Intention to ensure that the Sea Point Pavilion remains a Public Open Space

The City of Cape Town's Mayoral Committee will later this month consider a recommendation to Council that it no longer makes erven 151, 153 and 318 Sea Point West, known as the Sea Point Pavilion site, available for any commercial development.

If approved by Council, the area will remain zoned as Public Open Space and will serve to bring this unfortunate long-standing process to an end.

The intention to consider this recommendation follows the recent decision by MEC Anton Bredell that authorisation for the execution of any development be declined in terms of Section 22 of the Environment Conservation Act, 1989.

The Sea Point Pavilion has long been used as an interactive space by the broader Cape Town community. It is a space in which this administration's commitment to building an Inclusive City can be realised.

The recommendation will include that any land use application currently being processed for the above-mentioned erven not be supported, following due administrative process, on the basis that the envisaged development is not possible without environmental authorisation, for other reasons relating to its undesirability and the clear public disapproval, and by reason of the final liquidation of the aspirant developer on 11 June 2013.

As part of our efforts to build a responsive City that engages with and takes cognisance of the views of our residents, and that is committed to protecting the aesthetic value of Cape Town, we are confident that if approved by the Mayoral Committee and Council, this decision will be in the best interests of the city as a whole.

We look forward to the continuation of this prominent feature of the Cape Town landscape being enjoyed by families from all areas of the city, and visitors to Cape Town.

Statement issued by Patricia de Lille, Executive Mayor of Cape Town, August 20 2013

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