Tag: Seven Mile Beach
CPA turns down 12-storey 7MB condo tower
(CNS): An application for a condo tower on Seven Mile Beach has been refused planning permission by the Central Planning Authority because it is too tall. What was described by objectors as a “monstrosity” that would change the entire character of the quieter northern end of the Cayman Islands’ famous beach was rejected because the […]
Illegal vendors still operating at Seven Mile Beach
(CNS): Thirty-four vendors received official permits last week to trade at Seven Mile Public Beach, chosen from 120 applicants, but it appears that people are still operating at the location illegally. Last week, the RCIPS, the Public Lands Inspectorate (PLI), Customs and Border Control (CBC) and the Department of Commerce and Investment (DCI) conducted a […]
34 vendors from 120 applicants secure spots at 7MB
(CNS): The ministry responsible for lands, along with the Public Lands Commission (PLC) and Public Lands Inspectorate (PLI), has begun implementing the formal commercialisation of the Seven Mile Public Beach Park, granting just 34 licences to do business on Grand Cayman’s famous beach. Following Cabinet’s approval of the vendor policy last year, traders were invited […]
Premier: Seven Mile Public Beach not subject to ‘swap’
(CNS): Premier Wayne Panton has dismissed the idea that Seven Mile Public Beach will be part of a land swap deal. In a statement posted on his social media platforms on Thursday, he said the rumours were “absolute nonsense” and simply “not true” and stressed that the beach would not be swapped for London House, […]
Costly beach replenishment project still in the works
(CNS): The proposal to replenish the sand on parts of Seven Mile Beach is going through the business case process, Lands Minister Juliana O’Connor-Connnolly revealed in parliament Tuesday. Funding for the controversial plan to replenish the southern end of Seven Mile Beach between the Marriot hotel and Dart’s private house, which will cost more than […]
7MB vendors due to get licences in October
(CNS): People who have applied to trade on the Seven Mile Public Beach, one of a dwindling number of places where visitors and residents are still able to access the famous beach, can expect to receive their licences to set up shop officially next month. The minister responsible for public lands, Juliana O’Connor-Connolly, told parliament […]
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 […]
PLC begins licensing 7MB vendors
(CNS): After years of irregular commercial activity on Seven Mile Public Beach, the Public Lands Commission has begun the process of registering traders who wish to ply their wares on one of the few remaining spots on the famous beach that has public access for locals. The new policy will define the rules for all […]
Man badly wounded after stabbing on 7MB
(CNS): Tourists were, once again, witnesses to violence at Seven Mile Public Beach this week after a man was stabbed multiple times during an altercation among vendors, CNS has learned. The violent assault took place before noon on Wednesday, 19 April. Afterwards, the injured man was taken to hospital with serious stab wounds to his […]
Policy for beach vending heads to Cabinet
(CNS): The government plans to adopt a policy created by the Public Lands Commission to deal with the ad hoc and illegal vending that has been causing problems on Seven Mile Public Beach. According to Tourism Minister Kenneth Bryan, the policy is expected to go before Cabinet this week, and once implemented, all vendors wanting […]
7MB vendor accused of pepper spraying tourist
(CNS): A 20-year-old man from West Bay appeared in court Monday charged with the possession of illegal ammunition, which was discovered at his home after he was arrested in connection with allegations he assaulted a visitor on Seven Mile Beach last week. Police were called to the Public Beach Wednesday following a report that a […]
