Laws of Saint Christopher Development Control and Planning Act Cap 20.07 1 and Nevis Revision Date: 31 Dec 2002 ST CHRISTOPHER AND NEVIS CHAPTER 20.07 DEVELOPMENT CONTROL AND PLANNING ACT and Subsidiary Legislation Revised Edition showing the law as at 31 December 2002 This is a revised edition of the law, prepared by the Law Revision Commissioner under the authority of the Law Revision Act, No. 9 of 1986. This edition contains a consolidation of the following laws: Development Control and Planning Act Act 14 of 2000 in force 3rd October, 2000 Building Regulations SRO 7 of 2000 Laws of Saint Christopher Development Control and Planning Act Cap 20.07 3 and Nevis Revision Date: 31 Dec 2002 CHAPTER 20.07 DEVELOPMENT CONTROL AND PLANNING ACT ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS PART I – PRELIMINARY ................................................................................................... 4 1. Short title ................................................................................................................ 7 2. Interpretation .......................................................................................................... 7 3. Act binds the crown .............................................................................................. 11 4. Objects and purposes of Act ................................................................................. 14 PART II – ADMINISTRATION ........................................................................................ 15 5. Duties of Minister ................................................................................................. 15 6. Development and Planning Board. Schedule 1 ..................................................... 15 7. Chief Physical Planner .......................................................................................... 16 8. Exercise of functions of Chief Physical Planner ................................................... 16 9. Limitation of personal liability ............................................................................. 17 PART III – DEVELOPMENT PLANS .............................................................................. 17 10. Proposal for development plan ............................................................................. 17 11. Scope and preparation of development plan ......................................................... 17 12. Environmental protection area .............................................................................. 19 13. Environmental protection area plan. No. 5 of 1987 .............................................. 20 14. Public participation ............................................................................................... 21 15. Consideration of draft development plan .............................................................. 22 16. Approval of development plan ............................................................................. 22 17. Deposit of approve plan ........................................................................................ 23 18. Modification or revocation of a plan .................................................................... 23 19. Legal status of development plans ........................................................................ 23 PART IV – MANAGEMENT OF DEVELOPMENT OF LAND ...................................... 24 20. Permission required to develop land ..................................................................... 24 21. Types of development permission ........................................................................ 25 22. Application for development permission .............................................................. 25 23. Requirement for further information .................................................................... 25 24. Certificate of ownership........................................................................................ 26 25. Publicity for applications ...................................................................................... 26 26. Environmental impact assessment… .................................................................... 27 27. Consultation on applications ................................................................................. 28 28. Material planning consideration with respect to applications ............................... 29 29. Determination of applications ............................................................................... 30 4 Cap 20.07 Development Control and Planning Act Laws of Saint Christopher and Nevis Revision Date: 31 Dec 2002 30. Applications inconsistent with development plan ................................................ 30 31. Conditions of development permission ................................................................ 31 32. Development agreements ..................................................................................... 33 33. Performance bonds ............................................................................................... 34 34. Lapse of development permission ........................................................................ 35 35. Supplementary provisions as to grant of development permission ...................... 35 36. Minor variation of development permission ........................................................ 36 37. Modification or revocation of development permission....................................... 36 38. Reference of application to Minister .................................................................... 37 PART V – COMPLIANCE ................................................................................................ 38 39. Compliance notice ................................................................................................ 38 40. Material planning considerations with respect to compliance notices ................. 40 41. Notice to apply for development permission........................................................ 41 42. Permission for retention of buildings or continuance of use ................................ 41 43. Suspension of effect of compliance notice ........................................................... 41 44. Stop order ............................................................................................................. 41 45. Injunctions ............................................................................................................ 43 46. Action by Board for non-compliance with compliance notice ............................. 43 47. Continuing operation of compliance notice ......................................................... 43 PART VI – ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ............................................................ 44 48. Interim preservation orders buildings or sites. …. ............................................... 44 49. Preservation orders in respect of buildings or sites .............................................. 45 50. Plant preservation orders ...................................................................................... 46 51. Amenity orders ..................................................................................................... 46 52. Control of advertisements .................................................................................... 47 53. Supplementary provisions as to advertisements ................................................... 49 54. Environmental protection area ............................................................................. 49 PART VII – BUILDING REGULATION ......................................................................... 50 55. Submission of Application to the Board .............................................................. 50 56. Building regulations ............................................................................................. 50 57. Documents approved for purposes of building regulations .................................. 52 58. Appointment of building inspectors ..................................................................... 53 59. Passing and rejection of plans .............................................................................. 53 60. Power to require removal or alteration of work ................................................... 54 61. Appeal against notices … ..................................................................................... 55 62. Lapse of deposit of plans ...................................................................................... 55 PART VIII – COMPENSATION AND ACQUISITION ................................................... 55 63. Claim for compensation ....................................................................................... 55 64. Circumstances where land is subject to mortgage ................................................ 57 Laws of Saint Christopher Development Control and Planning Act Cap 20.07 5 and Nevis Revision Date: 31 Dec 2002 65. Registration of claim for compensation ................................................................ 57 66. Acquisition of land in lieu of compensation ......................................................... 58 67. Public access and rights of way to beaches........................................................... 58 68. Acquisition of comprehensive planning area ........................................................ 58 69. Acquisition of buildings or sites for the purposes of preservation ........................ 59