{"id":914039,"date":"2022-01-06T18:00:25","date_gmt":"2022-01-06T18:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/news\/2022\/01\/06\/call-for-capetonians-to-submit-input-on-idp-as-deadline-fast-approaches\/"},"modified":"2022-01-06T18:00:25","modified_gmt":"2022-01-06T18:00:25","slug":"call-for-capetonians-to-submit-input-on-idp-as-deadline-fast-approaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/06\/call-for-capetonians-to-submit-input-on-idp-as-deadline-fast-approaches\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for Capetonians to submit input on IDP as deadline fast approaches"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Cape Town – With only a week left, members of the public and businesses operating in the City are urged to submit input for the drafting of the City\u2019s new five-year Integrated Development Plan (IDP).<\/p>\n

The City is drafting the new term of office five year IDP for 2022-2027 and have called on residents and businesses to submit their inputs. The IDP focuses on the needs of Cape Town, service delivery, and how to involve communities\/reach communities and residents. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The IDP will be the City\u2019s principal strategic guide for all planning, budgeting and delivery over the next five years.<\/p>\n

The draft IDP will then be made available for public comment during March\/April 2022.<\/p>\n

\u201cOnce approved, the IDP will set the City of Cape Town\u2019s developmental goals and needs, and other strategic priorities for the period. Thus, it is an extremely important policy document as the City\u2019s budget and performance targets for the next five years will be based on the priorities and strategies outlined in the IDP,\u201d the City said. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cThis year\u2019s input methods and period have been impacted, and thus restricted, by the Covid-19 pandemic, as well as the late local government election date,\u201d the City said.<\/p>\n

Development Action Group Programme Director Helen Rourke has called on the City to extend the deadline.<\/p>\n

\u201cLast year the City of Cape Town was exceptionally proactive around the District Plans and we are aware that processes are underway in a number of neighbourhoods around Local Area Plans,\u201d Rourke said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cIt is unfortunate that there hasn\u2019t been the same public visibility of the District Planning with the upcoming IDP for Cape Town. The call for comments is a critical moment for citizens to articulate local and city wide issues to be factored into the drafting of the City IDP. However, the timing and low visibility is a cause for concern. We would like to urge the City to extend the deadline for comments.\u201d<\/p>\n

Inputs can be submitted by hand at the City\u2019s local subcouncil offices and libraries, email [email protected] or online via City websites – https:\/\/www.capetown.gov.za\/City-Connect\/Have-your-say\/Issues-open-for-public-comment\/new-five-year-integrated-development-plan-2022-2027<\/p>\n

Those who need help to submit comments can contact the City\u2019s Public Participation Unit on 0800 212 176.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cape Town – With only a week left, members of the public and businesses operating in the City are urged to submit input for the drafting of the City\u2019s new five-year Integrated Development Plan (IDP). The City is drafting the new term of office five year IDP for 2022-2027 and have called on residents and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-914039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-headlines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/914039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=914039"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/914039\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=914039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=914039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=914039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}