Illegal two floors of hotel will have to be demolished
The two floors which were illegally built at the Sun City project will have to be demolished, according to comments made by Interior Minister Nicos...
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Cabinet extends town planning incentives
The cabinet on Wednesday decided to extend existing town planning incentives and introduce new ones in a bid to boost growth, Interior Minister Nicos Nouris...
Developers of controversial Nicosia building project say they will respect the law
The developers of five controversial residential towers planned for historic Gladstone Street in Nicosia insisted on Monday they would continue to respect the law, but...
Plans to allow development within British bases moving ahead
The town planning department has completed the technical process that followed a call by residents of communities located in the sovereign base areas (SBAs) for...
Steps to tackle affordable housing and town planning
Interior minister Constantinos Petrides on Wednesday outlined the steps the government is taking to address the major challenges facing land development. He addressed the need...
Public hearing for illegal Peyia supermarket
A supermarket in Peyia that was built without planning permission will be the subject of a public hearing on Friday in connection with a...
Deadly flood warning from town planning chaos
Climate change and building on riverbeds could leave Cyprus experiencing the type of destructive floods that claimed lives and left many homeless in Greece,...
Serving the underserved with architects and planners
The connection between physical space and quality of life is clear – now cities, community groups and individual clients must realise that their best expenditure...
Petrides says ‘get a move on’ or forget about competitiveness
Cyprus must climb the global competitiveness ranks in relation with issuing building permits, Interior Minister Constantinos Petrides said, as he pushes for reform that would...
When it is possible to have town planning decisions annulled
When examining applications for development purposes, the appropriate town planning and housing authority takes into consideration every essential factor, which must be relevant, justified and...
Appeal against a town planning decision
A person affected by a town planning decision regarding his application for the issue of a town planning permit to develop his immovable property can...
‘They should have known the ground was unstable’
Probe into Pissouri homes points finger at contractors and town planning TOWN planning authorities and construction contractors alike are responsible for the land slippage problems...
Expat View: Town planners are an invisible species
By Clive Turner I don’t believe we have any town planners in Cyprus. They all live on an alien planet and visit here now and...
Compensation for town planning
ANY restriction on a piece of land due to town planning results in the deprivation of the property and loss to the owner, who is...
Town planning fire reports exaggerated, minister says
A fire at the archives of the town planning department had been blown out of proportion by the media, Interior Minister Socratis Hasicos said on...
Files destroyed in town planning arson (Updated)
The majority of the files destroyed in the fire that broke out in the central offices of the town planning department in Nicosia, were digitised,...
Plan allowing development in British bases moving forward
The plan to allow development within the Sovereign Base Areas (SBA) is moving forward as the communities and municipalities have submitted proposals outlining how they...
Cabinet accused of bowing to big business over mall expansion plans
By Angelos Anastasiou The cabinet has gone against its own advisory body by vetoing its rejection of plans to expand the Mall of Cyprus outside...
Municipalities will create their own reform proposal
THE union of municipalities is looking to prepare its own proposal for the reform of local authorities after rejecting a government bill, which would take...
‘Town planning permits within three months’
By Poly Pantelides THE STATE wants to see town planning applications processed within three months the interior minister said yesterday in a statement entailing drastic...
