Development and Congestion

VerifiedEditor-approved CLM-2000 · October 2022 · Stellenbosch Municipality

According to the municipality's Draft 4th Review of the IDP 2022-2027 (tabled at MayCo 25 Mar 2026), the Council formally approved a Local Spatial Development Framework and development guidelines for the Adam Tas Corridor in October 2022, and an Adam Tas Corridor overlay zone was approved and gazetted in 2024 and included as a local area overlay zone in the Stellenbosch Municipality Zoning Scheme By-law, 2024 (04 October 2024); its stated purpose is to award the LASDF's envisaged zoning rights to individual land portions, with conditions per property, for landowners to take up.

Sources: MayCo 2026-03-25 item 6.1: Tabling of the Draft 4th Review of the 5th Generation IDP 2022-2027 (annexure) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details; Draft Annual Report 2024/25 (V20) with annexures, to Council (January 2026) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — Draft 4th Review IDP (March 2026) PDF p.124 (printed p.100), s4.7; Draft Annual Report 2024/25 Table 129 PDF p.201 (printed p.189): ATC LSDF 'adopted by the Council in 2022'; overlay 'Approved as part of the Stellenbosch Municipality Zoning Scheme By-law 2024'

Counter-evidence: The Draft 4th Review IDP (March 2026) is a draft (MayCo tabling), not the Council resolution or the Provincial Gazette itself; the October 2022 Council resolution and the 2024 gazette notice are not among the records cited for this claim, and the municipal document library carries the notice 'Documents are being restored'. The Draft Annual Report 2024/25 gives only the year (2022) for LSDF adoption.

Official response: Municipality states the overlay initiative won the WCG Service Excellence Awards 2024, 'Ease of Doing Business' category, 19 April 2024 (Draft 4th Review IDP (March 2026), PDF p.124).

Last checked 4 November 2026

VerifiedEditor-approved CLM-2001 · 25 March 2026 · Stellenbosch Municipality

The Draft 4th Review IDP states that, according to a preliminary development conceptual framework, the Adam Tas Corridor is estimated to produce approximately 3 million square metres of bulk within a 293-hectare area, with 69% earmarked for residential use.

Source: MayCo 2026-03-25 item 6.1: Tabling of the Draft 4th Review of the 5th Generation IDP 2022-2027 (annexure) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — PDF p.123 (printed p.99), s4.7

Counter-evidence: These are municipal planning estimates from a preliminary conceptual framework, not approved rights or built floor area. Unit counts and the affordable share are not stated here.

Official response: None recorded yet.

Last checked 4 November 2026

VerifiedEditor-approved CLM-2002 · August 2022 · Stellenbosch Municipality

The municipality reports that the Adam Tas Corridor landowners' collective and the municipality entered into a Memorandum of Understanding on the ATC LASDF's spatial vision and implementation, approved by the Council in August 2022, and that a project facilitation unit (PFU) to coordinate implementation was 'earmarked to be set up by 30 June 2024, however, challenges arose, and the set-up of the PFU is still ongoing' (Draft 4th Review IDP, March 2026); the Western Cape Economic Development Partnership (EDP) was appointed by the Council to help set up the PFU and a Steering Committee.

Sources: MayCo 2026-03-25 item 6.1: Tabling of the Draft 4th Review of the 5th Generation IDP 2022-2027 (annexure) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details; Draft Annual Report 2024/25 (V20) with annexures, to Council (January 2026) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — Draft 4th Review IDP (March 2026) PDF p.124 (printed p.100); Draft Annual Report 2024/25 Table 129 'Adam Tas Governance Structure' PDF p.201 (printed p.189): 'The development of the institutional arrangements for the governance structures is still in progress.'

Counter-evidence: The nature of the 'challenges' is not stated in either document. Whether the PFU or Steering Committee had been established after March 2026 is unknown.

Official response: Municipality's own account, Draft 4th Review IDP (March 2026) p.100 and Draft Annual Report 2024/25 p.189 (quoted).

