Tag: Central Planning Authority
Historic Boggy Sand cottage under threat
(CNS): A Caymanian wattle and daub cottage in the heart of Boggy Sand, estimated to be over 100 years old and in relatively good condition, is under threat because the landowners want to move the house to make way for a modern duplex, according to a planning application. The iconic property, built on ironwood stilts, […]
NCC members express deep concern over quarries
(CNS): A quarrying operation on Cayman Brac that has expanded its footprint without planning permission and a separate application for an additional quarry in Bodden Town on Grand Cayman fuelled a list of concerns for the National Conservation Council when it met for the first time this year on Wednesday with its new line-up. The […]
More parking spaces is poor use of GT land
(CNS): A planning application by the developers of Cricket Square to create a new parking lot along Whitman Seymour Road in George Town is a poor use of land and would add to the growing heat problems in the capital, the Department of Environment has advised. Four years ago, planning ministry officials raised concerns about […]
New members join NCC while CPA reappointed
(CNS): The two groups of people with the power to shape the protection of the Cayman Islands’ natural resources over the remainder of this current administration were appointed by Cabinet last week. Ian Pairaudeau has been reappointed as chairperson of the Central Planning Authority (CPA) and Stuart Mailer, the former environmental programmes manager at the […]
7MB hotel gets go-ahead for 10-storey tower
(CNS): The Central Planning Authority has given conditional approval to the owners of the Westin hotel on Seven Mile Beach for a $153 million redevelopment project that includes a ten-storey tower block on its current 8.5-acre site. But given the increase in rooms, to meet the planning requirement the application by Invincible Investment includes offsite […]
Mangrove conservation more critical than ever
(CNS): Month after month, wetlands are being lost across Grand Cayman paving the way for more and more development, despite the obvious and pressing need to stop removing them and, where possible, to start to replenish what has been lost. Though they were often seen in the past simply as a mosquito-breeding swamp, there is […]
CPA approves Dart’s $5M revamp of old Hyatt
(CNS): Almost 19 years since Hurricane Ivan severely damaged the old Hyatt Hotel and seven years since the Dart Group purchased the property, the Central Planning Authority has given the go-ahead for Dart to start work on the site. This first $5 million phase of the redevelopment includes a small hotel with lofty New York-style […]
Quarry applicant argues Cayman has fill shortage
(CNS): The Central Planning Authority has adjourned an application for the excavation of a new quarry in Meagre Bay Pond after developers argued that Cayman has a fill shortage and the policy relating to the country’s aggregate reserves is out of date. The CPA said the policy needs to be revisited, as members questioned the […]
Quarry plan on edge of reserve will need EIA
(CNS): Developers wanting to dig out 2.3 million cubic yards of fill from a site on the edge of Meagre Bay Pond will need to do an environmental impact assessment if the Central Planning Authority goes against its own policy and greenlights the plan. The application is to be heard by the CPA today, but […]
140 acres of mangrove at risk on CPA agenda
(CNS): Just four applications to be heard by the Central Planning Authority during a single meeting pose a threat to over 140 acres of mangroves, as development continues to take precedence over the environment. Despite being a protected species that mitigate the impact of climate change, the loss of mangrove forest continues in Cayman apace.
CPA failed to explain ‘mitigation’ in Boggy Sand case
(CNS): The Central Planning Authority did not give an adequate explanation as to how the conditions it imposed on planning approval for the redevelopment of a seawall and cabana on Boggy Sand Beach would address the list of environmental concerns raised by the project, a lawyer argued in court this week. Chris Buttler KC represented […]
