Tag: National Conservation Council

CPA taking Boggy Sand case to Privy Council

CPA taking Boggy Sand case to Privy Council

| 20/09/2023 | 104 Comments

(CNS): The courtroom battle over the redevelopment of a controversial cabana and seawall in a marine park area on Boggy Sand Beach in West Bay that has pitched two government boards against each other is headed to London. In a surprising turn of events, given that the Central Planning Authority has lost a judicial review […]

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Controversial cabana torn down after court decision

Controversial cabana torn down after court decision

| 04/09/2023 | 37 Comments

(CNS): The cabana on Boggy Sand Beach, which is behind the long-running courtroom battle between the National Conservation Council and the Central Planning Authority, was taken down this weekend. Following Friday’s decision by the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal, when the CPA’s appeal against a judicial review was dismissed, workmen began dismantling the failing structure. […]

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NCC prevails in legal battle with CPA

NCC prevails in legal battle with CPA

| 01/09/2023 | 86 Comments

(CNS): The Cayman Islands Court of Appeal has dismissed the Central Planning Authority’s appeal challenging a direction from the National Conservation Council that it should not grant planning permission for the redevelopment of a beachfront cabana on Boggy Sand Beach. The high court confirmed on Friday that the National Conservation Act provides the NCC with […]

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NCC members express deep concern over quarries

NCC members express deep concern over quarries

| 25/08/2023 | 29 Comments

(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 […]

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Mailer commits to carry on work of late NCC chairman

Mailer commits to carry on work of late NCC chairman

| 17/08/2023 | 8 Comments

(CNS): Ahead of the first meeting of the recently appointed National Conservation Council later this month, the new chairperson, Stuart Mailer, has said he is committed to continuing the stellar work of the late chairman, McFarlane “Mac” Conolly, who died suddenly last month. The appointment term of all members of the previous council, including Conolly, […]

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New members join NCC while CPA reappointed

New members join NCC while CPA reappointed

| 11/08/2023 | 31 Comments

(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 […]

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NCC chairman dies snorkelling

NCC chairman dies snorkelling

| 18/07/2023 | 11 Comments

(CNS): McFarlane “Mac” Conolly (70), the chairman and original member of the National Conservation Council, died yesterday afternoon after getting into difficulties while snorkelling off Colliers Beach. The RCIPS said that officers were dispatched around 3:10pm following a report that someone was in distress on the shore off Austin Conolly Drive in East End.

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CPA failed to explain ‘mitigation’ in Boggy Sand case

CPA failed to explain ‘mitigation’ in Boggy Sand case

| 19/05/2023 | 30 Comments

(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 […]

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CPA decision ‘perfectly proper’, argues lawyer

CPA decision ‘perfectly proper’, argues lawyer

| 18/05/2023 | 30 Comments

(CNS): Sir Jeffrey Jowell KC told the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal Wednesday that a Central Planning Authority decision to grant planning permission for the redevelopment of a wall and a cabana on Boggy Sand Beach was “perfectly proper”. As Jowel opened the CPA’s appeal against a judicial review finding, he argued that the experts […]

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Non-profit stops efforts to control feral cats

Non-profit stops efforts to control feral cats

| 11/04/2023 | 93 Comments

(CNS): The Department of Environment’s feral cat control project has been stalled again by local animal rights charity Feline Friends as the Grand Court has granted a stay on the rollout of the National Conservation (Alien Species) Regulations. The non-profit organisation has run both a feeding and a trap-neuter-release programme on Grand Cayman for feral […]

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100+ acres of natural habitat already at risk this year

100+ acres of natural habitat already at risk this year

| 22/03/2023 | 72 Comments

(CNS): Since the start of this year, the Central Planning Authority has heard applications for development projects and sub-divisions that threaten well over one hundred acres of primary natural habitat, including mangroves. Despite mounting public support for conservation and significant concerns that development is destroying the environment, in less than two months the CPA has […]

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