The V&A Waterfront’s Heritage Impact Assessment is now open for public comment, Cape {town} Etc reports. As part of its R20 billion upgrade, the V&A Waterfront applied for rezoning to the City of Cape Town, as required by the National Heritage Resources Act.
Luxury hotel at V&A Waterfront to get R1bn facelift and rebrand, the Heritage Impact Assessment report explores the site’s heritage value and highlights several themes that have changed over time to reflect the Waterfront’s transformation from a functional harbour to a popular tourist destination.
‘The Heritage Impact Assessment reflects on the V&A Waterfront’s evolution from a working harbour and place of forced labour and incarceration, in the mid-19th century, to a place of international trade and commerce, to its present role as a place of commercial business, hospitality and tourism.’ Since then, the site applied to rezone its property from ‘development zone’ to ‘Mixed Use 3’ in terms of the City of Cape Town’s Development Management Scheme.
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