Last checked 4 November 2026

VerifiedEditor-approved CLM-2003 · Stellenbosch Municipality

Stellenbosch Municipality describes Adam Tas Corridor Precinct 10 (Northern Extension), north of Kayamandi and west of the R304, adjacent to Cloetesville and Welgevonden Estate, as a planned mixed-use housing development, but its stated yield has changed between documents: '±4 000 - 4 400 residential opportunities' (Annual Report 2023/24), '±3 500 - 4 000' (Draft Annual Report 2024/25) and '±3500 mixed-use housing opportunities' (Draft 4th Review IDP, March 2026).

Sources: Annual Report 2023/24 with Annual Report Oversight Report 2023/24 (final, as submitted to National Treasury) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details; Draft Annual Report 2024/25 (V20) with annexures, to Council (January 2026) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details; MayCo 2026-03-25 item 6.1: Tabling of the Draft 4th Review of the 5th Generation IDP 2022-2027 (annexure) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — Annual Report 2023/24 PDF p.178 (printed p.129) s(e); Draft Annual Report 2024/25 PDF p.139 (printed p.127) s(d); Draft 4th Review IDP (March 2026) PDF p.458 (printed p.434), ward priorities table comment

Counter-evidence: Reasons for the change in estimate are not given. Both annual reports also say part of the site is a possible relocation area for redevelopment of the Kayamandi Town Centre. The numbers are estimates, not approved rights.

Official response: None recorded yet.

Last checked 4 November 2026

VerifiedEditor-approved CLM-2004 · 1 December 2023 · Stellenbosch Municipality

For Precinct 10 (Northern Extension), the Draft Annual Report 2024/25 records that the formal land use application was submitted on 1 December 2023, public comment closed on 25 February 2024, an amended development plan and subdivision layout (changed for the planning and construction of a reservoir) was submitted on 11 December 2024, and a Municipal Planning Tribunal decision was anticipated in the second quarter of 2025/26; the 2023/24 Annual Report had anticipated development rights during 2024/25, and the Draft 4th Review IDP (March 2026) said environmental consultants were finalising a Basic Assessment Report for submission to the provincial Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning and that the application was anticipated to serve before the MPT in February 2026.

Sources: Draft Annual Report 2024/25 (V20) with annexures, to Council (January 2026) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details; Annual Report 2023/24 with Annual Report Oversight Report 2023/24 (final, as submitted to National Treasury) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details; MayCo 2026-03-25 item 6.1: Tabling of the Draft 4th Review of the 5th Generation IDP 2022-2027 (annexure) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — Draft Annual Report 2024/25 PDF p.140 (printed p.128); Annual Report 2023/24 PDF p.179 (printed p.130); Draft 4th Review IDP (March 2026) PDF p.458 (printed p.434), comment column

Counter-evidence: No MPT decision on Precinct 10 appears among the records cited for this claim. The Draft Annual Report 2024/25 also says servitude access over a neighbouring property was being negotiated with private developers. The Annual Report 2023/24 says Heritage Western Cape required an archaeological impact assessment and a visual impact assessment.

Official response: None recorded yet.

Last checked 4 November 2026

VerifiedEditor-approved Draft budgeted figure (not adopted; not delivery) CLM-2005 · 25 March 2026 · Stellenbosch Municipality

The Draft 4th Review IDP's draft capital budget lists, under the Housing Development department, the project 'Adam Tas Corridor Precinct 10' with no allocation in 2026/27 ('-'), R8 695 652 in 2027/28 and R20 000 000 in 2028/29.

Source: MayCo 2026-03-25 item 6.1: Tabling of the Draft 4th Review of the 5th Generation IDP 2022-2027 (annexure) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — PDF p.528 (printed p.504), s10.8.2 Table 132 (Directorate: Planning and Economic Development), columns Draft budget 2026/27, 2027/28, 2028/29

Counter-evidence: Draft budget figures tabled at MayCo in March 2026; the final adopted 2026/27 MTREF is not among the records cited for this claim and may differ.

Official response: None recorded yet.

