Tag: Little Cayman Boutique Resort

CPA queries PAT decision on Little Cayman resort

CPA queries PAT decision on Little Cayman resort

| 17/11/2022 | 65 Comments

(CNS): Following a decision by the Planning Appeals Tribunal to quash planning permission given by the Cayman Brac and Little Cayman Development Control Board (DCB) for the land element of a resort in Little Cayman after a successful appeal by objectors, the Central Planning Authority has said the board should consider appealing that ruling. The […]

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Over-water resort kicked back to DCB after appeal

Over-water resort kicked back to DCB after appeal

| 24/10/2022 | 33 Comments

(CNS): The Planning Appeals Tribunal has quashed a decision by the Cayman Brac and Little Cayman Development Control Board (DCB) to grant planning permission for the land element of a resort in Little Cayman following a successful appeal by objectors. The tribunal found the lack of details to support the decision meant it couldn’t be […]

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Activists urge voters to lobby MPs over LC resort

Activists urge voters to lobby MPs over LC resort

| 08/02/2022 | 104 Comments

(CNS): The decision by the Cayman Brac and Little Cayman Development Control Board (DCB) to hear and grant an application dealing with only part of a controversial resort project in Little Cayman “flies in the face of environmental, social and economic responsibility”, local activists have said.

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Cayman needs policy for over-water development

Cayman needs policy for over-water development

| 16/11/2021 | 45 Comments

(CNS): The Cayman Islands needs to develop a policy on how to deal with planning and coastal works applications for over-water developments, a meeting of government agencies recently concluded, following the first submission of its kind for a controversial project in Little Cayman recently made to the Ministry of Sustainability.

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LC over-water bungalows ‘unacceptable’ says DoE

LC over-water bungalows ‘unacceptable’ says DoE

| 11/11/2021 | 48 Comments

(CNS): A proposal to build over-water bungalows in a marine park on Little Cayman at Kingston Bight is “fundamentally unacceptable”, the Department of Environment has said in a technical review submitted to Cabinet regarding a coastal works licence application by Peppercorn Investments. In the report the DoE urged Cabinet to refuse permission because of the […]

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Trust starts petition against overwater bungalows

Trust starts petition against overwater bungalows

| 09/08/2021 | 37 Comments

(CNS): The Little Cayman District Committee (LCDC) of the National Trust for the Cayman Islands (NTCI) has launched a petition in response to the proposed construction of overwater bungalows in the South Hole Sound Marine Reserve on the island, which the non-profit has described as “a matter of critical importance”. In a press release issued […]

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Developers defend projects facing public backlash

Developers defend projects facing public backlash

| 05/08/2021 | 154 Comments

(CNS): Local residents challenging the pace of development are no longer just committed environmental activists but increasingly include Caymanians who have been marginalized by projects that undermine the culture and heritage of these islands, but some developers are standing by their plans, despite the controversy they are causing. Matthew Wight, one of three Caymanian developers […]

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A defining test for our new Cabinet

A defining test for our new Cabinet

| 29/07/2021 | 58 Comments

Aristophanes Duckpond writes: Our new Cabinet is facing yet another defining test of its character and its pre-election and post-election commitments. An application has reportedly been made for a type of development that is new to Cayman, a type of development that would see developers not paving over our paradise, but literally building over our coastal […]

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Over-water resort planned for Little Cayman

Over-water resort planned for Little Cayman

| 28/07/2021 | 150 Comments

(CNS): Developers have submitted an application to the Cayman Brac and Little Cayman Development Control Board for Cayman’s first ever over-water bungalow resort, which they want to build on Little Cayman. According to drawings available online by architect John Doak, owners of the land currently home to the Kingston Bight Beach Bar off Guy Banks […]

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