Gov’t to clamp down on illegal use of Crown land
Speaking at a meeting for farmers and fishermen at Breezeway at Central Administration Complex on August 15, 2019, Hon Wheatley said while the issue may be controversial for some it is not for him at all as Crown lands do not belong to any individual.
“I have to say that very clearly, that land is not any individual’s land, that’s the government’s land that has been allocated to different farmers for agricultural purposes and the type of accountability that we need to have with the use of the land has not been there.”
Emphasising that Government will be establishing some levels of accountability of how Crown land is used by those who it has been leased to for farming purposes, Hon Wheatley said such land is for residential purposes, “but the land at Paraquita Bay and any other land that we designate for agricultural purposes is not for residential use.”
He said that for persons who have established illegal developments on agriculture lands belonging to the Crown will face the consequences. “I will say very clearly that anybody who even has the intention of going to Paraquita Bay to construct any illegal development, do not do it because you will waste your investment, you will waste your money.”
Noting that this is something his ministry will be very strict on, Hon Wheatley said that there will be other conditions for the use of any area designated for agricultural purposes.
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