CAPE TOWN SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK

CAPE TOWNSPATIAL DEVELOPMENTFRAMEWORKOVERVIEW

CONTENTSIntroduction1What is the role of Cape TownSpatial Development Framework?1How was the CTSDF drafted?1What is the legal status of CTSDF?2What are the big ideas guidingCape Town’s growth anddevelopment?2Resilience and adaptiveness2A city within a region2Natural assets2The multidirectional accessibility grid2Areas of land use intensification2Development edges andgrowth directions2Destination places2How do we get there?2Strategy 1:Plan for employment, and improveaccess to economic opportunities4Strategy 2:Manage urban growth, and create abalance between urban developmentand environmental protection4Strategy 3:Build an inclusive, integrated,vibrant city5CTSDF OVERVIEW 2012

OVERVIEW OF THECAPE TOWN SPATIALDEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORKIntroductionCape Town is constantly changing and growing. To ensure thatthe city remains a quality place in which to live, work and invest,as well as to visit, it needs a plan to guide this future growth andchange in the best possible way.This plan is known as the Cape Town Spatial DevelopmentFramework (CTSDF).What is the role of Cape Town SpatialDevelopment Framework?The CTSDF is a long-term (20 years) plan that will be used tomanage the spatial growth and development of Cape Town. Itprovides the overarching framework for the City’s new policydriven land use management system.More specifically the plans and policies of the CTSDF: Align the city’s spatial development goals, strategies andpolicies with those of the national and provincial spheres ofgovernment. Indicate the land best suited to urban development, the areasthat should be protected, and the areas where developmentmay occur if it is sensitively managed. Do not give or take away zoning rights. They CTSDF guidechanges the assessment of applications for land-use rights. Indicate the desired phasing of urban development. Support the City’s 5 year Integrated Development Plan byspatially guiding and aligning public investment.The CTSDF will be reviewed and updated at least every 10 yearsand the Urban Edge will be proactively reviewed every 5 years.2007/200820081st PUBLICAdvertising andregistration of interestedCONSULTATIONand affected partiesAwareness, vision and principleissuesKey elements of the new policy driven land usemanagement systemHow was the CTSDF drafted?The residents of Cape Town, government bodies and stateowned enterprises were invited to voice their views about howthe growth and development of Cape Town should be managedthrough the public participation processes held in 2007, 2009 and2010.The City welcomed the comprehensive and wide-rangingcomments received. When revising the CTSDF on the basisof these comments, the City sought to find the most fair andsustainable compromise to serve the public interest in the longterm. This meant that it had to strike a balance between theviews and interests of communities, property developers, builtenvironment professionals and the environmental sector. TheProvincial Government: Western Cape ensured that the publicparticipation process was fair and the content of the CTSDFaligned with relevant legislation and policy.200920102nd PUBLICCONSULTATION3rd PUBLICCONSULTATIONContent of draftdistrict plansComment on finaldraft district plans2012CTSDFAPPROVEDPublic participation processCTSDF OVERVIEW 20121

What is the legal status of CTSDF?Natural assetsThe CTSDF has been approved in terms of two different sets oflegislation. It has been approved as a component of the City’sIntegrated Development Plan in terms of the Municipal SystemsAct (Act No 32 of 2000, section 34) ‘MSA’ and Land Use PlanningOrdinance (No 15 of 1985, section 4(6)) ‘LUPO’. It, togetherwith the Provincial Spatial Development Framework (PSDF), is thespatial planning document applicable to the municipal area ofCape Town that has the highest legal status. The sections of theCTSDF that are most important are the policy statements, policyguidelines and the Cape Town Spatial Development Framework(Map 6.1).When assessing a development application the City will need todetermine whether an application is consistent with the CTSDFand PSDF. If the application is not consistent with the CTSDF and/or the PSDF the developer will need to apply for an amendmentfrom the delegated authority.The natural features (such as the mountains, biodiversity andcoastline) that make Cape Town a unique and desirable placeto live, work and play should shape where and how the citydevelops.The multidirectional accessibility gridCape Town’s spatial organisation must shift towards a publictransport-orientated and grid-based movement system thatfacilitates convenient access to the city’s opportunities andamenities. Activity routes and development routes are keyelements of this grid.Areas of land use intensificationA diverse mix of land uses should be concentrated in accessible,high-opportunity locations on and adjacent to the accessibilitygrid. Areas of land use intensification include areas well served bypublic transport and close to job and social facilities.Applications to amend the CTSDF must be submitted in termsof both the Section 3 (4)(b) of the Municipal Planning andPerformance Management Regulations in the MSA and Section4(7) of LUPO.Development edges and growth directionsWhat are the big ideas guiding Cape Town’sgrowth and development?Destination placesThe preparation of the CTSDF has been guided by the desire tomake Cape Town a more sustainable, equitable and economicallyvibrant city. The ideas and spatial building blocks that will putCape Town on this development path, and shape where and howthe city grows, are described below:Resilience and adaptivenessCape Town’s spatial organisation must be flexible in order to beable to respond and adapt to changes such as rapid urbanisation,infrastructure and service backlogs and climate change.City growth should be managed through urban and coastal edgewhich contain sprawl and protect natural, heritage and urbanareas. Identified growth directions will serve to direct urbanexpansion in the medium to longer term.Landmarks or locations that are significant points of attraction,and form part of Cape Town’s unique identity, should be preservedand new destinations developed, particularly in underserved orneglected areas.How do we get there?Some of the most important strategies and interventions that willassist in the implementation of the CTSDF are summarised below.The more detailed sub strategies and policy statements flowingfrom the key strategies can be found in the CTSDF.A city within a regionCape Town’s functional interrelationships with neighbouringtowns (such as Stellenbosch), require greater coordination inplanning, budgeting, and growth and resource management.Natural assets2CTSDF OVERVIEW 2012Multidirectionalaccessibility gridAreas of land useintensificationGrowth edgesand directionsDestination places