Last checked 4 November 2026

VerifiedEditor-approved CLM-2008 · 30 July 2024 · Stellenbosch Municipality

According to the High Court judgment of 30 June 2026, Stellenbosch Municipality's council approved, subject to conditions, at meetings on 24 and 30 July 2024, a land swap that Botmaskop's developers requested: portions of erf 3363 and the Remainder of Farm 333 Stellenbosch for a portion of land higher up the mountain on Portion 2 of Farm 490. Conditions included a restrictive title condition prohibiting further development on the swapped land and a requirement that the developer restore the natural fauna and flora. A valuation report recorded the extents as about 4.69 ha (portion of erf 490), 4.02 ha (erf 3363) and 0.67 ha (erf 333) and found them of equal value.

Source: Stellenbosch Interest Group v Provincial Minister of Local Government, Environmental Affairs and Development Planning and Others (23747/2024) [2026] ZAWCHC 342 (30 June 2026), Mangcu-Lockwood J (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — Paras [187]-[190], [195], [197] (PDF pp.80-84; printed pp.80-84)

Counter-evidence: The applicant (Stellenbosch Interest Group) argued the land was not of equal value, given the steep slope of the land the municipality acquired against the ridgeline municipal land. The court found this unsupported by expert evidence (para [195]). Before the swap, Botmaskop used the municipal portion under an encroachment agreement dated 16 April 2018 (para [188]). The Council minutes are not among the records cited for this claim.

Official response: Municipality opposed the review (judgment para [4], [200]).

Last checked 4 November 2026

VerifiedEditor-approved CLM-2009 · 30 June 2026 · Western Cape High Court; Stellenbosch Municipality (third respondent); WC DEA&DP

On 30 June 2026 the Western Cape High Court (Mangcu-Lockwood J) dismissed the Stellenbosch Interest Group's Part B relief over the Botmaskop development, which was a 77-unit gated residential estate allowed by a 2021 provincial amendment of a 2003 environmental authorisation. The dismissed relief included review of the municipality's 30 July 2024 land swap approval, and the court found 'no basis to conclude that it was unlawful, irrational or arbitrary'. The court also dismissed an application to amend the case to review the municipality's rezoning approval of 28 November 2022. It ordered the applicant to pay the costs of the developer, Botmaskop, in Parts A and B, and, in the amendment application, the costs of Botmaskop, the previous developer Reset and the plot purchasers on the attorney-client scale; no costs order was made in favour of the municipality or the province.

Source: Stellenbosch Interest Group v Provincial Minister of Local Government, Environmental Affairs and Development Planning and Others (23747/2024) [2026] ZAWCHC 342 (30 June 2026), Mangcu-Lockwood J (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — Order (a)-(d) PDF pp.4-5; para [3] PDF pp.5-6; para [6](i) PDF p.8; para [7] PDF p.8; para [214] PDF p.90

Counter-evidence: An interdict in Part A (16 Apr 2025) had halted construction pending the case (para [1]). No record cited here shows whether leave to appeal was sought. The environmental authorisations are provincial decisions; the land swap and rezoning are municipal.

Official response: Municipality and developer opposed; Heritage Western Cape did not oppose (para [4]).

Last checked 4 November 2026

VerifiedEditor-approved CLM-2010 · 21 January 2022 · Stellenbosch Municipality (Municipal Planning Tribunal)

According to its decision letter (application LU/10917), Stellenbosch Municipality's Municipal Planning Tribunal resolved on 21 January 2022 to approve the rezoning of Farm 81/33, Stellenbosch, from Agriculture Zone to Subdivisional Area. The rezoning permits multi-unit residential, local business, an education (school) erf, community uses, utility services and private open space. It is subject to a revised subdivision plan addressing density in line with the draft Adam Tas Corridor LSDF and Development Guidelines (2021) for Precinct 10, integration with surrounding areas, 'Provision of "Inclusionary Housing"', and integrated public transport and NMT infrastructure. The stated reasons include that the property is inside the urban edge and that the development supports 'Council's Northern Extension Project as well as the ATC initiative'.

