{"id":3015,"date":"2026-10-18T09:32:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T07:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scvid.co.za\/?p=3015"},"modified":"2026-10-18T10:11:20","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T08:11:20","slug":"proposed-main-road-development-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scvid.co.za\/af\/2026\/10\/18\/proposed-main-road-development-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"Proposed Main Road Development Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2556\" height=\"1513\" src=\"https:\/\/scvid.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Screenshot-2026-10-18-at-07.56.16-e1792303057226.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scvid.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Screenshot-2026-10-18-at-07.56.16-e1792303057226.png 2556w, https:\/\/scvid.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Screenshot-2026-10-18-at-07.56.16-e1792303057226-300x178.png 300w, https:\/\/scvid.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Screenshot-2026-10-18-at-07.56.16-e1792303057226-1024x606.png 1024w, https:\/\/scvid.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Screenshot-2026-10-18-at-07.56.16-e1792303057226-768x455.png 768w, https:\/\/scvid.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Screenshot-2026-10-18-at-07.56.16-e1792303057226-1536x909.png 1536w, https:\/\/scvid.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Screenshot-2026-10-18-at-07.56.16-e1792303057226-2048x1212.png 2048w, https:\/\/scvid.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Screenshot-2026-10-18-at-07.56.16-e1792303057226-18x12.png 18w, https:\/\/scvid.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Screenshot-2026-10-18-at-07.56.16-e1792303057226-600x355.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2556px) 100vw, 2556px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The SCVID organised a public meeting on 14 September at the Sandbaai Hall to share information and discuss comments and objections. SCVID director Chris Reid chaired the meeting. More than 100 people attended, including the developers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many residents are concerned about an application for a development on the corner or Sandbaai Main Road and Jan van Riebeeck.  The developer is requesting a lifting of restrictions on dwelling density, liquor license, percentage of erf built on, distance from boundaries, rezoning for business, and to combine two erven.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chris gave a presentation with all the details and an explanation of the public comment process. The developers were given a chance to address questions and speak. They said that the presentation was accurate, but wanted to clarify a common misconception. The application is to lift the restriction barring a liquor license, not an application for an actual liquor license.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many questions were raised with the primary concerns being:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Extreme population density well beyond any other area of Sandbaai and the historical limits<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How many occupants will actually be in 20 flats<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Traffic not properly addressed<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Increased crime risks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Strain on Sandbaai&#8217;s already struggling infrastructure<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>invasion of privacy for neighbouring properties<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Insufficient parking for residents and their guests, as well as employees and customers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Parking on side of road at developments with much less population density<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Concern that public participation will be ignored, as it seems to have been for another project by the same developers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lack of clarity over what kinds of businesses will be leasing the commercial spaces<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reason for need to lift liquor license restriction<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Loss of property values<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Affect of placing high density housing in a predominantly single-family neighbourhood<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Harm to residents of Meerkat Crescent<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lack of any sort of gathering area<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Continuing development of high density housing  will change the nature of Sandbaai<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Many affected property owners did not receive the required notice<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The developers stated that when they approached the Overstrand Municipality to ask where they could put high-density housing, they were told they could put it in Sandbaai. Many residents were upset and said that Sandbaai has become the dumping ground for the Overstrand. Sandbaai Ratepayers Association chairman Roy Groenewald pointed out that such a decision to change the planning for Sandbaai neither went through the ward committee nor council nor any public participation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Concern was raised that the proposal is actually for &#8220;micro-apartments.&#8221; They meet the bare requirements for the smallest legal size for a development in South Africa and are quite cramped. Micro-apartments are defined as apartments between 30 to 40 square metres, well below the average of 50 to 60 square metres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The developers stated that the high density housing was needed for young professionals in the Hermanus area. A resident in their twenties asked how much the apartments would cost. The developer said they will start at R2 million. The young resident said that they are the very demographic that is looking for entry-level housing and the proposed development would not help them at all. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A recent study found that there were more than 100 apartments listed as available in the area. Almost all of them were under R2 million. All of them were larger than the proposed micro-apartments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Though the residents attending were united in objecting the development, many of the questions showed that the objections were not against developments as long as there is transparency and reasonable consideration of comments from the community. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The developers expressed surprise that there was such a strong objection from the community to their application. Chris suggested that developers could prevent a lot of headaches in the future by consulting with the public in a productive manner <em>before<\/em> application.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some questions were answered in the meeting and some remain. It is essential that the residents of Sandbaai have meetings like this to make informed decisions and to strengthen the demand for public participation.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The SCVID organised a public meeting on 14 September at the Sandbaai Hall to share information and discuss comments and objections. SCVID director Chris Reid chaired the meeting. 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