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STRATEGY 1: PLAN FOR EMPLOYMENT, AND IMPROVEACCESS TO ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES Reduce the distance between where people live and work,especially for those in the metropolitan southeast (Khayelitsha,Mitchells Plain, Philippi, Gugulethu, etc.) and Atlantis byencouraging investment and job creation in or near theseareas; Support the development of a good public transport systemthat conveniently takes people to wherever they live, work andplay; and Encourage shops, businesses, higher-density residentialdevelopment and industries to locate on routes well served bypublic transport, namely activity and development routes, sothat people can reach them more easily.The interventions that will help achieve this include thefollowing: Maintain the assets of Cape Town, such as its infrastructure(airports, road network, etc.), natural environment, universitiesand other social facilities, which attract investors, visitors andhigh-skilled labour; Help small and large formal businesses as well as informalbusiness to set up and trade in appropriate locations, byfacilitating their access to information and land, and bysimplifying application procedures;Access to economic opportunitiesSTRATEGY 2: MANAGE URBAN GROWTH, AND CREATEA BALANCE BETWEEN URBAN DEVELOPMENT ANDENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONThe following more specific interventions are proposed:4 Ensure that the spatial development of Cape Town takes placein a planned and efficient way ; Plan and manage development in a way that makesresponsible use of resources and integrates planning andinfrastructure provision; Minimise the negative environmental impacts of newdevelopment in the city ; Support development approaches that allow the incremental(step-by-step) improvement of living environments of the poorover time; Carefully manage urban development in areas that could putpeople in danger or affect quality of life, for example areastoo close to airports and Koeberg Nuclear Power Station andrefuse sites ; Encourage more intense use of land across the city, andallow higher densities in areas with good public transport, atconcentrations of employment, commercial development and/or social facilities as well as in areas of high amenity; Protect the city’s rural and farming land from urbandevelopment; Use an urban edge to reduce urban sprawl and protectnatural, agricultural, cultural and heritage assets; and Use a coastal edge to protect coastal processes and protectresidents from the possible impacts of climate change, such assea-level rise.CTSDF OVERVIEW 2012Coastal edgeUrban edge

STRATEGY 3: BUILD AN INCLUSIVE, INTEGRATED,VIBRANT CITYActions that will help build a vibrant city, where people havemore equal access to the city’s amenities and opportunities,include the following: Transform the apartheid city by encouraging a better socialand land use mix in neighbourhoods Identify land for subsidised and other forms of affordablehousing in order to help create opportunities for housingdelivery Encourage the effective use of publicly owned land Guide the City’s budget and decision making to ensure that allcommunities have access to an adequate and broadly similarrange of social facilities, open spaces and public institutions Protect and enhance the unique sense of space and value ofthe diverse cultural and scenic assets and heritage that CapeTown offers Create more great places that are easy to reach and can beenjoyed by all. Existing examples of such destinations areSea Point Promenade, Kalk Bay and Kirstenbosch. New greatplaces could be developed on the Athlone power station site,in the False Bay and Silwerstoomstrand coastal nodes andDurbanville winelands.Durbanville winelandsFalse Bay coastal nodeCTSDF OVERVIEW 20125

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CAPE TOWN SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK Introduction Cape Town is constantly changing and growing. To ensure that the city remains a quality place in which to live, work and invest, as well as to visit, it needs a plan to guide this future growth and change in the best possible way. This plan is known as the Cape Town Spatial Development