No environmentalists on planning regulation evaluate staff

No environmentalists on planning law review team

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The FIN development project (file photo)

(CNS): Cabinet has appointed a new committee to review the Development and Planning Act that doesn’t include a single expert on climate resilience or sustainability. The lack of any environmentalists on this board is likely to raise considerable public concern, given the PACT Government’s stated policy objectives and the need to address fundamental problems in local planning laws in light of the Cayman Islands’ vulnerability to climate change sea-level rise.

According to the summary notes of the Cabinet meeting, this new committee was formally appointed on Tuesday, 1 March. Local lawyer Steve McField has been appointed as chair of this new board, which could shape the development of Cayman for generations to come. The other members are largely connected to the development sector, calling into question the direction of this review.

The deputy chair is the planning ministry’s chief officer or their designate. Central…

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