OBJECTION TO PROPOSED REZONING AND DEVELOPMENT Erf 5049, 177 Athens Road, Table

We object on the grounds that:
•    the proposed development is inconsistent with the Low Density Residential designation given to this precinct in the City's own approved Blaauwberg Road LSDF;
•    it creates unresolved privacy and overlooking impacts on neighbouring single-storey properties — a concern already raised in writing by the City's own Urban Design Branch;
•    it relies on cumulative and substantial departures from the General Residential (GR3) development rules that indicate the proposal does not properly belong within that zoning;
•    it is out of character and scale with the surrounding, predominantly single-storey residential neighbourhood; and
•    the personal and social benefit of retaining the restrictive title conditions has not been properly weighed against the benefit of their removal.

We respectfully request that the City of Cape Town:
1.  Refuse the application in its current form; or, alternatively,
2.  Refer the application to the Municipal Planning Tribunal for a full public hearing, given the scale of community objection.

This petition is submitted in support of, and in addition to, individual written objections lodged by residents on the City's prescribed Land Use Objection Form before the closing date of 4 September 2026. It does not replace the need for individual objections.