Topic: Lands and Survey Department
Government launches Cayman property price index
On 25 Sept., the Lands and Survey Department presented the Residential Property Price Index to the Cayman Islands real estate industry.
$1.43 billion in real estate transactions bring record government revenues
Cayman’s real estate market broke many records last year, as both the number and the value of property transfers set record highs.
Ombudsman: Historical land claims should be public
The Ombudsman has ruled that the government's Lands and Survey Department must make historical claims on local land open to the public.
Cayman sends delegation to UK seminar
The Department of Lands and Survey has sent a pair of representatives to the United Kingdom to participate in a five-day seminar centered around safe maritime trade in the Overseas Territories.
Bill calls for change to road naming process
A new bill proposed for debate before the Legislative Assembly seeks to amend the way in which government names and numbers roads.
New public beach access signs erected
The first 40 newly designed public beach access signs have been erected across Grand Cayman on sites where access is open and clear, according to the Public Lands Commission.
Government accesses UK’s underwater mapping program
The Lands and Survey Department is getting a better feel for the local underwater topography of the region thanks to a seabed mapping program undertaken by the U.K. Hydrographic Office.
‘Private Property, Keep Out’: Beach access row remains unresolved
On Prospect Point Road, a chain-link fence blocks access to an overgrown path that leads to the beach.
‘Pay attention’ to land sales, MLAs warn
The Cayman Islands government is now in the process of selling off an estimated $38 million worth of what it considers surplus properties, opposition politicians said Wednesday.
MLAs question need for government land sales
The Legislative Assembly’s Public Accounts Committee last week questioned government’s reasons for selling off Crown-owned properties determined to be “surplus” in a five-year-old review by the Lands and Survey Department.
Real estate issues of the day
In the Cayman Islands, the question as to where the oceanfront land you have purchased actually begins as your own (and thereby is land on which you can build) is governed by the Development and Planning Regulations 2017.
Premier: ‘Agreement in principle’ to purchase Smith Cove
The Cayman Islands government has agreed “in principle” to purchase a property on the northern end of Smith Cove, to prevent part of the beach from being developed. Premier Alden McLaughlin announced Friday in Legislative Assembly that the agreement had been made with Bronte Development Ltd. to buy the land, but a price had not been agreed.
Government considers outsourcing survey work
The partial outsourcing of work done by the government Lands and Survey Department is considered a “viable” option by managers participating in the Project Future civil service reform program.
EDITORIAL – Chasing the ‘missing millions’: Don’t.
“Public Reminded of Stamp Duty on Leases” — That was the government’s casual, almost offhand way of announcing its intention to extract unknown millions of dollars from an unwitting public, through stamp duty payments on residential rental agreements.
Lawmakers told caucus makes government land sale decisions
An initial decision on which Cayman Islands government “surplus” properties would be put up for sale was made by the Progressives-led administration’s political caucus, a senior civil servant told lawmakers last week.
