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take into consideration whether the letting is in the interests of the general public and will
not seriously affect the general public’s enjoyment of the sea and sea-shore;
consult with a local authority if the land adjoining the portion of the sea-shore is under the
jurisdiction of that local authority;
publish a notice in the Provincial Gazette, before granting a lease, to inform the public of the
proposal and the inspection date and provide opportunity for objections. According to
Section 3(6), any objection submitted in response to such advertisements must be
considered by Cape Nature prior to entering into a lease agreement or issuing of a permit.
Development planning pertaining to the Uilkraals Estuary
The Spatial Development Framework for the Western Cape Province is pitched at a very broad
level, encapsulated in the vision “a home for all in the Western Cape”. It offers very little
material guidance of specific relevance to the management of the Uilkraals Estuary, except to
say that estuaries are unique ecosystems under serious threat both directly from human
activities such as overexploitation, waste discharges, and through activities in the catchment.
The IDP and SDF for the Overberg District Municipality and the SDF for the Overstrand Local
Municipality contain much more of direct relevance to the management of the Uilkraals Estuary. The
Overberg District Municipality IDP has recently been updated for 2010-2011, the local SDF document
is recent from 2009 and the District level SDF, although written in 2004, is still relevant. Excerpts from
the existing documents have been collated in Table 12 (Overberg District Municipality IDP), Table 13
(Overberg District Municipality SDF) and
Uilkraals Estuary Situation Assessment
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