For a project developmet, you would need to submit three copies of the completed form along with three sets of drawnings containing:
- A local Plan
- A Site Plan
- All floor Plans
- Two Elevations
- One Section
- Details and specifications of septic or sewage system.
Proof of ownership or consent of property owners must also be provided.
A locally registered architect or surveyor must file an application for permission inclusive of other required documents. The Town and Country Planning Department then conducts a review, which includes a field visit to the site. The findings along with the application are then sent to the Planning Authority, or dealt with in house.
- Interior building works/ renovations.
- Infrastructure and utilities works by the Government.
- Agriculture and foretry activities.
- Gates, fences, walls or any other means of enclosure not exceeding four feet along the sea or a road and six feet in all other cases.
- Minor enlargements to existing dwelling houses (not exceeding one tenth of square footage of ground floor)
Development means that carrying out of building, engineering, mining or any other earth moving operations in, on, over or under our land. The making of material change in the use of a building or other land, the subdivision of land and the display of advertisements on any part of a building or land.
Town and Country Planning Department, Chief Minister's Office, provides the following services to the General Public:
- Processing of Development applications;
- Monitoring and controlling development activities;
- Preparing development plans
- Producing maps and presenting graphic information
Currently, there is no charge but that is subject to change with adequate notice.
No. There are restrictions to trade for a particular commodity or consignment. Contact the department for further information.
No. You are required to notify the Plant Quarantine Officer from the Department of Agriculture of the date, time and the port of entry that is importing the commodity or consignment. Inspection must then be carried out by the Quarantine Officer to ensure the consignment is free of pests or diseases. Once this is met only then will entry into the BVI of the commodity or consignment be given.
No. Soil is not transferred from one country to another.
No. You are required by law to apply for an import permit from the Department of Agriculture in the BVI prior to importing a plant or fruit into the BVI. This is the requirement for importing all agricultural commodities into the territory from all countries. It is also a must that the country from which the plant is being imported issue a phytosanitary Certificate indicating the origin of the plants/fruits and the disease status of the plants/fruits. Please take note that this does not guarantee entry of the commodity or consignment.