Residents upset over huge building planned for Bo-Kaap
Members of the Bo-Kaap Civic and Ratepayers Association are rallying against a decision that approved a huge building planned to go up in the historic suburb.
The group plans to go to the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) on February 21 to challenge the dismissal of this application against what is being called a “Monster Building” in the heart of the Bo-Kaap.
“The Monster Building, as it is known to the people of the Bo-Kaap and to those who support the preservation of our precious built and cultural heritage, is a development proposal by Buitengracht Properties where they hope to build a 60m high, mixed-use building (18 storey) in the historic Bo-Kaap with its fine-grained built fabric that is predominantly one to two storeys high,” said the group in a statement.
Source: capetownetc.com
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