Topic: Central Planning Authority

An application for the construction of a $9 million condo development in East End is expected to return to the Central Planning Authority on Wednesday, 13 Oct.

The Central Planning Authority has refused planning permission for a $118.5 million redevelopment project for Barkers Beach Resort.

The Central Planning Authority will hear an application on Wednesday for a $118.5 million redevelopment project for Barkers Beach Resort.

The Central Planning Authority dismissed a directive from the Department of Environment, acting on behalf of the National Conservation Council, to reject a planning application to replace a seawall and cabana on Boggy Sand Road in West Bay because, it says, it had not received a 'lawful directive' from the NCC.

The Central Planning Authority has approved an application to replace a cabana and a failing seawall at Boggy Sand Road in West Bay, despite a direction from the Department of Environment to reject the plan.

The Department of Environment is directing the Central Planning Authority to reject plans for the demolition and replacement of a cabana and seawall on Boggy Sand Road in West Bay.

The Central Planning Authority has approved an application to build a four-storey condominium complex on South Church Street.

The Central Planning Authority will hear an application on Wednesday for a $1.6 million townhouse development in West Bay on land that was cleared earlier this year without permission.

Four companies in Industrial Park in George Town are objecting to an application by National Cement Ltd. to modify plans relating to a concrete batching plant in the area.

The Central Planning Authority has rejected an application by K&B Ltd. to clear mangrove land near an area where illegal clearing had earlier been carried out.

The Central Planning Authority has given the green light for the construction of an $80 million 10-storey hotel in central George Town.

The government has replaced all but one of the members of the Central Planning Authority.

The Central Planning Authority is this week expected to hear an application for planning permission for a 10-storey hotel called One GT in downtown George Town.

The Central Planning Authority has given Health City Cayman Islands the green light to clear and fill a 3.44 acre plot which will be used for its new multi-million dollar hospital in George Town.

The Central Planning Authority has approved an application by Aster Cayman MedCity for a 40-acre planned area development at the site of the proposed hospital at the junction of the Esterley Tibbetts Highway and Batabano Road in West Bay.

The National Conservation Council is calling for measures to be put in place to protect turtle nests on a West Bay beach where internet investor Frank Schilling has applied to build an $18 million, 27-apartment development.

Great news that the interests of the Caymanian people are being served. That the Central Planning Authority has rejected plans for a West Bay...

The Utility Regulation and Competition Office issued a statement Sunday refuting suggestions made in a Refuel gas station planning application that the regulatory body did not support projects that supply lower-emission fuel to local consumers.

ReFuel has been granted planning permission to build a gas station on the Esterley Tibbetts Highway. It will be the first time a petrol station will be opened on the road which stretches from George Bay to West Bay.

The Central Planning Authority has refused planning permission to a four-storey, 30-apartment development on North West Point Road in West Bay.

The Central Planning Authority has denied an application by Arboretum Services Ltd., a company connected to Dart, to construct a helipad in North Side.

The Central Planning Authority has approved a major new housing development in Red Bay.

The Caribbean Utilities Company gave the Central Planning Authority a private presentation Wednesday of its plans to introduce natural gas as an alternative energy source to Cayman.

The Central Planning Authority on Wednesday approved the planning application for Dart's new 10-storey hotel near Seven Mile Beach.

The Central Planning Authority has approved a plan for a children’s splash park at the Kimpton Seafire Resort + Spa, which will be open to both the public and hotel guests.

A company called Botanic Farms is seeking planning permission to open a hydroponic farm, which will include a shop, storage and packaging areas, greenhouse buildings and water tanks.

Opponents of a planned seven-storey hotel on Seven Mile Beach, who are appealing the Central Planning Authority's approval of the development, are applying for a judicial review to enable new evidence to be presented at an upcoming Planning Appeals Tribunal hearing.

A $90 million three-storey apartment complex and self storage facility along the Seven Mile Beach stretch gets the greenlight from Central Planning Authority.

The controversy surrounding work at the Balboa Beach site along the George Town waterfront continues to escalate, as the landowner gets ready to appeal one of the Central Planning Authority's recent decisions on the development.

The Central Planning Authority on Wednesday refused an application for a 10-storey hotel and other facilities at the existing Westin hotel site, on West Bay Road.

The Central Planning Authority has granted permission for the construction of a new Rubis gas station off Batabano Road in West Bay.

The Department of Environment has not yet given the go-ahead for work to start on removing parts of the ironshore to create a saltwater tidal pool at the FIN development on South Church Street.

The Central Planning Authority has returned mixed results to the owners of Balboa Beach, on the George Town waterfront, who were seeking after-the-fact approval after building a concrete slab on ironshore, and permission to fill in a portion of submerged coastal land at the site.

The Department of Environment says unapproved mangrove-forest clearing is a problem they are not authorised to act on.

The concrete wall bordering Seven Mile Public Beach along West Bay Road has neared completion despite public outcry over its height.

