Modified plans for Cayman Enterprise City’s $230 million office-and-housing campus in South Sound will not be debated for another three weeks.
The Central Planning Authority was set to hear from the applicant and objectors during a scheduled meeting on Wednesday, 24 May, after a six-week delay.
However, information from the Department of Environment and a response from Cayman Enterprise City had been filed too late to be included in the agenda.
In addition, a report from the National Roads Authority had not be added at all.
Following a short discussion, both the applicant and objectors suggested that an adjournment of the meeting would be the best way forward.
The authority agreed and set a date for a special meeting of 15 June, adding that all of the outstanding documents will be included in the next agenda.
‘Unbalanced’ plans
The developer has requested planning approval to withdraw the lakes and reclaimed wetland park from its original 70-acre plan in order to make way for a school and housing.
These will add “significant value and benefit to the entire community”, it said, adding previous plans were “unbalanced” and did not consider residential and educational needs.
However, the Department of Environment and objectors fear this will increase the likelihood of flooding in the area.
Other concerns included the loss of mangrove wetland, the change in use of the land, access roads, building height, lack of notification, and extension of the site by another five acres.
Cayman Enterprise City first submitted plans to create a commercial-and-residential park in 2015. Over the next five years, several additions and modifications were approved.
The mixed-use development, located south of the new proposed arterial highway, includes a city centre, commercial hub, boardwalk and island, and luxury housing development.
Original plans for the “urban city” off Fairbanks Road included the 10.7-acre Enterprise Lagoon and an outdoor mangrove and wetland botanic lagoon park named Living Waters.
However, in an application for modification of those plans, the company proposed to forego creating the lakes.
After being tabled for 29 March, the application was removed from the authority’s agenda due to objectors complaining they had not been given sufficient notice to prepare submissions.
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