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Beach Control Authority
Earthquake Unit
Land and Estates
Land Development and Utilisation Commission
Land Valuation Commission
Lands Department
Meteorological Department
Mines & Geology Division
National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA)
National Land Agency (NLA)
Natural Resources Conservation Authority
Negril/Green Island Area Local Planning Authority
Office of Disaster Preparedness & Emergency Management (ODPEM)
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Town Planning Department
 
 
     

 

MINISTRY OF LAND AND ENVIRONMENT
 

The Ministry of Land and Environment aims at developing strategies to facilitate land use administration, environmental controls and resource management to enhance the social and economic well-being of the nation. In the furtherance of its objectives the Ministry is assigned responsibility for:

1)
Land development and administration
2)
National physical planning to ensure orderly development and utilization of land and other resources
3)
Environmental protection and conservation which relates to protection and conservation of the natural resources of the country including its coastal zones

The agencies which fall under the Ministry and carry out policy implementation include the following:

Natural Resources Conservation Authority (NRCA)
Town Planning Department
Land Development and Utilization Commission
Negril/Green Island Area Local Authority
Real Estate Board
The Town and Country Planning Authority
The National Land Agency (This Executive Agency, in transition, was created from the merging of the former Land Valuation and Estate Department, Registrar of Titles and Survey Department)

Rural Development

The objects of this Programme are to:

i. Achieve efficient land administration and land use within a framework of sustainable development;
ii. Reduce land idleness through the activities of the Land Development and Utilization Commission set up under the Land Development and Utilization Act 1966.

The Programme includes schemes for divestment of Government-owned lands, dealing mainly with the valuation of land, updating of valuations, land surveys, the registration of titles to land and the management of Government-owned land.

The Land and Development Utilization Commission is responsible for the units and taking steps to ensure the proper development and utilization of idle land and units, including the monitoring of the usage of divested properties.

National Land Agency

The National Land Agency (NLA) is a direct response to the National Land Policy (NLP) of 1996, with its goal to streamline the land titling process and modernise land registration systems. This will include developing a customer oriented service delivery system for all programme operations; providing a decision support infrastructure by way of a comprehensive mapping programme; and supporting the land settlement and titling process in Jamaica.

The NLA was created to deliver services more efficiently, effectively and with greater accountability, using available resources for the benefit of customers and taxpayers. The agency will be accountable for achieving results through a formal system of performance measurement and will provide land information, land registration, survey and property valuation support to ensure security of tenure, equitable land valuation and a sound basis for planning and development.

The NLA will be responsible for:

Providing land related information to clients
Issuing titles under the Registration of Titles Act and the Registration of Strata Titles Act
Land Development and Utilization Commission
Registering all dealings related to existing titles
Maintaining the valuation roll for property taxation
Valuation of land taxation and non-taxation purposes
Checking survey plans in accordance with the Land Surveyors Act

Town Planning Department

The Town Planning Department was established to maintain efficient land use islandwide, through the provision of land use and density regulations. It also ensures that land will be available to satisfy the needs of all activities in accordance with the Town and Country Planning Act and the Local Improvement Act. This is achieved through the preparation and promulgation of Development Orders, which establish planning policies to ensure a more effective use of urban and rural lands.

Development Orders are being finalised for Manchester and Negril and work on that for Kingston and St. Andrew is continuing. The issuing of these Development Orders will:

Lower the incidence of non-conforming land usage in urban areas, particularly those listed above
Provide a more efficient service for assessing and processing development and sub-division applications and satisfying enquiries islandwide
Improve the awareness of the role and function of Town and Country Planning in the island’s development
Provide source document for areas under planning control

Planning and Research

The objectives of the Planning and Research Division of the Town Planning Department are to:

(i)
Reflect national/regional and urban development policies in physical planning terms;
(ii)
Maintain efficient use of all land resources through complementary land and use density zoning, based on projections and trends, thus ensuring that land will be available for whatever use proposed, when so required;
(iii)
Achieve a balanced and comprehensive development of land throughout the island;
(iv)
Complement existing knowledge of Town and Country Planning and Development;
(v)
Provide answers to basic questions relating to planning;
(vi)
Provide a better understanding of the nature of the physical environment of urban and rural areas, the social, economic, governmental, legal, technical and aesthetic forces that fashion them and the inter-relationship between urbanization and society.

SUBJECTS

(LAND)

Emancipation Lands
Land Acquisition Act
Land Development and Utilisation
Land Reform
Land Registration
Land Surveyors' Act
Land Surveys
Land Titling
Lands (including Crown Lands and Land Settlements)
Mining Act
National Geographic Data Management
National Land Policy
Non-Bauxite Mining
Public Sector Estate Management
Quarries Act
Quarries and Non-Bauxite Minerals
Real Estate (Dealers and Developers') Act
Registration of Titles Act
Survey and Titles

(ENVIRONMENT)

Air Quality and Control
Beach Control and Coastal Management
Marine Conservation and Protection
Meteorology
Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management
Watershed Management
Wildlife Protection

PHYSICAL PLANNING

Local Improvements Act
Negril and Green Island Development
Registration (Strata Titles) Act
Subdivision of Land
Town and Country Planning
 
CONTACT INFO:

Mr. Donovan Stanberry (Permanent Secretary)

16A Half Way Tree Road
Kingston 5

Tel: 920-3273/9117;
Fax: 929-2884

E-mail: mle@cwjamaica.com
Website: www.mle.gov.jm
 
 
 

 

 
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