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The Quickie Lickie Laundromat in Southampton could soon increase in size, expanding into an adjacent retail space. According to a planning application, the laundromat owners are seeking retroactive approval to remove the partition separating the Midd...

The National Sports Centre is looking to turn a storage area into a gym, according to planning documents. A recently submitted planning application shows that the BSC board is hoping to change an existing electrical/storage building located near the ...

One of Bermuda’s oldest housing blocks looks set to face the wrecking ball within weeks. Victoria Row in Sandys, near the entrance to the Royal Naval Dockyard, was built in the 1840s to provide low-cost housing for residents. But the three Victoria R...

The developers of Morgan’s Point have suffered a double blow after proposals to create a new access road and a right of way on to the property were rejected by planners. The firm submitted two separate applications concerning a vacant agricultural pl...

Only a few places remain for a major inter-island infrastructure conference organised by professional services firm KPMG. The company’s Island Infrastructure Summit, which will feature contributions from Michael Dunkley, the Premier of Bermuda, and s...

Wedco is seeking planning approval to make improvements to Prince Alfred Terrace, while replacing the former Royal Navy Club with apartments. According to a planning application, viewable at the Department of Planning offices, Wedco is seeking to tea...

It is almost a year since Valter Medeiros and his wife, Lidia, took on the old Outerlea Farm and its herd after the Island’s biggest milk producer fell into liquidation. They changed its name to Green Land Dairy, embarked on a series of upgrades to t...

Most Caribbean jurisdictions have public sector defined benefit (“DB”) pension schemes that are fully financed by their governments. As with those Caribbean jurisdictions, the sustainability of Bermuda’s public sector pension plan, which operates on ...

A quarry has been refused permission to carry on its work for failing to provide planners with a “comprehensive assessment” of the operation. The quarry, on Harrington Sound Road, Smith’s, was granted temporary permission to excavate slate after Hurr...

A number of small-scale construction projects have been freed up from Planning regulations in an effort to boost the industry. The changes were part of an overall review of Planning application processing, aimed at speeding up construction, according...

Demolition at a historic Tucker’s Town cemetery, faulted in an Ombudsman’s report last year, cannot be blamed on the Department of Planning or the Bermuda Government, Home Affairs Minister Michael Fahy said yesterday. Senator Fahy said the cemetery h...

Bermuda National Parks Act 1986: “The protected areas are to be managed in a manner that protects, maintains, and enhances the natural and historic values of the protected areas for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations” The develop...