Workplace of the Prime Minister – The Authorities of Saint Lucia has demonstrated its dedication to sustaining the Excellent Common Worth of the Pitons Administration Space (PMA) by incorporating the Limits of Acceptable Change (LAC) coverage for the PMA into legislation. In accordance with part 34 (2) of the Bodily Planning and Growth Act, Cap. 5.12, the Minister answerable for planning and improvement made the Order by Statutory Instrument No. 7, 2024 i.e. The Piton Administration Space is said an Environmental Safety Space (EPA).
The Piton Administration Space (PMA) was inscribed on the World Heritage Checklist in 2004 by the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO, the governing physique of World Heritage Websites.
On March 8, 2004 previous to inscription, discover was given within the Gazette by the Minister for Bodily Growth, Surroundings and Housing that beneath Part 34 of the Bodily Planning and Growth Act no. 29 of 2001 “the Pitons Administration Space has been designated as an Environmental Safety Space to take care of it as an excellent common instance representing important geomorphic and physiographic options and likewise as an space of outstanding pure magnificence and aesthetic significance and worth. The Pitons Administration Space is roughly 25.40 Sq Km together with each Pitons and the Sulphur Springs…”
The Pitons Administration Space is roughly 25.40 sq. km. together with each Pitons, Piton Mitan, the Sulphur Springs and the coastal space and encompasses all lands bounded as follows:
- North : by Soufriere Property and Diamond
- South : by the L’Ivrogne River
- West : by the Soufriere Marine Administration Space
- East : by important street from Diamond going south alongside the ridge to Etangs and to the L’Ivrogne River, by way of the Etangs-Deville Street linking the L’Ivrogne River on the confluence close to the outdated WASCO water consumption.
By 2007, the World Heritage Committee (WHC) was severely involved about a number of developments throughout the PMA which might place its standing in danger. In mild of this, the Authorities commissioned the Hyder Report which prescribed parameters for administration of the world to safe its standing.
Extra developments exacerbated the threats to the world which triggered the Authorities to fee one other examine, the Limits of Acceptable Change (LAC) Examine to adjust to the necessities of the World Heritage Committee. The LAC sought to find out the place, how, and to what scale improvement may happen throughout the PMA. The LAC included an in depth Design Information to which developments have been to evolve, together with, inter alia, provisions to information density, most buildable slopes, most constructing footprints, constructing peak restrictions, colors of roofs and partitions, steerage on supplies to reduce visible affect, visibility assessments, and the requirement for environmental affect statements. The LAC was endorsed by Cupboard Conclusion 527 of 2013.
World Heritage Websites are required to submit annual experiences to the World Heritage Committee on the State of Conservation of the Property. A recurring requirement of the WHC from Saint Lucia (2013 -2023) was:
“The State Get together needs to be requested to make sure that the suggestions of the LAC examine are built-in into legally binding laws beneath the Bodily Planning Act for Saint Lucia, and to report back to the World Heritage Centre, upon adoption of the amended Act.”
“Lastly requests the State Get together to undergo the World Heritage Centre, by 1 December 2024, an up to date report on the state of conservation of the property and the implementation of the above, for examination by the World Heritage Committee at its forty seventh session.” WHC Determination: 45 COM 7B.70
WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add, p. 122
Subsequently, Statutory Instrument No. 7, 2024 is a major deliverable in direction of preserving the PMA’s World Heritage Standing and defending Saint Lucia’s patrimony.
The Authorities of Saint Lucia stays dedicated to sustaining the Excellent Common Worth of the Pitons Administration Space. The Authorities continues to work with all stakeholders to make sure that it stays in compliance with the obligations of the World Heritage Committee.