Source: MPT decision letter: Application for rezoning, subdivision, approval of development name, site development plan and street names, Farm No. 81/33, Stellenbosch Division (LU/10917) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — Para 2 (MPT resolution of 21 Jan 2022; rezoning and land uses (a)-(f)), para 3.1(a)-(e) (conditions), paras 4.1-4.2 (reasons: urban edge; Northern Extension and ATC)

Counter-evidence: The letter does not quantify the inclusionary housing required. No record cited here shows whether or how the revised subdivision plan met the density and inclusionary conditions. The application also covered subdivision, development name, site development plan and street names; the letter records a decision only on the rezoning. Appeal outcome unknown.

Official response: None recorded yet.

Last checked 4 November 2026

VerifiedEditor-approved CLM-2011 · 16 August 2021 · WC Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning (provincial)

The Western Cape DEA&DP granted environmental authorisation (ref. 16/3/3/1/B4/45/1011/21) on 16 August 2021 to Cloetesdal Developments (Pty) Ltd for the Newinbosch mixed-use development on the Remainder of Portion 33 of Farm No. 81, Cloetesdal, Stellenbosch. It authorised about 1 216 units (single residential, group housing and town houses), a school on about 6 ha, a church on about 2 ha and a retail area of about 14 000 m². The 2025 external audit report describes the EA as amended on 29 June 2023 (ref. 16/3/3/5/B4/45/1085/22): about 1 320 residential units (adding apartments), a school site of about 3.3 ha, a church on about 2 ha and a retail area of about 3 ha.

Sources: Newinbosch 3rd External Environmental Audit Report (construction phase), audit of 23 Sep 2025, report dated 24 Nov 2025; Appendix A: DEA&DP Environmental Authorisation 16/3/3/1/B4/45/1011/21 of 16 Aug 2021 (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details; Newinbosch Mixed Use Development: 2nd Construction Phase External Environmental Compliance Audit Report, final (Cornerstone Environmental Consultants), with the amended Environmental Authorisation of 29 June 2023 appended (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — Appendix A EA, PDF pp.55-56 (date, decision), PDF p.58 (EA p.4, s.B project description; s.C site); amended-EA description quoted in audit s1, PDF p.5 (printed p.1); amended EA, 2nd audit report (October 2024) PDF pp.57-58, 61-62

Counter-evidence: The amended authorisation of 29 June 2023 confirms these figures. It says the layout was densified in response to the Municipal Planning Tribunal's comment that more residential opportunities should be provided, and records an objection from the Stellenbosch Interest Group to the reduced school site, with the response that the Department of Education had a new-school budget earmarked only for 2030 and that private operators sought no more than 3 ha. No record cited here says who will build and operate the school. The EA notes the no-go alternative was rejected partly because 'the opportunity to provide affordable housing opportunities and associated amenities will be lost' (PDF p.68). The number or price of affordable units is not stated.

Official response: None recorded yet.

Last checked 4 November 2026

VerifiedEditor-approved CLM-2012 · 23 September 2025 · Cornerstone Environmental Consultants (independent auditor appointed under the EA); DEA&DP (competent authority)

In the third construction-phase external environmental audit of Newinbosch (site visit 23 September 2025; report dated 24 November 2025, which states that it has been submitted to DEA&DP), auditor Cornerstone Environmental Consultants stated that the development is undertaken in phases, 'with some phases that have been completed'. In its opinion the contractor 'is complying with the recommended mitigation and management measures that were relevant at the time of the external audit'. It found site management 'greatly improved since the previous audit' and said attention must still be given to housekeeping, waste management and cement and concrete handling.

Source: Newinbosch 3rd External Environmental Audit Report (construction phase), audit of 23 Sep 2025, report dated 24 Nov 2025; Appendix A: DEA&DP Environmental Authorisation 16/3/3/1/B4/45/1011/21 of 16 Aug 2021 (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — Declaration PDF p.2 (report date); s1 PDF p.5 (printed p.1); Table 2 PDF p.8 (printed p.4) (submission); s7 Conclusion PDF p.53 (printed p.49)

Counter-evidence: The EA requires the holder to have the audit done by an independent person (EA Condition 14), and the report is published on the developer's website. No DEA&DP response to the audit is among the records cited here. The audit covers EA and EMPr compliance only, not municipal land-use conditions such as inclusionary housing.

