How is there not a blueprint outlining the procedures and channels to be followed in developing/procuring land in JA?? There should be a Jamaica Planning Authority which provides links to local planning authorities for owners, developers/builders, architects, etc. to access!!

I’m personally aware of a gated community that allowed for two stories and some who’s the son of a politician violated the rules and built a three story. Why is it that some people are allowed to get away with breaking the rules because they are politically connected?

Time people understand that concrete cannot be eaten and we need to preserve the land for farming and wildlife which contributes to rhe eco system that's keeping us all alive .

I just changed my mind about retiring in Jamaica. Thank you for this information.

This was one of the best segments at the conference. Very knowledgeable. Missed the live on puppy duties!

I really found this program. Very informative and interesting thanks to whoever has decided to carry this program live very good.

Jamaica's local government structure needs to be spatially streamlined/modernized. The Negril/Green Island Planning Authority area is impacted by economic and environmental factors that lie outside its jurisdiction. To solve this spatially myopic and cumbersome/fragmented structure the implementation of regional county council General (land-use/environmental Plan which would be more cost effectively overseen by county planning departments which then would answer to a county board of municipal mayors (with Negril getting their own Mayor). County councils would be fiscally and technically empowered to adress a wider range of planning issues ( e.g. transportation impact/land use planning/waste management planning etc) than is presently possible via the Negril/Green Island Planning Authority (in a more spatially cost-effective way by reducing administrative duplication). County councils will also have the capacity to use fiscal tools to manage and effect environmentally sustainable development projects).

Can I receive guidance on which agency is responsible for addressing the unauthorized use of vacant lot in Bogue Village, phase 3, Montego Bay that was designated to be a park, and is now being used as a dump. truck stop, parking lot, and mechanic yard? I've visited and emailed the St. James parish council reporting this issue to no avail.

Most of the lands in Jamaica have been sold out to private investors and the balance is owned by the Jamaican government so this is definitely a road block for the poor local people in Jamaica.

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The host ah de BEST! She is so professional. Good choice.

Great segment Throp, excellent Throp X host 🤝🤗 and the Negril board Reps also are excellent... Kept my interest all the way

How did the Spanish hotel @ Industry Cove Hanover get your approval please ? Where will the water come from ? Many Hanover residents do not benefit from the NWC plant @ Logwood. What will a 2,000 room hotel contribute to scarce water resources ? Where will the hotel workers live ? What will the hotel do with the TONS of solid waste which will be generated ? Answers please

WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO HOUSES THAT ALREADY BUILD WITHOUT PARISH COUNCEL?

Here is my problem. I have been running away from informal settlement and I think that’s the reason why I still dont own a house.

I have notice the use of a New Word bieng use, Municipal Corporation. Where is the Parish Council? can someone explain.

And my reason for this. There are thousands of acres of land in Jamaica laying there idling , cluttering the communities why can’t the government do some things to have these owners sell these lands so people can get places to live people cannot live under rocks! We are not asking for free land, Just the opportunity to purchase where possible. Owners holding on to many archers of rural Jamaica sell some of it so people can find places to live. Not everyone want to live in housing trust boxes where you cant even pray a private prayer in your own house because the houses are too close to each other as well. And even those are not enough to supply the market. There’s a needs to be better consideration for people living in these areas, who pays for and should have good internet/wi-Fi service but because of too much unoccupied acreage in the neighborhood The leaders just need to think about the new of people in Jamaica much more than they do. Stop seeing owning a house as luxury! It is a necessity. we were not born to live in the open. It means that we need to be living in a house, regardless of what is mad of a house cannot stand in the air, it Has to go and land.

Money laundering in Jamaica is a big issue , and that’s coming from what I see has a current share holder of 3 entities

If a property is in breach, why not serve notice on the owner via the address on the title of ownership?

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Can you pin the contact information for the various agencies mentioned in this video. It would be very helpful for prospective owners.

Doesn't matter what you do, they take short cuts; steel, cement, excavation depth and more

America does this

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And sometimes I want to believe that the government sits back and wait for these settlement to happen because it makes it easier for them after the people have done all the work on the land they come in and collect their taxes.

Jamaican Corrupt System is higher than the sky.

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Thanks Throp! I had cataracts in one eye and had the surgery in nyc wished I was informed about this practice there, but now I know😊

If I have property in Jamaica and have not returned in 12 years, squatters can get permission to build on my land?

What if you buy you land and have your title and want to add on to the house do you have to ask permission to put on a room or two

How long does it take to apply for a change of use? What's the process to subdivide land and how long does it take?

GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE..CAN PEOPLE IN THE GHETTO BUILD WITHOUT PARISH COUNCEL APROVAL?

We are in Canada and we don’t get no paperwork from no one about no property

This black Jamaican woman sitting in the middle is soo beautiful wow

The two inspectors need to first explain why it's necessary for their department to create barriers to development. If it's uniformity because Negril is a tourist area then so be it. However, there is a method to the madness in the form of taxation on those they have deemed can afford it for approval. Jamaicans (I am one) have never learned to give incentives to attract development rather than barriers. They have to inspect the buildings anyway for safety

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So I want to know how a person run my brother off our mother property in sav and there’s also a will involved how do that happen now I have to come to Jamaica and fix the problem

Foolishness to post notice at post office/police station and persons overseas have no idea that they are in breach. That's backward!!

Someone work hard and pay good money for a piece of land and you are going to tell them that they don't own the land, the land belongs to the queen and you are only taking care of the land? The king/queen and their minions need to go so people can own their land outright! What's kind of foolishness is that? Is the king/queen GOD?

Poor people in Jamaica doesn't stand a chance in that level. All you ladies are about is for rich and wealthy people cause the rich and wealthy people get a different doors to walk through while the poor people with their little money that decided to by a land through the Government have to sit and wait for months before they can get some answers from the Governments.

corrupt yf.. save years fi pay fi land that u dont even own, why not just give it away in the first place. the syste is ajoke

The information about a persons land being posted in a police station or post office is antiquated. Why is notification as important as adverse possession of a person’s land not modernized? With what appears to be the great land grab, the current methods of notification are not serving Jamaicans. Please set up a website that people can view from anywhere in the world. The information provided was very informative.

i just do see the need to make the system so difficult for jamaicans this woman thinks that to build a house you must have it hard just so when you sit on your balcony drinking tea you would feel more accomplished because you worked hard to build it that is so much bullcrap when people from abroad come to jamaica do you tell them that same thing no so why stressing the little people