Tag: Central Planning Authority

Stormwater issues become Cayman’s latest crisis

Stormwater issues become Cayman’s latest crisis

| 02/10/2024 | 72 Comments

(CNS): The long-term and obvious neglect by past and present politicians, civil servants and board appointees of stormwater management appears to be no closer to being resolved than it was in the wake of Hurricane Ivan some two decades ago. As Cayman prepares for more days of heavy rain and subsequent flooding, former premier Wayne […]

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DoE calls for review of need for subdivision on pristine land

DoE calls for review of need for subdivision on pristine land

| 25/09/2024 | 47 Comments

(CNS): The Central Planning Authority is due to hear an application for another major subdivision on pristine habitat in East End today, Wednesday, but the Department of Environment has called for a review of whether it’s needed. The DoE said that in the absence of an updated development plan and the necessary “strategic framework for […]

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NCC corrects false narrative on DoE director’s power

NCC corrects false narrative on DoE director’s power

| 26/06/2024 | 26 Comments

(CNS): The National Conservation Council has refuted false claims and misinformation being circulated on social media that incorrectly suggest the director of the Department of Environment has unprecedented powers under the National Conservation Act (NCA) that elevates the post-holder above Cabinet and enables whoever holds the job to make decisions without accountability.

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Concerns unlawful land clearance may be quarry

Concerns unlawful land clearance may be quarry

| 19/06/2024 | 45 Comments

(CNS): The Department of the Environment and the Department of Planning have both raised concerns about an application for after-the-fact land clearing and the excavation of what was partially pristine shrubland and forest off the Queen’s Highway in East End that may actually be for quarrying and not just for farming purposes as claimed.

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Buttonwood removal case ‘complex’ and ‘unusual’

Buttonwood removal case ‘complex’ and ‘unusual’

| 06/06/2024

(CNS): Local attorney Ben Tonner KC told a court on Wednesday morning that he was still engaged in discussions with the crown relating to the case against his client, Bon Crepe Ltd, and its owner, James Bergstrom, who has been charged with taking a protective species in relation to buttonwood trees removed from land in […]

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NCC in new CPA battle over blues threat

NCC in new CPA battle over blues threat

| 04/06/2024 | 128 Comments

(CNS): The National Conservation Council appears set for another courtroom battle with the Central Planning Authority over after-the-fact planning permission granted for land clearing and a road cutting through land in East End that is home to Cayman’s endemic, critically endangered blue iguana. The CPA did not refer the application by Bon Crepe Ltd to […]

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Boggy Sand application returns to CPA

Boggy Sand application returns to CPA

| 08/05/2024 | 48 Comments

(CNS): An application has been made to build a wooden deck on top of a concrete base, which is all that is now left of a cabana on Boggy Sand Road that became the subject of a controversial judicial review. Without planning permission, the owners have already started to build the deck on the same […]

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CPA sends mangrove condo proposal to NCC

CPA sends mangrove condo proposal to NCC

| 17/04/2024 | 34 Comments

(CNS): A controversial application for 95 apartments on very low-lying wetlands off Willie Farrington Drive in West Bay has been formally referred by the Central Planning Authority to the National Conservation Council. However, the NCC has already submitted its comments on the environmental issues with 20 North Development, pointing out that it is seasonally flooded […]

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CPA turns down 12-storey 7MB condo tower

CPA turns down 12-storey 7MB condo tower

| 11/04/2024 | 62 Comments

(CNS): An application for a condo tower on Seven Mile Beach has been refused planning permission by the Central Planning Authority because it is too tall. What was described by objectors as a “monstrosity” that would change the entire character of the quieter northern end of the Cayman Islands’ famous beach was rejected because the […]

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Major mixed-use Batabano project gets CPA thumbs up

Major mixed-use Batabano project gets CPA thumbs up

| 26/03/2024 | 41 Comments

(CNS): The once quiet residential area of Batabano in West Bay, which is going through a significant period of change, is facing yet another major development that was given the green light by the Central Planning Authority last month. According to the CPA minutes for the meeting on 28 February, the board gave the thumbs […]

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7MB condo tower could set unlawful precedent

7MB condo tower could set unlawful precedent

| 17/03/2024 | 72 Comments

(CNS): Plans to convert a condo complex at the north end of Seven Mile Beach to a more than ten-storey tower poses such a dramatic change to the character of this tranquil area of the famous beach that it would be a breach of planning legislation to approve it, a lawyer has argued. Speaking at […]

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