Editor’s Note (Journal) This article forms part of the Jamaica Homes Journal, where we examine housing, land, and development through a considered,…

A planning inspector approved five homes in place of St Anne’s Church in Hastings on appeal, overturning the council’s refusal and ruling the loss of the church regrettable but not against planning policy.

There’s something about an island — particularly this one — that lends itself to reinvention. Its coastline has weathered centuries of tides,…

A Savannah Baptist church sold a vacant lot beside its historic building for $75,000 to a local group planning four affordable homes and the renovation of a shotgun house, keeping the church itself.

In Jamaica, we have an important organization called the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA). NEPA’s job is to help keep Jamaica beautiful,…

This condensed crash course guide for Planning and Development in Jamaica focuses on the essential points you need to retain key concepts…

There’s something profoundly human about building. Across centuries, cultures, and landscapes, people have looked at raw land and imagined shelter, comfort,…

The Lutheran Church of Australia sold its under-used North Adelaide college campus, which cost $400,000 a year to maintain, for more than $50 million, with a developer planning at least 50 homes priced from $3.5 million.

Planning and development in Jamaica are governed by several legislative frameworks designed to ensure that land use and development are conducted in…

Imagine you have a special book of rules that tells you what you can and cannot do when you’re playing with your…