Cape Town’s central city is set to become one of the most sought after areas in which to live, work and play thanks to a groundbreaking strategy created by the City of Cape Town and the Cape Town Partnership.

The strategy, which is entitled ‘Central City Development Strategy’, has been jointly created by various stakeholders. It details a shared vision for the future of the area, and a preferred development path and implementation plan.

One of the outcomes of the strategy is the compilation of a set of guidelines for development. These guidelines respond to the unique character and economic role of a number of precincts and have been prepared in order to address objectives relating to land use mix, density and height, bulk, street interface and other town planning conditions.

The guidelines have been formulated as a response to and translation of adopted policies and frameworks and are not intended as replacements or duplications thereof. The focus is on ways in which decision making relating to the development of sites and buildings can achieve and support the policies’ aims and bring the central city closer to the vision outlined in the strategy.

Click here to download the document. The document is also available for reading at subcouncils 15 and 16 and at the following public libraries: Kloof Street, Woodstock, Sea Point, Central, Observatory and Vredehoek. Public comments will be gathered via a specially designated meeting, the details of which are being finalised. Further details will be communicated via the press and on the City’s website.

Queries may be directed to berendine.irrgang@capetown.gov.za.