Spatial Development Framework for Overstrand Local Municipality (OLM):

• The status remains that the OLM and the Service Provider/ Consultant is still busy sorting out the Status Quo Report.
• Once sorted, the said report will be made available to the public for comment / input.

Roads:

• The Contractor appointed to deal with the roads infrastructure in Betty’s Bay is busy with the scraping / rolling of the dirt roads. They have finished work in Sunny Seas and are now in the Diastella Road / Gladiolis Road area.
• Because of the storm, the Kleinmond Team is in the meantime busy with repair of the roads damaged. Approximately 900 cubic metres of gravel is available for these repairs.
• Potholes: the Municipality must be made aware of potholes via the Collab App.  These will be addressed within the capacity of the Municipality / given working conditions (weather).

 

Storm Water:

• The Kleinmond Team is currently busy with storm water drainage systems in the Disa Circle, Morea Road, and Ixia Road areas.
• Flooding areas: Because of the storm on 10 to 12 May 2026, numerous flooding areas that were reported have been addressed by the Kleinmond Team.
• It is important that the Municipality be made aware of storm water problems via the Collab App. These will be addressed within the capacity of the Municipality / given working conditions (weather).

 

MAIN BEACH: PARKING AREA

The repair of the parking area at Main Beach has been completed.  The parking area was filled with gravel and levelled in such a manner that storm water drains towards existing Storm Water ditch in the southeastern corner of the parking area. 

Standing Note:

Residents must log issues on Collab themselves to get a reference number.  When a situation arises over a weekend and is urgent, the Control Room must be notified – 028 313 8111

 

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Spatial Development Framework (SDF) for OM:

• Overstrand Municipality (OM) indicated on 14 April 2026 that the service provider/consultant is still busy with the Status Quo Report. Once sorted, the said report will be made available to the public for comment / input.  The deadline for the Status Quo Report is November 2026
• The deadline for the amended SDF is next year, when the revised Integrated Development Plan (IDP) will also be approved.

 

Roads:

The contractor appointed to deal with the roads infrastructure in Betty’s Bay completed the scraping/rolling of the dirt roads in the eastern area (broader Sunny Seas Area) of Betty’s Bay.

• They are currently busy in the western area, whereafter they will proceed to the central area.
• Potholes: the OM must be made aware of potholes.  They will be addressed within the capacity of the Municipality / given working conditions (weather).
• There is enough stock (gravel and tar) for the current financial year, ending June 2026. New stock will be order for the new financial year, beginning July 2026.

 

Storm Water:

• The Kleinmond team finished as far as possible the cleaning of the storm water drainage system.
• It is important to note that the Municipality must be made aware of storm water problems. These will be addressed within the capacity of the Municipality/given working conditions (weather).

 

Water pipes:

• Broken water pipes are fixed as and when reported.

 

Standing Note:

Residents must log issues on Collab themselves to get a reference number.  When a situation arises over a weekend and is urgent, the Control Room must be notified – 028 313 8111

 

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Spatial Development Framework for Overstrand Local Municipality (OLM):

 

• Apparently the OLM and the Service Provider/Consultant are still sorting out the Status Quo Report.
• Once sorted, the said report will be made available to the public for comment / input.

 

Roads:

• The Contractor appointed to deal with the roads infrastructure in Betty’s Bay have commenced with the scraping / rolling of the dirt roads on Seaview Drive in Sunny Seas.
• After completing the work in Betty’s Bay, the team will move on to Pringle Bay.
• Potholes: the Municipality must be made aware of potholes.  These will be addressed within the capacity of the Municipality/ given working conditions (weather).

 

Storm Water: 

• The Kleinmond Team is busy with storm water drainage systems.
• The storm water drainage system in Sunny Seas has almost been completed.
• The remainder of Betty’s Bay will be done.
• It is essential that the Municipality be made aware of storm water problems. These will be addressed within the capacity of the Municipality / given working conditions (weather).

 

Standing note: Residents must log issues on Collab themselves to get a reference number.  When a situation arises over a weekend and is urgent, the Control Room must be notified – 028 313 8111

 

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Parking Areas / Sites to be renovated: Coffee on Clarence / The Hub Parking

 It seems the erven have been pegged.  This will demarcate the area to be cleared for parking.

Awaiting Director Stephen Muller’s go-ahead.

Brenton and his Team is ready to do the required earth works.

Main Beach/Parking Area

The OLM Traffic Engineer needs to investigate the influence on the “traffic flow” regarding the possible closure of street(s) / possible transforming to one-way street(s).

 

Awaiting Director Stephen Muller’s go-ahead.

Brenton and his team are ready to do the required earth works.

It is to be confirmed that the storm water drainage has been cleared to ensure that storm water no longer is an issue in the parking area.  (Brenton)

 

Silver Sands:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Awaiting Director Stephen Muller’s go-ahead.

