facilities that would be provided here are gymnasium, swimming pool
and landscaped park. The Club House and Recreational Club will help to enhance positive
social interaction amongst the community within the proposed development. At the same time
this would encourage the residents to maintain a healthy lifestyle by participating in
recreational activities, both active and passive.
in Wangsa Maju, and joined with the adjacent green area of Bukit Dinding. Nature
trails will be provided to enable residents and other users to enjoy the natural beauty
of the hill slopes.
c) Private Open spaces situated within the strata development plots. The developer will
provide park benches and shelters, children’s playground, recreational centre, park
lighting, nature trail and boardwalk. ‘
The overall the open spaces provided will exceed the minimum requirement of 10% stipulated
by DBKL. Not including the landscaped green area within the building plots, the open spaces
provided by the developer comprise 24.78% of the overall project site area.
The provision of open spaces is an important factor in the development as it balances the
natural vegetation with the building structures. Besides providing pleasing aesthetical value,
the open spaces act as green lung for the Project and surrounding development.
All road junctions and dead ends will be treated as open space or private garden to the nearest
residential unit. The landscape plan for treating these open spaces seek to beautify the areas,
ensure that that no portion of the site is neglected, provide temperature equilibrium and
diversity of plant life.
Some of the original flora observed on the project site, such as Alstonia sp. (Pulai), Artocarpus
altilis (Sukun), Artocarpus elsticus (Terap) and Leucaena leucofephala (Petai Belalang) will
be replanted at road intersections and other appropriate locations within the project site.
Figure 5.5.6A shows the type and distribution of the open spaces within the project site.
5.5.7.1 Roads
The proposed project will be equipped with an internal road system connecting the
developmet to the existing roads surrounding the project site. The proposed Project, when
fully operational, is expected to generate and attract additional traffic volume as shown in
Table 5.5.7.1a
It is envisaged that all traffic from the the proposed project will use Jalan 1/27c which provides
the connection to the main arterial road (Jalan 8/27a and Jalan 34/26) as the main access
road and the primary entry and exit point to the project site at the northwest corner of Parcel
1 (Figure 5.5.7.1A). A second access point provides the linkage to Jalan Bukit Setiawangsa
at the south portion of the Parcel 1. Finally, the third access point is via the road to the Telekom
Tower at the southeast portion of the site.
The second and third access junctions are expected to be used by only a limited number of
vehicles due to the physical features on-site and the layout planning. Intra circulation and
movement within the proejct site will be based on the road breaches determined from land use
considerations and subject to DBKL’s approval.
5.5.7.2 Drainage
The drainage system has been designed to follow the natural course. The main drains withint
he development will be designed as lined channels to permit better hydraulic conveyance
capacities within a limited reserve width. These are either of the form of pre-fabricated pre-
cast U or L sections or as rubble liined trapezoidal drains.
The drainage system has been designed according to the Urban Stormwater Management
Manual published by the Drainage and Irrigation Department, and discussions with the
relevant officer. About 100 on-site detention tanks (OSD) of various sizes have been provided
for the development, whereby small OSD tanks are provided for Strata Terrace and Villa Strata
units, while large OSD tanks are provided for a group of Strata Town House blocks or
Condominium blocks. The indicative locations of the OSDs are shown in Figure 5.5.7.2A.
Surface runoff from the northern portion of the project site will be channelised drains that
discharge into the main drains of Seksyen 6 Wangsa Maju, finally discharging into Sg. Gisir
located to the north of the site. Surface runoff from the south, west and east will be conveyed
to the main drains in Seksyen 5 Wangsa Maju, which also discharge into Sg. Gisir. (Figure
5.5.7.2B)
The Drainage Layout Plan showing the various components of the drainage system is
attached in Appendix 5.5.7.2A – MASMA Report.
5.5.7.3 Sewerage
The population equivalent from the proposed Project is estimated to be 6,958 PE. Thus it is
estimated that the proposed Project will generate about 1,600 m3/day of sewage.
Based on guideline provided by the Central Planning Unit, Indah Water Konsortium Sdn Bhd,
all sewage generated from the proposed Project shall be conveyed to the Bunus Regional
Sewage Treatment Plant, before discharge to Sg. Gombak. The Bunus Regional STP is also
referred to as the Bunus Centralized STP or CSTP. The Bunus CSTP is undergoing upgrading
works and is expected to be completed by year 2020. The Bunus Rationalization project under
the Greater Kuala Lumpur Package D44, which involves the main sewerage network and
network pumping stations, is also under construction and expeced to be completed by year
2020. The Indah Water Konsortium (IWK) has no objection to the development to be
connected to the Bunus CSTP, subject to some conditions. The “no-objection” letter from
IWK, dated 28 June 2017, is attached in APPENDIX 5.5.7.3A.
Transforming and cleaning up the Klang river requires an intergrated approach that stops
pollution at the source. Effluent from sewage contributes to more than 50% of the pollutants
in the rivers, thus two of the initiatives that focus on the STPs include:
Upgrading existing sewerage facilities to reduce pollution in the Klang river
Existing regional sewage treatments must be expanded to cater for future growth.
