Responsibilities of the Planning Authority

Dos:
  • Uphold provisions of the Town and Country Planning Act.
  • Prepare and implement development and land use plans.
  • Develop and implement approved physical development policies and guidelines.
  • Offer pre-planning advise and assess applications.
  • Verify structural designs/details.
  • Relay Planning Authority Board decisions.
  • Advice clients on development matters.
  • Monitor implementation of approved projects.
  • Collect planning (processing) fees.
  • Investigate and take corrective action on breaches of the TCPA.
Don'ts:
  • Prepare application for developers.
  • Carry out property surveys and subdivision of land.
  • Carry out relocation of boundary beacons.
  • Build structures but monitors their implementation.
  • Construct or clean drains.
  • Reclaim the sea or backfill land/marshes/wetland.
  • Sell or purchase land and houses.
  • Build roads, accesses, footpaths, steps, bridges, walls or provide right of ways.
  • Issue license to agents, contractors and business operators.
  • Draw or sell house and survey plans or orthophotos.
  • Supervise construction projects but monitors same.
  • Carry out structural evaluation of private buildings.
  • Clean delapidated/unoccupied/abandoned properties.
  • Issue permit to blast rocks or boulders.
  • Issue permit to cut trees.
  • Control noise and other pollution on construction sites.
  • Dictate working hours on construction sites.
  • Consider application where an applicant is not the owner of the land unless registered permission is given by the landowner.