Official response: None recorded yet.

Last checked 4 November 2026

VerifiedEditor-approved CLM-2019 · 30 October 2024 · Stellenbosch Municipality

Stellenbosch Municipality's Draft Annual Report 2024/25 reports these planning milestones: the 'Innovation Precinct' or 'Smart City District' next to Klapmuts South, now called Stellenbosch Bridge, 'was approved in 2024'; the Council adopted the review report of the MSDF and CEF on 30 October 2024; and an urban design study and precinct plan for the Rhenish Complex was adopted by Council on 29 November 2023.

Source: Draft Annual Report 2024/25 (V20) with annexures, to Council (January 2026) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — Table 129 PDF p.201 (printed p.189)

Counter-evidence: 'Approved in 2024' does not say which approval, by whom, or on what date. Developer and erf details for Stellenbosch Bridge are not in this source.

Official response: None recorded yet.

Last checked 4 November 2026

VerifiedEditor-approved CLM-2020 · 30 June 2024 · Stellenbosch Municipality

Stellenbosch Municipality's Annual Report 2023/24 lists the 'Construction of R304 / Newinbosch Intersection' as completed in 2023/24 under its Intersection Improvement Programme. The same section lists the Adam Tas/R44 intersections (Alexander, Merriman), the Techno-Park and Adam Tas link road, and Bird Street dualling as still in planning and design.

Source: Annual Report 2023/24 with Annual Report Oversight Report 2023/24 (final, as submitted to National Treasury) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — S3.10.4 PDF p.203 (printed p.154)

Counter-evidence: The source does not say who funded the intersection (developer contribution or municipality), what it cost, or the completion date.

Official response: None recorded yet.

Last checked 4 November 2026

VerifiedEditor-approved CLM-2026 · 29 November 2024 · Stellenbosch Municipality (Municipal Planning Tribunal)

Stellenbosch Municipality's Municipal Planning Tribunal resolved on 29 November 2024 to approve application LU/16572 for Erf 7001, Hendrickse Street, Stellenbosch (Cloetesville): closure of part of a public place, rezoning from Public Open Space Zone to Subdivisional Area Overlay Zone, and subdivision into 208 erven, of which Erf 1 to Erf 201 are Conventional Residential erven of about 115-312 m² (about 3.32 ha in total). It also approved building-line departures and consent for a telecommunications mast. The stated reason is that the municipality needs the property for an integrated urban settlement development 'with a particular goal to deliver on their mandate to provide medium to upper market housing opportunities'. The decision letter is signed for the Director: Planning and Economic Development and dated 2 December 2024.

Source: MPT decision letter: Erf 7001, Stellenbosch (Hendrickse Street, Cloetesville), application LU/16572 (TP591/2023), with annexures incl. Infrastructure Services memo of 5 Aug 2024 (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — PDF p.1 (resolution 29 Nov 2024; items 1.1-1.3.1), PDF p.2 (items 1.3.2-1.5; 'BE APPROVED'), PDF p.4 (reason 3.1), PDF p.6 (signature date 2/12/2024)

Counter-evidence: The unit count differs between documents: 201 residential erven in the approval, 'Rezoning and subdivision for 204 residential erven' in the Infrastructure Services memo of 5 August 2024 annexed to the letter, '(380)' in the 2024/25 housing budget line and '360 GAP housing units' in the 2022 housing market study. The letter states that the decision is suspended until the appeal period has lapsed or any appeal is finalised; it does not record an appeal outcome. The municipality's Draft Annual Report 2024/25 says the Appeal Authority later approved the project.

Official response: None recorded yet.

Last checked 4 November 2026

VerifiedEditor-approved Approved figure (not delivery) CLM-2027 · 5 August 2024 · Stellenbosch Municipality (Infrastructure Services)

In a memo of 5 August 2024 annexed to the Erf 7001 decision letter, Stellenbosch Municipality's Infrastructure Services set conditions to be met before transfer of the first property or approval of building plans: a new 7.0 ML Cloetesville Reservoir and pump upgrades, for which it says R22 million (excluding VAT) is on the 2024/25-2026/27 budget for 'Bulk water supply pipe: Cloetesville / Idas Valley'; a bulk sewer line from Kayamandi to Merriman Street, about which it says: 'Currently this project is not on the municipal budget. Budget should therefore be allocated to unlock this housing project.'; and an extended turning lane at the R44/Hendrickse intersection. It did not support the parking departure because 'Row housing is not supported by the Infrastructure Directorate, specifically for stormwater drainage reasons'.

