Tag: Central Planning Authority
Rejected NWP condo project returns to CPA
(CNS): An application for a luxury condo project along the coast of North West Point in West Bay that was turned down earlier this year for a list of reasons, not least its height and density, is back before the Central Planning Authority at its meeting today, Wednesday. But once again the proposed development is […]
NCC secures JR of CPA’s Boggy Sand decision
(CNS): The National Conservation Council (NCC) was in court Tuesday seeking a judicial review of the Central Planning Authority’s decision to approve an application to rebuild a cabana and seawall on the beach along Boggy Sand Road, West Bay. Despite a directive from the NCC that it should be refused because of the serious adverse […]
Foster’s expansion stalls over ‘old time’ house
(CNS): The Central Planning Authority has adjourned an application by Foster’s to expand its West Bay supermarket to give the local business time to revise the plans for a larger parking lot to incorporate a century-old traditional Cayman house on the site. This will mean revising the plans to put the additional parking space around […]
Barkers hotel refused over set backs
(CNS) The Central Planning Authority refused permission for a 5-storey boutique hotel close to Barkers Beach in West Bay as a result of technical setback issues, according to the minutes from the CPA meeting on 29 September, which have now been published. The refusal was not based on the concerns of a formal objector, which […]
Old house highlights heritage failures
(CNS): The question of what to do with an old traditional Cayman house on land owned by Foster’s supermarket has highlighted the lack of protection for local heritage. Woody Foster appeared before the Central Planning Authority on Wednesday and said that a national conversation was needed about protecting culturally significant land or property in the […]
‘Old time’ house to be moved for parking
(CNS): An online petition has collected more than 630 signatures since its launch on Saturday in response to plans to move a 113-year-old traditional Cayman house in West Bay to make room for a car park. The Miss Cassie House (or FC and Aldine Franklin’s House), which is a well known district landmark and one […]
Proposed Barkers resort refused by CPA
(CNS): The Central Planning Authority has rejected an application for a boutique resort on Conch Point Road, just a over a mile from Barkers national reserve. The planning application for the project, which stirred up opposition in West Bay, was denied after last Wednesday’s CPA meeting but the board has not yet detailed the reasons […]
CPA urged not to allow clearing of critical habitat
(CNS): The Central Planning Authority is being urged not to allow a developer to clear two separate plots of critical natural habitat, one in Breakers and the other in High Rock, East End, in the absence of any development plans, given the growing concern about the loss of primary forest and mangroves. An application going […]
CPA dismissed DoE order on Boggy Sand cabana
(CNS): Minutes published this week from the Central Planning Authority’s meeting on 1 September reveal its dismissal of the Department of Environment’s legal directive to deny planning permission to a controversial application by Cayman Property Investments Ltd for a seawall and cabana along Boggy Sand Beach.
DoE urges rethink of oceanfront setbacks
(CNS): The Department of Environment has said the current blanket approach to planning applications to build on the oceanfront needs to be reconsidered because it is not climate resilient. The experts said the current high water mark setback rules are based purely on beach or ironshore and take no account of the variety of coastlines […]
CPA allows mangrove removal without plan
(CNS) UPDATED: Another slice of Grand Cayman’s primary mangrove habitat is going to be destroyed in North Side after yet another surprising decision by the new Central Planning Authority. The Department of Environment had advised the CPA not to permit a 0.37-acre plot off Old Robin Road to be cleared of this important and protected […]