Building Control:

Stats for Building Plans for the period August to September 25:  25 submitted and 21 approved.

Stats for Building plans for period May to July 25: 35 submitted and 41 approved.

Spatial Development Framework (SDF) Overstrand: The Consultants are still busy with the status quo section for the SDF.  Once done, it will be circulated for comments/input.

Overhills Low Cost Housing Project (Environmental Process)

Public meetings were held on 10 September 2025 at the Proteadorp Community Hall (cancelled), with a “virtual meeting” on the 11 September 2025.

A follow-up meeting was held on the 6 October 2025 (Overhills Community Center) and the 7 October 2025 (Kleinmond Town Hall):

The Environmental Authorization Process was presented/discussed.

All “interested and affected parties” will receive the presentation via email/link to the website.  Hard copies will also be made available at certain points.

The Town-planning Process should commence in October/November 2025.

Vehicles:

Grader is in for service.  A Roller and Grader will be contracted in to assist in the meantime.

One Digger is operational.  One Digger is out of action.

The two 3 ton Lorries are operational.

One Tipper is operational.  One Tipper is in for refurbishment.

The Lorry used for watering gravel roads is operational.

Currently gravel is being distributed between Pringle Bay and Betty’s Bay.  Once the Grader and Roller are here, they will be used to gravel and scrape the roads – first in Pringle Bay and then in Betty’s Bay.

Gravel: 500m³ of the first order of gravel is available. A second order for approximately 2000m³ has been ordered.

Tar: Tar is available.  An order will be placed before December 2025 to ensure enough tar is available over the festive season.

Speed Humps: The reconstruction of speed humps has been dealt with. Remains a contentious issue:  Speed humps on gravel roads are most probably illegal as they cannot be clearly marked as required by Law.  Chevrons alone are inadequate as the hump itself must be painted/marked.

Cutting of verges: The Parks Division is responsible for this and must be reported to them. The S/W Team in BB is also attending to this issue as far as possible and great progress has been made.

Stormwater problems/Potholes: As the Municipality becomes aware of problems, they are addressed within the capacity of the Municipality and given working conditions (weather).

Standing note: Residents must log issues on Collab themselves to get a reference number.  When a situation arises over a weekend and is urgent, the Control Room must be notified – 028 313 8111

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1. Spatial Development Framework (SDF) for Overstrand

The Overstrand Local Municipality is currently in the process of revising the SDF for Overstrand.  Once the Status Quo Report is available, it will be circulated for comment/input.

Parking Areas / Sites to renovate

The situation at “Coffee on Clarence and the Hub / Main Beach / Silver Sands” remains the same as a month ago: 

We are awaiting Director Stephen Muller’s go-ahead to proceed with all three the projects.

A Land Surveyor still needs to be appointed to “peg” the area at “Coffee on Clarence/The Hub”.

The OLM Traffic Engineer needs to investigate the effect on the traffic flow regarding the possible closure of streets / possible transforming to one-way street(s) at the Main Beach.

2. Vehicles: Most of the vehicles are operational.
3. Cutting of verges: The Parks Division is responsible for this and any request for the cutting of verges on municipal land must be made to them. Cutting of verges on private land is the responsibility of the Landowner.
4. Stormwater problems/Potholes: As the Municipality becomes aware of problems, they are addressed within the capacity of the Municipality, given working conditions (weather).
5. Standing note: Residents must log issues on Collab themselves to get a reference number. When a situation arises over a weekend and is urgent, the Control Room must be notified – 028 313 8111

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Parking Areas / Sites to renovated:

Coffee on Clarence/The Hub Parking

 The situation remains the same:

The boundaries of the erven need to be determined/re-pegged as this will determine the area to be cleared/filled/levelled.

Two areas to be cleared and filled with gravel are indicated in green.

The availability of gravel is currently a concern.

It needs to be determined who will bear the cost of the payment to the required Land Surveyor.

 

Main Beach/Parking Area

The situation remains the same:

First Step:

Additional parking bays will be created along Access Road and Myrica Road within the road reserve (areas in green).

A ‘One Way’ sign will be erected in Access Road (north).

A ‘No Entrance’ sign will be erected at the junction between Access Road and Myrica Road.

This means that a section of Access Road will become a one-way towards the parking area at Main Beach.

Egress from Main Beach will only be via Myrica Road.

Second Step:

Parking Area (in “brown”):

Will be levelled/filled with building rubble.

Gravel will then be used to level the area.

Currently the availability of gravel is a concern.

It is hoped that this project will be commenced with within the next 2 to 3 weeks.

This parking area will have to be closed for at least two weeks for this project.  Notices to all interested and affected parties (i.e.) neighbours will be served informing them of the closure of the parking area for a certain period.