Source: MPT decision letter: Erf 7001, Stellenbosch (Hendrickse Street, Cloetesville), application LU/16572 (TP591/2023), with annexures incl. Infrastructure Services memo of 5 Aug 2024 (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — PDF p.15 (printed p.793; memo header, parking departure), PDF p.16 (printed p.794; water, funding), PDF p.17 (printed p.795; sewer, funding; roads item 3.1.1)

Counter-evidence: This is the position as at August 2024. No later budget cited here records the bulk sewer being placed on the budget. The memo concerns 204 erven, while the MPT approval lists 201 residential erven.

Official response: None recorded yet.

Last checked 4 November 2026

VerifiedEditor-approved CLM-2029 · 23 May 2023 · Stellenbosch Municipality (authorised decision maker)

A Stellenbosch Municipality decision letter on application LU/14643, dated 23 May 2023, approved a departure for Farm 81/33 (Newinbosch) to permit coverage of 60% and 65% in place of the 50% allowed. It also approved the estate's HOA constitution, architectural guidelines, typical site development plans for Phases F, H and R, the access control gates and landscaping plans, and the development and street names. Conditions require a Newinbosch Masters Association to be established.

Source: Decision letter: departure (coverage) and permission to comply with conditions of approval, Farm 81/33, Stellenbosch Division, application LU/14643 (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — PDF p.1 (items 2.1.1-2.1.2), PDF p.2 (conditions 3.3-3.7; reasons 4.1-4.2), PDF p.3 (item 5, street names), PDF p.6 (signature date)

Counter-evidence: The letter gives reasons in general terms; it does not quantify the effect of the higher coverage. The letter refers to conditions of approval dated 12/05/2023 and 13/04/2022.

Official response: None recorded yet.

Last checked 4 November 2026

VerifiedEditor-approved CLM-2031 · 15 May 2024 · Stellenbosch Municipality (authorised decision maker)

A Stellenbosch Municipality decision letter on application LU/15801 (TP416/2023), dated 15 May 2024, approved an amended subdivision and phasing plan and the site development plans for Phases J and K of Newinbosch (Farm 81/33). It notes that 'This approval does not extend the validity period of the initial approval granted for the subdivision and rezoning of the subject property, dated 11/04/2022.'

Source: Decision letter: amendment of approved subdivision and zoning plans and site development plans for Phases J and K, Farm 81/33, Newinbosch, application LU/15801 (TP416/2023) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — PDF p.1 (items 2.1.1-2.1.2; condition 3.1), PDF p.2 (conditions 3.2-3.13), PDF p.3 (reasons 4.1-4.2; matter noted 5.1), PDF p.5 (signature date)

Counter-evidence: The date given for the initial approval (11/04/2022) differs from the MPT resolution date of 21 January 2022 and from the 13/04/2022 conditions date cited in the May 2023 letter; it may refer to the date of notification, which the letters do not state.

Official response: None recorded yet.

Last checked 4 November 2026

VerifiedEditor-approved CLM-2032 · 20 August 2021 · Stellenbosch Municipality (Municipal Planning Tribunal)

Stellenbosch Municipality's Municipal Planning Tribunal resolved on 20 August 2021 (application LU/10313) to approve the subdivision of Farm Cloetesdal No. 81/29 into three portions and the rezoning of Portion 1 (about 2.24 ha) from Agriculture and Rural Zone to Subdivisional Area for multi-unit residential and private open space, with the road portions rezoned for public roads. A departure to raise density from 50 to 71 dwelling units per hectare was 'NOT BE CONSIDERED' at that stage. Condition 3.3 reads: 'Inclusionary housing be considered to expand housing opportunity for a broader range of income groups.' The reasons include that the land is within the urban edge and in line with 'the Northern Extension Project's vision', and that matters raised by the Stellenbosch Ratepayers Association 'were considered and addressed'.

