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Despite indicators to the contrary, according to the Consumer Price Index (CPI) rents have not been dropping, they have been rising — until this year. Although the CPI shows that rents have risen every year, since 2006, the spread has continued to ti...

Aideen Ratteray Pryse was today named the Island’s new Planning Director. She takes over the post from Trevor Leach, whose contract ends on May 31. Ms Pryse was Assistant Director of Planning until she left the department in 1999 and launched ARP Co...

Plans to turn a Paget home into a veterinary office have been submitted to the Department of Planning. The planning application, submitted by the Silver Moon Trust, would turn the basement level of the house ‘Netherlands’ on The Lane into a veterinar...

Information on planning appeal decisions can now be accessed on the Department of Planning’s website. The move doesn’t go far enough to satisfy campaigners who want more transparency in the planning process. The Bermuda Environmental Sustainability ...

Environmental campaigners have renewed calls for Planning procedures to be made more open in a bid to stop developments getting the go-ahead behind closed doors. The Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Taskforce (BEST) spoke out after Environment Mi...

An application for a five-storey residential building in North Hamilton has been awarded in-principle approval on appeal. The application was rejected by the Development Applications Board (DAB) last year due to the visual impact of the project and a...

Government has received 16 proposals from local and overseas potential investors looking to take over the Grand Atlantic development. In an exclusive interview with The Royal Gazette, Bermuda Housing Corporation General Manager Barrett Dill said the ...

Environment Minister Sylvan Richards has approved retroactive planning permission for a fence on costal reserve, despite objections. The Development Applications Board (DAB) refused the application planning permission due in part to the visual impact...

Work on reforming Government pensions will begin this year, says Finance Minister Bob Richards. But reforming the taxation system will take a bit longer if at all. “We are going to be looking at the structure of particularly Government pension plans....

Environment protection agency BEST is calling for an overhaul of Planning regulations to “reduce incidences and perceptions of cronyism or political bias”. The group has made the call in the wake of controversial decisions by former Planning Minister...