Residents invited to open days on review of Growth Management Strategy for Blaauwberg Road
05 September 2023
The City of Cape Town is busy preparing a local spatial development framework (LSDF) for the Blaauwberg Road Corridor in Table View. The first step in this process is the review of the 1998 Blaauwberg Road Growth Management Strategy. This is presented in a Discussion Document which is available for public comment until 8 October 2023. Residents and interested and affected parties are invited to attend open days where City officials can answer questions, and receive comments.
The discussion document to be presented at the open days provides relevant and current information about the corridor, and makes proposals for the future LSDF with the intention to address the study area's current and future spatial development needs. Residents and interested parties are encouraged to participate in this very important process.
Open Days:
- Saturday, 9 September 2023, from 10:00 to 14:00 at the Table View Primary School Hall
- Saturday, 16 September 2023, from 10:00 to 14:00 at the Leibrandt van Niekerk Hall
These will be interactive sessions where attendees can learn about the process, engage with the content of the discussion document, meet the project team, and give ideas and suggestions. Posters summarising the discussion document will be up for viewing anytime during the Open Day.
Blaauwberg Road
Blaauwberg Road is an important transport route, covering a distance of approximately 5km from Marine Circle in the west to the intersection with Koeberg Road in the east. The corridor is underdeveloped in scale and potential, and offers an opportunity for urban regeneration.
The City's Urban Planning and Design Department reviewed the existing Blaauwberg Road Growth Management Strategy of 1998. This document is available for public comment until 8 October 2023, and will be used in the drafting of an LSDF to address the corridor's current and future spatial development needs.
To access the document, and submit comments, click here: https://bit.ly/455Ohp8
The discussion document:
- reviews the Blaauwberg Road Growth Management Strategy of 1998
- provides an analysis of the strategy, and explains to what extent it has been implemented
- provides information about recent development trends, issues and challenges in the area, and suggestions on how to address these
- stipulates trends and opportunities
- proposes preliminary ideas for the LSDF
'I encourage local residents from the area and businesses, as well as other stakeholders, to get involved and submit comments. Our ultimate goal is to formulate a future spatial vision for this corridor to guide public and private developments that will strengthen the local economy, and promote and protect the area as a quality tourist destination at the Marine Circle end in particular,' said the City's Deputy Mayor and Mayoral Committee Member for Spatial Planning and Environment, Alderman Eddie Andrews.
For more information, and how to register to be part of the process:
An LSDF determines the development vision for an area on a local level. The City uses the LSDF for guidance when making decisions about development applications and land uses; and in the end, these decisions very much determine what a neighbourhood will look and feel like, a few years down the line.
Once approved, the LSDF for the Blaauwberg Road Corridor will elaborate on and support the spatial development guidelines as set out in the Blaauwberg District Spatial Development Framework, which is a higher order spatial plan for the area.
Caption: The City wants to collaborate with residents and interested and affected parties in the drafting of the local spatial development framework, or neighbourhood plan, for the Blaauwberg Road Corridor in Table View, as indicated in the map. Residents are encouraged to attend the open days later this month where City officials will present the review of the 1998 Blaauwberg Road Growth Management Strategy.
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City of Cape Town, Media Office
