consideration
18 December 2007
On Friday, 13 December, in Cape Town, MEC for Environmental, Planning and
Economic Development Tasneem Essop announced that after having considering all
information at her disposal and the representations made to her by interested
and affected parties, at the public meeting held on 3 December 2007, that she
had accepted the Architectural and Landscaping Guidelines for the urban park,
but rejected the current format of the Green Point Urban Park Site Development
Plan which was submitted to her by the City of Cape Town.
Essop asked the City of Cape Town to submit an amended Urban Park Site
Development Plan for her urgent consideration and said that the amended plan
should take the following into consideration:
* That the reconfigured sporting clubs depicted on the current site
development plan should be re-organised and amalgamated so that the land use
opportunities on the urban park can be optimised. Sporting clubs representing
the various sporting codes should be further consolidated to allow further open
space for public use. This includes the consolidation and sharing of club
facilities such as change rooms and ablution facilities. Consideration should
also be given to completely demolishing the existing stadium and shifting the
athletics track to the Green Point Track site. The tennis node should be
tightened to allow for more open space accessible to the general public.
* That consideration should be given to the possibility of reducing rating
of the golf course from a 72 par to a 70 par rating. The implications of
reducing the par rating should be specified, including how much open space for
public use will be freed up as a result of this change in the golf course
design.
* that the design and treatment of facilities in the urban park should
accommodate the needs of the physically challenged
* that a walking / running track around the golf course periphery (with
appropriate safety measures such as constructing a covered pathway) should be
included in the design of the urban park
* that natural and visually permeable boundary around the golf course such as
water features and green edges such as hedging should be implemented
* that adequate parking opportunities for park users (other than those making
use of the sporting facilities) should be provided for and the plan should
specifically show these opportunities.
Essop also said that the revised Urban Park Site Development Plan should be
advertised in local newspapers throughout the City for a 30 day period and
should include in the advertisement how the plan has changed or provide
information as to where this detailed information can be obtained by members of
the public.
Essop issued an undertaking that she would make her decision on the amended
Site Development Plan 30 days after receiving the amended plan which would have
to be approved by Council.
Note: The Urban Park Site Development Plan is the physical plan of the park
or said differently is the actual diagram of how it looks. The Architectural
and Landscaping Guidelines for the urban park is a more detailed document of
the park and what physical structures, surfaces, trees, etc will be used.
For further information contact:
Nils Flaatten
Ministerial Spokesperson
Cell: 083 708 7119
Issued by: Department of Environment, Planning and Economic Development,
Western Cape Provincial Government
18 December 2007
Source: Western Cape Provincial Government (http://www.capegateway.gov.za)