The rationalization of existing small STPs to Network Pumping Stations and the upgrading of
regional CSTPs (in terms of size and capacity) are components of the ROL project focusing
on the cleanup of the Klang River. This includes the rationalization of assets in the Bunus
Sewerage Catchment and the upgrading of the Bunus CSTP.
Bunus CSTP
The information regarding the Bunus CSTP is based on discussion with Mr Eng Wee Ean of
Sepakat Setia Perunding Sdn Bhd (SSP), the Senior Engineer in charge of the design for the
upgrading of the Bunus CSTP. Reference is also made to the Terms of Reference in the
“Dokumen Pelawaan untuk Perkhidmatan Perundingan Bagi Projek Pembinaan Loji Rawatan
Kumbahan Serantau Bujus, Kuala Lumpur” by Jabatan Perkhidmatan Pembetungan (JPP),
December 2015.
The Bunus CSTP covers a total sewerage catchment of 70 km2 comprising Gombak, Bunus
and the Ampang-Ulu Kelang areas including TAR College, Wardieburn Camp and Wangsa
Maju. The Bunus CSTP is currently being upgraded to cater for an ultimate PE of 1.1 million
PE by year 2035. This upgrading project is one of the River of Life (ROL) projects under the
Greater Kuala Lumpur / Klang Vally (GKL/KV) Economic Transformation Programme.
The Bunus CSTP is located on Lot Nos. 28099, 28100 and 30129 Mukim Wilayah
Persekutuan, at 3o11’06.3” N and longitude 101o42’53.6 E. The area allocated for the Bunus
CSTP is approximately 19.387 hectares. The Bunus CSTP is located at Jalan Chan Chin Mooi,
adjacent to the PDRM Golf Course in Taman Titiwangsa. It is approximately 4 km to the west
of the Project site (Figure 5.5.7.3A).
The sewerage catchment area served by the Bunus CSTP, is shown in Figure 5.5.7.3B, and
is denoted as Zone 3 in the ROL Project. Under the ROL sewerage masterplan, about 70 to
80 smaller STPs in Zone 3 are being rationalised and converted to Network Pumping Stations
(NPS), conveying sewage to the Bunus CSTP.
ZONE
3A
Project
Site
KLR289
ZONE
3B
ZONE
3C
The Bunus sewerage catchment is further divided into 3 sub-catchments, described in Table
5.5.7.3a. The proposed Wangsa Maju (R-12) project site is located in Zone 3C.
Source: Terms of Reference for C&S Engineering and M&E Engineering Consultancy Services for
Pembinaan Loji Rawatan Kumbahan Serantau Bunus, Kuala Lumpur, Dec. 2015
The Bunus CSTP comprises two treatment plants – known as KLR124 and KLR347. These
two treatment plants are located side by side, as shown in Figure 5.5.7.3C. The details of
the Bunus CSTP is summarised in Table 5.5.7.3b.
Source: Terms of Reference for C&S Engineering and M&E Engineering Consultancy Services for
Pembinaan Loji Rawatan Kumbahan Serantau Bunus, Kuala Lumpur, Dec. 2015
All sewage collected via the sewerage networks in the Bunus sewerage catchment will be
conveyed to the final Network Pumping Station (NPS) at KLR289, before being pumped to the
Bunus CSTP (KLR124 and KLR347).
From the final NPS at KLR289, raw sewage from Zone 3 catchment is pumped via two parallel
force mains to the Bunus CSTP main inlet distribution chamber. From the main inlet dstribution
chamber, appropriate quantities of the raw sewage will be distributed to KLR124 and KLR347
respectively. (For now, all incoming sewage flows into KLR347 for treatment, as KLR124 is
undergoing upgrading work.)
Treated effluent from KLR124 and KLR347 will combine in a common Final Effluent Chamber
before discharging to Sg. Gombak. Monitoring of treated effluent at the Final Effluent Chamber
will be conducted every month, and the results submited to Jabatan Alam Sekitar.
Entrance to KLR 347 portion of Bunus Regional STP from Jalan Chin Chin Mooi
The KLR124 was formerly an Aerated Lagoon (AL) system, catering for 50,000 PE and was
taken over by IWK in 1994. At present the KLR124 does not receive any inflow as it is being
upgraded to a Sequential Batch Reactor (SBR) system. The SBR system is capable of
ensuring enhanced treated levels while requiring smaller spatial footprint compared to
convential systems. The upgraded KLR124 (SBR system) will have a treatment capacity of
750,000 PE (ultimate design PE in 2035), and construction work is expected to be fully
completed by year 2020. The operation and maintenance of the overall Bunus CSTP will be
undertaken by IWK Unit Operations.
Entrance to construction site from Lorong Ayer Jernih 1 (off Jalan Ayer Jerneh)
Based on the Terms of Reference information from JPP, the effluent discharged from the
overall CSTP is required to comply with a more stringent standard compared with the
regulatory Standard A (see Table 5.5.7.3c below).
Source:
1. JPP KeTTHA, Dec 2015. “Dokumen Pelawaan untuk Perkhidmatan Perundingan Bagi
Projek Pembinaan Loji Rawatan Kumbahan Serantau Bunus, Kuala Lumpur.” Dec. 2015
2. SPAN, January 2009. “Malaysian Sewerage Industry Guidelines, Volume 4: Sewage
Treatment Plants”. 3rd Edition.