Will plans for a new mall in Hout Bay be approved?
Hout Bay residents are passionately opposing plans for a new shopping centre, fearing it will compromise their community's character and environmental integrity.
Residents claim they were left in the dark and warn that the Princess Street development could permanently alter the character of their community.
The proposed development seeks to transform a portion of land currently zoned as rural into a mixed-use subdivision area that would accommodate a shopping centre, transport infrastructure, and utility services.
The application includes rezoning the property to General Business, Transport, and Utility zoning, as well as subdivision into four portions. It also seeks approval for several departures from existing planning regulations, including reduced setbacks for parking and buildings, increased carriageway widths, and permission to raise the ground level above four metres.