 

Silversands:

The situation remains the same:

The area to be cleared for additional parking bays indicated in green.

The access to Erven 5448 and 5447 will be protected.

 

Building Control:

52 building plans have been submitted and 47 building plans have been approved over the period January – April 2025.

Information has been requested from Overstrand Municipality (OM) regarding building plans submitted and approved in May 2025.

 

Vehicles:

The Digger is not operational.

The two three-ton trucks used for storm water and tarring are not operational.

The Tippers are operational.

The Roller is operational.

The truck used for watering gravel roads is in for a service.  Not operational.  However, one can be taken on loan from Gansbaai.

The Grader is operational.  However, the roads in Pringle Bay are the priority, followed by those in Betty’s Bay.  Keep in mind that most of the gravel roads in Betty’s Bay have recently been scraped.

 

Gravel:

There is no gravel available.  With the new financial year (2025/26) starting in July 2025, gravel will be ordered.

 

Tar:

There is no tar available.  With the new financial year (2025/26) starting in July 2025, gravel will be ordered.

 

Speed Bumps:

The reconstruction of speed bumps has been dealt with. They remain a contentious issue.  Speed bumps on gravel roads are most probably illegal as they cannot be clearly marked as required by Law.  Chevrons alone are inadequate as the speedbump must be painted/marked.

Cutting of verges:

The Parks Division of OM is responsible for this and issues must be reported to them.

The Stormwater team in Betty’s Bay is also attending to this issue where possible and given the available workforce.

 

Stormwater problems/Potholes:

As the Municipality becomes aware of problems, they are addressed within the capacity of the Municipality and given working conditions (weather).

 

Standing Note:

Residents must log issues on Collab themselves to get a reference number.  When a situation arises over a weekend and is urgent, the Control Room must be notified – 028 313 8111

 

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Betty’s Bay (Engineering / Planning Issues / Building Control)

 

1. Parking Areas / Sites to renovated:

 

The current state of affairs is noted below, following the site inspection that took place on Tuesday, 5^th of March 2025 Attendees: Denovan/Brenton/Steffan/Penolopé (OLM), Wayne/Amund (BBRA). Apologies: Cllr. Theresa:

 

• Coffee on Clarence/The Hub Parking

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• The “pegs” of the erven need to be determined/re-pegged as it will determine the area to be cleared/filled/levelled.
• Two areas to be cleared and filled with gravel are indicated in “green”.
• The availability of gravel is currently a concern.
• It needs to be determined who will stand in for the cost of “pegging” as a Land Surveyor is needed.

 

• Main Beach/Parking Area

• First Step:

 

• Additional parking bays will be created along “Access Road” and “Myrica Road” within the “road reserve” (areas in “green”).
• A “One-way Sign” will be erected in “Access Road” (north).
• A “No Entrance Sign” will be erected at the junction between “Access Road” and “Myrica Road”.
• This means that a section of “Access Road” will become a one-way towards the Parking Area at Main Beach.
• Access from Main Beach will only be via “Myrica Road”.

 

• Second Step:

 

• Parking Area (in “brown”):
  • Will be levelled/filled with building rubble.
  • Gravel will then be used to level the area.
  • Currently the availability of gravel is a concern.
• It is hoped that this project will be commenced with within the next 2 to 3 weeks.
• This parking area will have to be closed for at least two weeks for this project. Notices to all interested and affected parties (i.e.) neighbours will be served informing them of the closer of the parking area for a certain period.

 

• Silver Sands:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• • The area to be cleared for additional parking bays indicated in “green:
  • The access to Erven 5448 and 5447 will be protected.
  • This project will be dealt with in due course.

 

2. Building Control:

• 52 Building Plans have been “submitted” and 47 Building Plans have been “approved” for the period January 2025 until April 2025.

 

3. Vehicles:

• Storm water:

• All vehicles are in “working order”.
• S/W problems are attended to, i.e.:

1. Wallers Road –  completed
2. Dolphin Road –  currently attended to

• Scraping of Roads:

• The Team has started to scrape the roads in BB again, starting with SS.

 

4. Gravel:

• There is currently 400m³ of gravel available.
• An additional 300m³ of gravel has been ordered.

 

5. Tar:

• There are still approximately 200 bags of tar available.

 

6. Speed Humps:

• The reconstruction of speed humps is being dealt with.
• Remains a contentious issue: “speed humps” on gravel roads are most probably illegal as it cannot be clearly marked as required by Law.  “Chevrons” alone are inadequate as the “hump” itself must be painted/marked.

 

7. Cutting of verges:

• The “Parks Division” is responsible for this and must be reported to them.
• The S/W Team in BB is also attending to this issue, as far as possible and given available manpower.

 

8. Stormwater problems/Potholes:

• As the Municipality becomes aware of problems, it is addressed within the capacity of the Municipality / given working conditions (weather).