Plans to demolish and redevelop one of Cayman’s oldest condos, Lacovia, have been approved by the Central Planning Authority, despite objections from neighbouring properties.

The Grand Cayman Marriott Beach Resort has applied for a coastal works licence to re-establish the eroded beach in front of its Seven Mile...

The Central Planning Authority has approved an application from The Meadows Ltd. Group to build 113 apartments on Batabano Road in West Bay.

The board of the Central Planning Authority read your article titled, ‘Wall goes up near Public Beach,’ dated 2 Dec. 2019, and write to...

Vandals have publicised their objections to a wall being constructed by Seven Mile Public Beach, calling for it to be taken down.

An extension of the runway at Owen Roberts International Airport has been approved by the Central Planning Authority. 

A $40 million plan to complete the new John Gray High School campus was approved by the Central Planning Authority Wednesday.

Two major thoroughfares connecting the eastern districts to George Town may soon be widened in efforts to alleviate traffic congestion, according to Central Planning Authority documents and a government press release.

Plans to construct a resort hotel at Beach Bay, a primary habitat for turtle nesting, continued to stir debate on Wednesday.

Around 40 neighbouring residents spelled out some of their objections to a 125-room Mandarin Oriental hotel and condo development in Beach Bay during a meeting of the Central Planning Authority Wednesday.

The Central Planning Authority has approved an application for a $20 million, seven-storey hotel on the northern end of Seven Mile Beach.

The Central Planning Authority has turned down a request by Divetech to expand its operations to a residential property just north of its current location at the Lighthouse complex in West Bay.

A newly announced board for the Cayman Islands Central Planning Authority took a step closer to the diversity called for in an audit on the agency released in January.

An application for an $800,000 chicken farm in the East End has been refused by the Central Planning Authority.

Traffic congestion and high-density tourism development were among the key concerns highlighted during the consultation period for Cayman’s new development plan.

Six new apartment complexes were given the green light Friday after the Central Planning Authority convened a special meeting to allow developers a chance to have their applications reviewed before a “loophole” allowing stamp duty reductions is closed.

The Dart group has been granted permission to create a three-dimensional parcel above its tunnel on the Esterley Tibbetts Highway.

Plans for a new $30 million development in Grand Harbour, including homes, shops, restaurants, a café and a bakery have been submitted to the Central Planning Authority.

The Central Planning Authority announced approval of the construction of a new eco-resort on Barefoot Beach in East End on Thursday.

After years of planning, a proposal for a $200 million, 10-storey hotel in Bodden Town has been submitted to the Central Planning Authority and will be heard in an upcoming meeting.

Owning a little piece of the rock has long been part of the Caymanian dream. Now, for the first time, homeowners can buy a slice of the sky.

The first phase of a new 74-home development in the Seven Mile Beach Corridor has been approved by the Central Planning Authority.

A new housing development on the edge of George Town has been given the green light by the Central Planning Authority.

Plans for a 10-storey business hotel at the “tranquil” north end of Seven Mile Beach have been rejected after an unprecedented number of objections to the proposal.

The Central Planning Authority, in particular, wields considerable power and influence. Appropriately, it has taken meaningful steps toward transparency in recent years, but as an Auditor General’s report released early this year also noted, the work is far from over.

Deliberations and votes by the Central Planning Authority should be held in public, Public Accounts Committee Chairman Ezzard Miller said at a meeting of his committee on Wednesday.

The Central Planning Authority has rejected plans for a beachside bar and restaurant in East End.

Plans for a $20 million, 10-story hotel on the northern end of Seven Mile Beach have attracted a slew of objections from neighboring residents who have labeled it “cheap and nasty.”

Auditors have raised concerns that the membership of the Central Planning Authority is made up largely of developers.

Government is seeking public input on a new development plan for Grand Cayman.

After approving plans in May to build an $800,000 commercial poultry farm in East End, on Wednesday the Central Planning Authority refused similar plans to build the same farm on a different piece of land – despite the new land being farther away from fresh groundwater that was at risk of being contaminated under the original plans.

A new, 10-story condominium project has been approved for Seven Mile Beach, continuing the shift toward taller buildings in Grand Cayman’s main tourist district.

The Central Planning Authority has approved plans for a $177 million, 10-story luxury condo complex on Seven Mile Beach.

Bulldozers are sculpting and reshaping a large area of land bordering Seven Mile Beach as the Dart group makes headway on a series of projects.

Lawmakers have approved a change in planning rules that will allow for a hotel of up to seven stories to be built along the northern George Town waterfront.

The Central Planning Authority’s decision to approve the Dart group’s plans for a festival site without considering environmental implications may not be legal, according to Gina Ebanks-Petrie, director of the Department of Environment.

Plans for a $45 million expansion that will double the size of the Cayman International School were approved by the Central Planning Authority Wednesday.