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Feb 11, 2009 News
Despite the reluctance on the part of the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CHPA) to disclose the name of the developer constructing the illegal commercial establishment in Subryanville, Kaieteur News has learnt that a cease work letter has been sent to an individual named Mr. Latchmin Darampaul.
City Hall served another cease work notice yesterday to the developer to halt construction of the building, since he is not building in accordance with the approved plan submitted.
The developer has 48 hours to comply with the notice.
According to Mayor of Georgetown, Hamilton Green, the cease work notice was sent to Lot 17 Brickdam, Georgetown. The only establishment at that lot number is Sheriff’s Jewellery.
Efforts made by this newspaper to make contact with the jewellery proved futile.
Mayor Green said that he finds it surprising that Mr. Darampaul was actually given permission by the CPHA to construct a commercial entity in a residential area.
He added that there seems to be something ‘fishy’ going on at the CPHA.
According to the plan which was submitted to City Hall, the building is scheduled to house a furniture display store, restaurant and bar.
It has been approximately five months now since the residents of Subryanville have been trying to get to the bottom of the situation.
Frustration has reached to the level where the residents are now in the process of filing an injunction to stop the construction.
When Kaieteur News tried to find out who really is the developer of this land, officials at CPHA had refused to disclose the name of the developer.
When contacted, Chief Development Planner of the CPHA, Rawle Edinboro, told this newspaper that he was instructed by the secretary of the board of the CPHA not to discuss the matter with the media.
Edinboro added that he finds it surprising that the media has been following the story for so long and until now, they have not been able to acquire the name of the developer.
The commercial establishment was initially planned to house a hardware store and a restaurant and bar, much to the disagreement of the residents.
However, residents told this newspaper that they were informed that the building will now house a diner along with a restaurant and bar.
In October of last year, when the issue was highlighted over the illegal construction, officials from the CPHA had halted construction of the building, requesting that the developer reduce the size of the building, that it be positioned centrally at the site, with ingress and egress from Sheriff Street, that provision be made for on site parking on the southern and northern sides of the site, as this is consistent with the requirements of the Greater Georgetown Development Plan.
Residents are of the view that their community is a residential one, and it is totally illegal for anyone to establish a commercial entity in the community.
The residents fear that if such a business is to be established in the area, then it might draw the attention of criminals and may even introduce violence in the community.
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