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Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

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35. Preservation of amenities

(1) If it appears to the Head of the Physical Planning and Development Division that the amenity of any area is seriously injured by reason of the ruinous, unsafe or dilapidated condition of any building, or by the condition of any garden, vacant site or other open land, or the deposit of refuse, spoil or derelict vehicles, or the occupation of land or a public road for any unauthorised purpose, including the repair of vehicles, the Head of the Physical Planning and Development Division may serve on the owner or occupier of the land, or the person responsible for the injury, a notice requiring such steps to be taken for abating the injury as may be specified therein.

(2) If any step specified in the notice served under subsection (1) is not complied with, within the time specified in the notice which shall not be more than 28 days, the Head of the Physical Planning and Development Division may execute the work required to abate the injury and recover from the owner or the occupier the expenses reasonably incurred for any step taken by the Head of the Physical Planning and Development Division under this section.

(3) Where an area is declared to be a disaster area by the Minister, the Head of the Physical Planning and Development Division may, with the approval of the Minister, in the interest of the safety of persons, give notice of the intention to demolish buildings and may demolish such buildings subject to the payment of adequate compensation, in accordance with Part 5, to the owners.

35. Preservation of amenities

2. Interpretation

3. Objects and purposes of this Act

4. Duties of the Minister

5. Head of the Physical Planning and Development Division

6. Coordination with referral agencies

7. Advisory Committees

8. Appeals Tribunal

9. Limitation of personal liability

10. Duty to prepare physical plans

11. Contents of physical plans

12. Preparation of physical plans

13. Approval of physical plans

15. Status of physical plans

17. Uses and operations not constituting or constituting development

18. Permitted development

19. Application for permission to develop land

20. Approval in principle

21. Requirement for further information

22. Environmental impact assessment

23. Determination of applications

25. Reference of application to Cabinet

26. Right of appeal

27. Effect of permission

30. Modification or revocation of permission

31. Reservation of open space

32. Declaration of zoned area

33. Preservation of sites and buildings of interest

34. Protection of natural areas

36. Advertisement control

37. Enforcement notices

38. Right to appeal against enforcement notices

39. Stop notices

41. Non-compliance with enforcement or stop notice

42. Injunctions

43. Special enforcement areas

44. Claims for compensation

45. Exclusion or limitation of compensation in certain cases

46. Compulsory acquisition

47. Registers to be kept

48. Powers of entry, etc.

49. Service of notices

50. Liability of landowners

51. Contravention of this Act

52. Notification to be given to Land Registrar

53. Expenses of Advisory Committees and Appeals Tribunal

54. Recovery of monies due to or by Crown

55. Qualification of existing law

56. Regulations

57. Application to the Crown

59. References to repealed enactments

60. Reference to Development Control Authority

61. Development Control Authority

62. Pending applications

63. Continuation of periods of time

64. Preservation of rights, claims, offences and proceedings

14. Review and revision of approved plans

16. Permission required to develop land

24. Limitation period

28. Permission to lapse

29. Development to be in accordance with approved plans

40. Power to enter land and execute remedial works