 

9. Mirror in Seaview:

• The wind on Saturday (11/05/2025) damaged the mirror in Seaview Drive.
• It has been replaced.

 

10. Standing Note:

• Residents must log “problems” on the Overstrand Collab Citizen App themselves to get a reference number and / or where it is over a weekend and it is urgent, the Control Room on 028 313 8111 must be phoned.

 

Amund Beneke

(14 May 2025)

• Site Inspections:

A Site Inspection took place on Tuesday, 5 March 2025.  Attendees:  Denovan/Brenton/Steffan/Penolopé (OLM), Wayne/Amund (BBRA).  Apologies:  Cl. Theresa

• Coffee on Clarence/Parking

This project can be dealt with quickly.  However, before this can be done, the pegs of the erven need to be determined/re-pegged as it will determine the area to be cleared/filled/levelled.

• Two areas to be cleared and filled with gravel are indicated in green.
• The availability of gravel is currently a concern.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

Main Beach/Parking Area

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• First Step:
  • Additional parking bays:
    • Additional parking bays will be created along Access Road and Myrica Road within the road reserve (areas in green).
  • A one-way sign will be erected in Access Road (north).
  • A ‘No Entrance’ sign will be erected at the junction between Access Road and Myrica Road.
  • This means that a section of Access Road will become a one-way towards the parking area at Main Beach.
  • Egress from Main Beach will only be via Myrica Road

 

 

• Second Step:

Parking Area (in brown):

• Will be levelled/filled with building rubble.
• Gravel will then be used to level the area.
• Currently the availability of gravel is a concern.

• This project will be done in the 2^nd half of this year.
• NOTE: this parking area will have to be closed for at least two weeks for this project.

 

 

 

• Silversands:

 

• The area to be cleared for additional parking bays indicated in green.
• The access to Erven 5448 and 5447 will be protected.

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. Building Control:

• Building Plans submitted and approved for December, January and February have been requested.

2. Vehicles:

• Storm water:
  • All vehicles are in working order but NOT All vehicles must be road worthy/ evaluated annually before new vehicle licenses are issued. Therefore, it is not only broken-down vehicles that need to be considered when dealing with the issue of storm water / road maintenance, it is also the condition of the vehicles for road worthy testing purposes.
  • A mini-excavator has been allocated to Kleinmond office to help with stormwater issues.
  • The two teams for Stormwater have been combined, working one week in Betty’s Bay (BB) and one week in Kleinmond (KM).
• Scraping of Roads:
  • Because of non-operational vehicles, the grading of roads in BB is not currently being done.
  • Currently the team is focusing on potholes, putting back speed humps and fixing driveways.
  • Apparently the scraping of roads will be contracted out. This will speed-up the process in BB.

3. Gravel:

• There is currently not sufficient gravel available. It has been budgeted for in the mid-term budget and will be purchased soon.

4. Tar:

• There are still approximately 300 bags of tar available for the broader KM/BB/Pringle Bay/Rooi Els Area.
• A contractor has been appointed to assist with the tarring of roads in BB. The contractor uses his own tar.

5. Betty’s Bay Roads / Storm Water:

• Erf 2243 Partridge Road (Ref no: 2102548): the issue was investigated.  A site inspection was conducted.  The driveway will be fixed.  Apparently the slope of the road will also be changed to rather slope towards the mountain side.  It currently slopes towards the ocean.
• New issues:
• Luckhoff and Anemone Streets: Stormwater was sorted.
• Court Road: the crack on the side of the road will be broken down and a chevron will be put in place for safety measures.
• The main opus operandi now is: as roads are being scraped, the speed bumps are replacced. Apparently all speed bumps have been replaced except on Pearl Drive and Seaview Drive.

6. Speed Bumps:

• Most speed bumps have been replaced except for Pearl Drive, Seaview Drive and Oulux Drive.
• The reconstruction of speed bumps is being dealt with. This is following an email by Mr Theo Steenberg (Principal Engineer: Civil Engineering Services) in this regard.
• Remain a contentious issue: speed bumps on gravel roads are most probably illegal as they cannot be clearly marked as required by Law.  Chevrons alone are inadequate as the bump itself must be painted/marked.

7. Speed Signage:

• The placement / replacement of speed signage (40km/h) throughout Betty’s Bay has been ordered.

8. Cutting of verges:

• The Parks Division is responsible for this and issues must be reported to them.
• The stormwater team in BB is also attending to this issue.

9. Stormwater problems/Potholes:

• As the Municipality becomes aware of problems, they are addressing it within their capabilities/given working conditions (weather). 

10. Standing Note:

Residents must log issues on Collab themselves to get a reference number.  When it is over a weekend and it is urgent, the Control Room (028 313 8111) must be notified.

Amund Beneke