Organization : National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA)
Facility : Track Application Online
Country : Jamaica
Website : https://www.nepa.gov.jm/
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Planning & Development
Purpose :
** Development Planning is undertaken in an attempt to attain optimal use of the nation’s land resources in a manner to benefit the maximum number of persons presently and in future generations. It seeks to balance competing land uses.
Main Actors :
** Development is the responsibility of actors /agencies both at the local and national levels. Major actors include; the Town and Country Planning Authority, the local planning authorities mainly parish councils, the Minister with portfolio responsibility for planning and the National Environment and Planning Agency.
NEPA role in Development Planning :
Town Planning, Spatial Planning or Urban and Regional Planning is one of the major functional areas of the National Environment and Planning Agency’s (NEPA) mandate. The applications review process, plan preparation and enforcement are important aspects of this functional area of the agency’s role.
The National Spatial Plan, development plans, development orders and other planning documents such as the Investment Manual are critical tools to guide land use planning in Jamaica.
What is a Development Order?
A development order is the legal document used to guide development in the area covered by the order. Currently the Agency is involved in the preparation of the Draft Clarendon Parish Development Order. Several previously drafted Development Orders are currently being reviewed.
National Spatial Plan :
** NEPA is currently involved in the preparation of components of the National Spatial Plan. This document will provide the spatial framework for future national development in keeping with Vision 2030 Jamaica National Sustainable Development Plan vision statement to make “Jamaica the place of choice to live, work raise families and do business”
About Us
The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) was established in April 2001 as an Executive Agency under the Executive Agencies Act.
NEPA was founded to carry out the technical (functional) and administrative mandate of three statutory bodies “the Natural Resources & Conservation, Authority (NRCA), the Town & Country Planning Authority (TCPA), and the Land Development & Utilisation Commission (LDUC)”.
** Conservation & Protection (Natural Resources Management)
** Environmental Management
** Spatial Planning
** Compliance & Enforcement
** Applications Management
** Public Education
Contact Us :
National Environment and Planning Agency,
10 & 11 Caledonia Avenue,
Kingston 5.