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New development plan ‘urgently needed’ amid Cayman’s growth spurt

Developers, realtors, planners, architects and conservation officials concur that the island is overdue for an update to the 1997 document.
Tarpon Pond on Little Cayman. - Photo: Norma Connolly

33-year-old abandoned document outlined development plan for Little Cayman

More than three decades after a detailed document outlining policies and actions for development in Little Cayman was drawn up, residents of Cayman's smallest island are finding themselves repeating the exercise, and hope that this time, someone will listen.

Brackers call for priority in PlanCayman area plans

Residents of Cayman Brac are calling for their island, and Little Cayman, to be given priority when the government approves area plans that will determine what development can or cannot be carried out in specific locations.

Little Cayman residents call for more say in planning decisions

Residents of Little Cayman are calling for more transparency and the ability to have more input in the planning decisions for their island.

Planning chief: ‘Inefficient’ use of land impacting Cayman’s quality of life

Inefficient use of land has contributed to traffic problems and is fuelling quality of life challenges for Cayman Islands people, the island's planning chief has acknowledged.

Surging population, skyscrapers and ‘corruption’ among concerns at PlanCayman launch

Population growth, rolling power cuts, corruption, skyscrapers and a lack of political will were among the many topics and concerns raised by West Bay residents on Tuesday night in the first of a series of PlanCayman public meetings.

Public meetings for development plan begin this week

Proposals for a new National Development Plan for the Cayman Islands will come under scrutiny from this week as a series of district-wide public meetings begin.
Aerial view of Grand Cayman island in the Caribbean

Draft national development plan released for comment

A draft document that may form the basis of a new national development plan – the first in 28 years – has been released by government for public feedback.

Government resuscitating national development plan for Cayman

The government says it is restarting efforts to draw up with a modernised national development plan for the Cayman Islands - an endeavour successive governments have promised over the past two decades.

Opposition pledges support for Plan Cayman

Opposition legislators have voiced their support for the National Planning Framework (Plan Cayman) as they welcomed movement on the document meant to map out a long-awaited development plan for the Cayman Islands.

Develop Seven Mile Beach sustainably

The Caymanian people should not have their beach access blocked by multi-storey buildings and additional resorts on Seven Mile Beach.  Beach erosion and overbuilding of...

Plan Cayman seeks to guide growth

Consultation over an ‘area plan’ for the Seven Mile Beach corridor is effectively on hold until after the election, the Department of Planning has confirmed.

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