Town and Country Planning Authority (TCPA) is a statutory body established pursuant to the Town & Country Planning Act. The primary responsibility of the TCPA is to provide for orderly development. Generally, this undertaken through the completion of development orders for a parish and/or a local planning area.
Managing and Protecting Jamaica's Land, Wood, Air and Water.
Town and Country Planning Authority (TCPA)
Present Members
The present members are:
- Mr. Christopher Whyms-Stone (Chairman)
- Mr. Robert Taylor (Deputy Chairman)
- Mr. Robert Woodstock
- Mr. Luke Buchanan
- Ms. Andrine McLaren
- Ms. Suzanne Spence
- Mr. Weston Jackson
- Ms. Cheriese Walcott
- Mr. Martin Addington
- Mr. Leonard Francis, CEO and Government Town Planner, NEPA
- Mrs. Kimberly Myrie Essor (Acting Secretary to the Authority)
Mandate
The TCPA Act was developed to make provision for the orderly and progressive development of land, cities, towns and other areas whether urban or rural , to preserve and improve the amenities thereof, and for other matters connected therewith.
Acts