Topic: Planning Appeals Tribunal

A Grand Court judge has rejected an attempt to halt a judicial review brought by two strata corporations challenging a planning decision on the proposed Aqua Bay Club redevelopment, clearing the way for the case to proceed to a full hearing.

The proposed International Mall Ltd. development along Walkers Road in George Town has ignited frustration and anger on social media after heavy equipment recently started clearing trees – an action developer Sam Thevasaeyan has defended as the project awaits appeal.

The Planning Appeals Tribunal has quashed a Sister Islands planning board approval of a 47-lot subdivision on Little Cayman.

The Planning Appeals Tribunal is considering a challenge to a decision by the Sister Islands' Development Control Board to grant permission for a 47-lot subdivision on Little Cayman.

Parliament has approved the indemnification of members of the Planning Appeals Tribunal.

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.

Construction work on a new tourism development on the George Town waterfront appears to be continuing, despite the Planning Appeals Tribunal’s decision to quash permission for the project.

The level of precision, conscientiousness and coordination that goes into the creation of a building is truly remarkable. It’s too bad that our public officials cannot be bothered to exercise an equivalent amount of attention to detail when formulating laws and discharging duties.

In a rare court ruling concerning a planning dispute over a proposed apartment development along Grand Cayman’s Seven Mile Beach, a Grand Court judge has questioned planning regulations that, heretofore, have allowed for the development of structures higher than seven stories in hotel/tourism zones.