Source: MPT decision letter: subdivision, rezoning, title deed consent and permanent departure, Farm Cloetesdal No. 81/29, Stellenbosch Division, application LU/10313 (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — PDF p.1 (resolution 20 Aug 2021; items 2.1.1-2.1.3), PDF p.2 (conditions 3.1-3.6; reasons 4(a)-(d)), PDF p.3 (reason 4(f); item 5.1 density; item 6), PDF p.5 (signature date 27/8/2021)

Counter-evidence: Condition 3.3 asks only that inclusionary housing be 'considered'; it sets no share. The Ratepayers Association's submissions are not in the letter.

Official response: None recorded yet.

Last checked 4 November 2026

VerifiedEditor-approved CLM-2033 · 22 April 2022 · Stellenbosch Municipality (Municipal Planning Tribunal)

On 22 April 2022 Stellenbosch Municipality's Municipal Planning Tribunal approved, under application LU/13517, the subdivision of Farm 81/29 into 119 Multi-Unit Residential erven for group housing, one erf for 'a block of flats consisting of 60 units', private open space and a private road, and a departure to exceed the maximum density 'of 50 dwelling units per hectare to 60 dwelling units per hectare'. Condition 3.15 requires the developer and the municipality to agree, within 12 months of final notification and before building plans are submitted, on inclusionary housing of 'no less than 30% falling within the affordability thresholds for rental and/or ownership'. Condition 3.16 gives the developer the option 'but no obligation' to follow the Inclusionary Zoning Policy instead, if adopted. The reasons state the plan is in line with 'Precinct 10' of the Adam Tas Corridor on density.

Source: MPT decision letter: subdivision and departure, Farm No. 81/29, Stellenbosch Division, application LU/13517 (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — PDF p.1 (resolution 22 Apr 2022; items 2.1-2.1.1(d)), PDF p.2 (item 2.2; 'BE APPROVED'), PDF p.4 (conditions 3.15-3.16; reasons 4.1-4.3), PDF p.7 (signature date 11/5/2022)

Counter-evidence: No record cited here shows whether the condition 3.15 agreement was concluded or how many affordable units resulted; the August 2024 decision on the same farm refers to the remaining conditions but does not report on it. The Inclusionary Zoning Policy (June 2023) sets 20% outside overlay zones and 30% inside them, and states it does not affect existing approved rights.

Official response: None recorded yet.

Last checked 4 November 2026

VerifiedEditor-approved CLM-2034 · 7 August 2024 · Stellenbosch Municipality (authorised decision maker)

A Stellenbosch Municipality decision letter on application LU/15776 (TP394/2023) for Redwood Estate, Farm No. 81/29, dated 7 August 2024, granted consent under title deed T52460/99 condition D(a)-(e) and approved an amended subdivisional and phasing plan, the Redwood Estate Master Home Owners' Association constitution, a site development plan and the street naming. It states that the amendment 'will allow for slightly larger and more practical erven' and that the site development plan 'will not result in any additional rights being granted'. It keeps 'The remaining conditions imposed by council in its approval letter dated 11 May 2022 and 28 August 2021'.

Source: Decision letter: title deed consent, amendment of approved subdivisional plan, permissions and street naming, Redwood Estate, Farm No. 81/29, Stellenbosch Division, application LU/15776 (TP394/2023) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — PDF p.1 (items 2.1-2.2(b)), PDF p.2 (items 2.2(c)-2.4.4), PDF p.3 (conditions 2.4.5-2.4.9), PDF p.4 (reasons 2.5.1-2.5.4), PDF p.6 (signature date)

Counter-evidence: The letter does not report whether the inclusionary housing agreement required by condition 3.15 of the May 2022 approval has been concluded. It refers to an approval letter of 28 August 2021, while the August 2021 letter in the records cited here is signed 27/8/2021. The handwritten date is partly overlapped by the signature.

Official response: None recorded yet.

Last checked 4 November 2026