Tag: Department of Planning
Brac bush removal not approved, officials confirm
(CNS): Officials from the planning department and the Cayman Brac and Little Cayman Development Control Board have confirmed that the bush clearance on South Side Road was not approved and that the landowner has been notified that he needed permission to rip up the bush and foliage that has been cleared. It appears that land […]
WB homeowner moves landscaping
(CNS): The owner of a significant sized property on a beachfront plot in West Bay has complied with a planning notice to remove landscaping that had encroached onto the public road at a small and already congested junction. The trees, boulders and other features placed around the entrance to the new home had caused concern […]
CIG estate holds up after 7.7M quake
(CNS): Government properties have withstood the major earthquake and multiple aftershocks that struck the Cayman Islands Tuesday, officials have said. In a press release Wednesday, GIS stated that a cross-departmental damage assessment found only superficial damage to public buildings caused by the 7.7 magnitude earthquake and the more than a dozen aftershocks.
WB home owner ordered to address landscaping issue
(CNS): The persistent efforts of a member of the Concern Citizens Group to get public officials to address an encroachment of landscaping into the road at a large new house in West Bay has led planning to order the owners to remove the features, otherwise they will not be allowed to move into the home. […]
Developer to face CPA over land clearance
(CNS): A developer who removed mangroves and other important flora from a four-acre site of land for a subdivision has been asked to appear before the Central Planning Authority to explain why it was cleared without approval. The application was adjourned last week in order to allow John Burke, the landowner who has applied for […]
$500M of projects OK’d in 6 months
(CNS): Development in the Cayman Islands shows no signs of slowing and becoming in anyway sustainable, after the Central Planning Authority approved over half a billion dollars worth of projects in the first six months of this year. Despite the premier’s claims that the National Conservation Law is stifling development, the CPA green-lit an unprecedented […]
Planning issues stop notice on pop-up beach business
(CNS): The Department of Planning has issued a stop notice at the recent pop-up beach equipment rental business on Boggy Sand in West Bay. The emergence last week of a collection of bright yellow sun loungers and umbrellas on a strip of beach at the junction of Mary Hyde Road and Boggy Sand Road, as […]
Planning offers public some insight into process
(CNS): The Department of Planning will be explaining how the planning application process works in the Cayman Islands at an information booth in the lobby of the Government Administration Building this Thursday to commemorate World Town Planning Day. The process is often criticised because of apparent conflicts of interest of the Central Planning Authority members, as […]
No permission for Frank Sound wall
(CNS): A landowner who constructed a wall by the Frank Sound dock did not have planning permission to do so, officials have confirmed. CNS readers had raised their concerns about the wall, saying it was blocking access to one of Grand Cayman’s much-loved stretches of quiet shoreline and beach. Officials have confirmed that the owner […]
Activists call on Beck to stop blocking beach
(CNS): A wealthy property owner in South Sound has blocked beach access in the area as a result of unauthorized coastal works, activists have said, but it appears that the planning department is not enforcing the law after it suspended an enforcement notice requiring the work to stop. Activists from Protect South Sound, who are […]
