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Submitted | first-name | support | concern | top-concern | message |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2026-06-30 21:45:25 +02:00 | Cornelia | No I do not | All of the above | Procedural Unfairness & Retroactive Approvals | The lack of transparency is problematic- what is being hidden, and why? If there is nothing to be ashamed of, there should also be nothing to hide. |
2026-06-30 21:21:52 +02:00 | Desiree | No I do not | Irreversible Sequence of Environmental & Heritage Approvals | ||
2026-06-30 20:49:57 +02:00 | Keith | No I do not | Fabricated Transport Infrastructure | Pushing proposals through the public process when it is a significant permanent change to the fabric of the city is immoral. Unless transport and sewage factors are taken into account, and leaving enough genuine safe and usable parkland green space in the development, the whole application is based on an agenda that is not in the interest of the broader community, and ultimately those who will be living there. | |
2026-06-30 15:32:53 +02:00 | Jeanette | No I do not | All of the above | Irreversible Sequence of Environmental & Heritage Approvals | |
2026-06-30 15:26:07 +02:00 | Koen | No I do not | All of the above | Fabricated Transport Infrastructure | As a Pinelands resident, I have serious concerns about another big development in/adjacent to Pinelands creating extensive pressure on the existing roads in and around Pinelands. The Conradie hospital development is showing already a huge strain in the mornings for Pinelands residents trying to exit Pinelands. The King David Mowbray Golf Coruse precint is a very big development for a suburb like Pinelands. Even though an additional "exit" is created via the existing Clyde Pinelands, this is not towards the city of Cape Town centre and the strain on the existing road infastructure will be extreme. specifically the intersection Alexandra Road-Raapenberg Road. |
2026-06-30 12:32:55 +02:00 | Shelley | No I do not | Other | There are many old buildings that can be renovated for flats instead of destroying green spaces for greedy developers and City Council just making quick profits . Sewage and infrastructure cannot support such increased densification | |
2026-06-30 10:51:05 +02:00 | Nancy | No I do not | Fabricated Transport Infrastructure | ||
2026-06-29 21:26:13 +02:00 | Stephen | No I do not | All of the above | Procedural Unfairness & Retroactive Approvals | Adding more high density housing to a green belt area will put too much strain on existing infrastructure. It will be better to develop further housing in outlying area's where proper transport infrastructure planning can take place together with sewerage and other services, instead of destroying pleasant sites, such as the golf course, that can be considered heritage sites. We need enough 'green' in between existing urban areas to ensure environmental health. Also further housing development like this proposed need to have their own green areas. |
2026-06-29 20:25:36 +02:00 | Cecelia | No I do not | The Information Blackout | Information Blackout: Critical technical foundations—including the City’s official land valuation report, the MATR Regulation 7 feasibility study, the Traffic Impact Assessment (TIA), and the Athlone Wastewater Treatment Works capacity records—have not been made transparently available to the public. Urgent PAIA applications have been filed to unlock these documents by 20 June 2026, meaning citizens are currently being forced to comment completely in the dark. | |
2026-06-29 17:50:32 +02:00 | Diane | No I do not | All of the above | Fabricated Transport Infrastructure | Pinelands, as a garden city, was never designed to carry the increased mass density that is being proposed. There is one single lane arterial road through the centre of Pinelands which already becomes gridlocked during peak traffic times i.e. business and school hours. Plus a bottleneck under the freeway traveling to Mowbray. The increase in traffic will be dramatic with Conradie Park at one end of Pinelands and Mowbray and Oude Molen developments at the other. As well as the burden on the infrastructure i.e. services, sanitation, water supply and electricity. Plus schools, Vincent Pallotti hospital, businesses and retail. The City says it works for you but I don't think it is working for the residents of Pinelands! |
2026-06-29 14:42:02 +02:00 | Gail | No I do not | All of the above | Severe Sewer & Utility Grid Strains | |
2026-06-29 14:35:45 +02:00 | Alastair | No I do not | All of the above | Loss of Public Asset | |
2026-06-29 13:44:22 +02:00 | kerry | No I do not | Irreversible Sequence of Environmental & Heritage Approvals | ||
2026-06-29 13:29:34 +02:00 | Tinus | No I do not | All of the above | Fabricated Transport Infrastructure | I am concerned how this development will affect the already heavy traffic on Forest Drive ans the Alexandria Rd intersection. There is also the Oude Molen redevolpment that must be taken into account. |
2026-06-29 11:22:22 +02:00 | Wayne | No I do not | All of the above | The Information Blackout | The existing infrastructure cannot cope with this scale of expansion. Electricity supply is unreliable, water resources are limited, sewerage and sanitation systems are already under pressure, and traffic congestion has become a significant daily problem. Keep the green space for future generations! |
The City maintains that the redevelopment process is entirely “procedurally sound” following the adoption of Council Resolution C39/05/26 on 27 May 2026. Proponents argue that the draft concept represents a vital step toward spatial justice, turning an exclusive recreational area into a vibrant, high-density precinct with 8,600 homes (minimum 30% social housing). They assert that technical studies, transit coordination, and environmental impact assessments will be dealt with thoroughly in the subsequent legislative phases after the land disposal principle is approved.
Opponents argue that the City is executing an administrative “bait-and-switch.” Asking the public to approve an irreversible public asset disposal while keeping essential technical studies (valuations, sewer metrics, and TIAs) hidden behind PAIA walls violates the basic tenets of fair administrative action under PAJA. Furthermore, the revelation that PRASA has zero alignment with the City’s transit claims proves that the project’s planning is prematurely optimised. The community insists that the public participation process must be halted and restarted only when all baseline evidence is public and the legal authorisations are genuinely transparent.