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Line in the sand is coming for 7MB development

Line in the sand is coming for 7MB development

| 20/05/2022 | 116 Comments

(CNS): Over-development is compounding the problem of erosion from rising seas due to climate change, but Premier Wayne Panton has said that government will soon be literally drawing a line in the sand on Seven Mile Beach. A fixed high water mark (HWM) is being calculated based on accumulative data, from which a new setback […]

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Dart seeks 7MB setback waiver for bar toilets

Dart seeks 7MB setback waiver for bar toilets

| 10/05/2022 | 148 Comments

(CNS): One of Dart’s networks of companies has made an application to revamp the beach bar formerly named Calico Jack’s and is seeking a number of waivers to planning rules, including a high water mark setback in order to place a toilet block on Seven Mile Beach.

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NCB says locals buying into GT boutique hotel

NCB says locals buying into GT boutique hotel

| 10/05/2022 | 55 Comments

(CNS): NCB, the developers of a new hotel under construction on North Church Street, says that half of the residencies have already been sold and that three-quarters of them were purchased by local residents rather than offshore buyers. While many realtors in the Cayman Islands market depend on overseas investors to snap up their high-end […]

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Lacovia 10-storey revamp delayed over costs

Lacovia 10-storey revamp delayed over costs

| 05/05/2022 | 150 Comments

(CNS): The first strata-backed redevelopment of an existing Seven Mile Beach condo community has been delayed. Construction on the Lacovia revamp, converting it into three 10-storey towers, was due to start this month, but although the start date has been rescheduled, “the project will be proceeding”, Kim Lund, the realtor and agent on the project, […]

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Temporary LPH layout to ease jams as work continues

Temporary LPH layout to ease jams as work continues

| 03/05/2022 | 86 Comments

(CNS): A new temporary road layout along the Linford Pierson Highway is now in effect in an effort to ease the traffic jams there as construction work on the widening project continues. Officials said this should offer some relief from the traffic tailbacks until the new lanes and larger roundabout is finished, which is expected to be next summer. The overall project involves widening the road from two to […]

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Small resort faces beach loss from new hotel

Small resort faces beach loss from new hotel

| 02/05/2022 | 53 Comments

(CNS): The manager of Coral Sands, a small George Town condo resort, told the Central Planning Authority that the seawall constructed as part of a hotel development next door is taking the beach away from the older condo complex on North Church Street. The owners of the resort made a planning application for a sea […]

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Development encroaching on home of the blues

Development encroaching on home of the blues

| 26/04/2022 | 21 Comments

(CNS): Plans to create a subdivision of six plots for family-sized homes on a parcel of untouched primary forest habitat off the Queen’s Highway would encroach on the home of the Cayman Islands’ iconic, endangered blue iguana. As the relentless development continues in Grand Cayman, it increasingly threatens the more remote areas of East End […]

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Mangroves sacrificed for builders’ supply yard

Mangroves sacrificed for builders’ supply yard

| 20/04/2022 | 128 Comments

(CNS): The Central Planning Authority has granted a controversial application that will see the remaining mangroves on a parcel of land along the South Sound coastline removed for a commercial builders’ supply store. Even though the Department of Environment is urging the CPA not to sacrifice the mangroves for a project that would be far […]

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Seawall won’t help small George Town beach resort

Seawall won’t help small George Town beach resort

| 13/04/2022 | 32 Comments

(CNS): The owners of Coral Sands resort in George Town have been warned that their application to build a seawall to help protect their beach will likely have the opposite effect because it is too close to the water. The small condo complex is asking for planning permission to build a near 5ft seawall close […]

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Residents protest 2nd phase of Crewe Rd project

Residents protest 2nd phase of Crewe Rd project

| 12/04/2022 | 62 Comments

(CNS): Existing residents at Rosedale Gardens, off Crewe Road, are objecting to a planning application by the developers for the second phase of the project, which would add 84 units to the community in 14 new buildings as well as a clubhouse and swimming pools.

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EWA extension will reduce congestion, says premier

EWA extension will reduce congestion, says premier

| 11/04/2022 | 93 Comments

(CNS): Premier Wayne Panton has said government is going ahead with the East-West Arterial Road extension as it will reduce traffic congestion from the Eastern Districts and this remains a top PACT priority. Despite the controversies surrounding this road, which threatens the Central Mangrove Wetlands directly from its route and indirectly as it will open […]

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