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Unauthorised developments continue to be a challenge for VI
According to the report which was laid in the House of Assembly on July 24, 2012, unauthorised developments continue to pose a difficulty for the Territory; this is made all the more challenging when taking into consideration the geographic layout of the territory and pace of development taking place. The report states that having two Inspectors to cover the 4 major Islands and Cays is simply not enough.
One of the key reasons proposed by the report as being responsible for the situation in the department is that the salary associated with technical posts continues to make it difficult to attract and retain qualified staff. It adds that a promised review of technical posts service-wide has not come to fruition and is still very much needed.
The report suggests as a remedy to the already existing plan of a deficiency in the number of local planners that an aggressive succession plan must be pursued with the aim of training locals and ensuring knowledge transfers.
Additionally, the report continues, a great percentage of planning applications fail to meet minimum planning requirements, resulting in deferred applications that take longer to process. Many persons it seems become frustrated by this and simply proceed with the construction of unauthorised developments. The resulting delay in dealing with unauthorised developments gives the public the impression that the matters are not being dealt with, thus providing justification for other offenders.
Some of the challenges experienced by the department according to the report include changes in the use of land without development permission, alteration of land without development permission and destruction of mangroves in watershed.
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