Supporters of the Philippi Horticultural Area are upbeat after Heritage Western Cape backed their campaign to stop the land being built on.The land - dubbed "Cape Town's breadbasket since 1885" - is in the middle of a storm between developers and farming communities who believe development will have dire consequences for the region.Heritage Western Cape is opposing a rezoning application for the area, the prime spot within a zone that produces 150 000 tons of flowers and vegetables a year and employs almost 4 000 people.While the final decision will be made by the City of Cape Town, Rob Small, head of the Farm and Gardens National Trust, said: "Heritage Western Cape has voted against it and they . are taken very seriously and it adds great weight and value to our campaign."If the rezoning was approved, he and the other campaigners would appeal. "It is the main catchment area for rain to recharge our groundwater, and not enough research has been done to ascertain what the consequences of developing the land would be," he said."If you look at a city like Sao Paolo, which destroyed its wetlands through overdevelopment, you will see that everybody in that whole city had their water cut off."Nazeer Sonday, who represents small-scale farmers and heads the Philippi Horticultural Area Food and Farming Campaign, was not available for comment, but according to the group's petition on social media, developing the land could infringe on the rights to food and water security.John Coetzee, manager at would-be developers U-Vest Property Group, said he would look at the Heritage Western Cape decision with his attorneys before deciding on his next steps.Johan van der Merwe, the City of Cape Town mayoral committee member for energy, environmental and spatial planning, said the rezoning application still had to be considered by the council."To speculate on its outcome undermines the inherent structure of due process," he said...