Physical Planning and Development (Environmental Protection Area) (Pitons Management Area) (Amendment) Order, Statutory Instrument no. 150 of 2025
Made 2025-10-21 · Text as of 2026-10-01
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- Language
- English
- Kind
- Regulation
- Country
- St. Lucia
- Subjects
- Environment, Forestry
- Keywords
- protection of environment, protected area, authorization/permit, environmental impact assessment (EIA), basin/catchment/watershed, inland waters, forest species, seeds/planting material, land clearing
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561 Physical Planning and Development (Environmental Protection Area) (Pitons Management Area) (Amendment) Order SAINT LUCIA STATUTORY INSTRUMENT, 2025, No. 150 [ 27th October, 2025 ] In exercise of the power conferred under section 34(2) of the Physical Planning and Development Act, Cap. 5.12, the Minister responsible for planning and development, makes this Order: Citation 1. This Order may be cited as the Physical Planning and Development (Environmental Protection Area) (Pitons Management Area) (Amendment) Order, 2025. Interpretation 2. In this Order, “principal Order” means the Physical Planning and Development (Environmental Protection Area) Order, Statutory Instrument, No. 107 of 2024. Replacement of section 10 3. The principal Order is amended by deleting section 10 and replacing the following — “Development in Zone 4 10.—(1) This section applies to Zone 4 that is within the Environmental protection Area. (2) Development is permissible in Zone 4 if the development complies with the design guide. (3) A development in Zone 4 must not be built on slopes where the average gradient is greater than the ratio 1:3. (4) A development along the Soufriere-Vieux-Fort highway that passes through the Environmental Protection Area must be set back from the road and screened by trees to preserve the Environmental Protection Area. 562 Physical Planning and Development (Environmental Protection Area) (Pitons Management Area) (Amendment) Order (5) The Head of the Physical Planning and Development Division shall — (a) request as a condition of the grant of permission for permission for development in zone 4 along the Soufriere-Vieux-Fort highway that the developer undertakes tree planting in order to screen the development from the highway once the development is completed; (b) make provision for supervising compliance with the condition under paragraph (a). (6) The dominant vegetation type of a new planting must be of mixed plantation, and extensive areas of monoculture is not permitted anywhere within the Environmental Protection Area, including in Zone 4. (7) Development ridge height in Zone 4 must be no higher than the foreground tree canopy within the Environmental Protection Area. (8) Clearance of natural forest is not permitted within the Environmental Protection Rea including in Zone 4. (9) An environmental impact assessment must be undertaken for any proposed development in Zone 4 which exceeds four thousand square feet ground floor area. (10) Development is not permitted in sensitive watershed areas within the Environmental Protection Area including in Zone 4.”. Amendment of Schedule 2 4. Schedule 2 of the principal Order is amended by deleting the West and East boundaries and replacing the following — “West : by the Soufriere Marine Management Area, outward by 1000m 563 Physical Planning and Development (Environmental Protection Area) (Pitons Management Area) (Amendment) Order East : by the main road from Diamond to Bois D’Inde Road, going south along the ridge to Etangs and the L’Ivrogne River, via the Etangs - Deville Road linking to the L’Ivrogne River at the confluence near the old Water and Sewerage Company Inc. water intake.”. Made this 21st day of October, 2025. STEPHENSON KING, Minister responsible for planning and development. SAINT LUCIA PRINTED BY THE NATIONAL PRINTING CORPORATION CASTRIES 2025 [ Price : $1.50 ]