The Planning Applications Review Team (PART) is an alliance of environmental advocacy groups and individuals that came together in 2019 due to concerns regarding the effectiveness of the Planning policies (as in the Bermuda Plan 2018) that impact special protection areas in Bermuda.
 
Bermuda’s total landmass is less than 13,500 acres and continues to be under significant development pressure. The Bermuda Plan (which is updated approximately every 10 years) seeks to provide for sustainable long-term development by balancing economic, environmental and social needs, but our impression is that the balance has tipped toward development, at the expense of environmental protection.

This anonymous poll is designed to gauge our community’s awareness, interest, and concern regarding protected areas in Bermuda and will guide our work to inspire reasonable and sustainable development solutions. Thank you for participating.
Useful References:
Development and Planning Act 1974
Bermuda Plan 2018

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1. Are you familiar with the legislation (Development and Planning Act 1974) and the Bermuda Plan 2018 with its policies that govern land-use and development in Bermuda?

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2. What is your opinion on the general state of development in Bermuda?

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3. Do you believe that the existing legislation and Department of Planning policies adequately protect the following areas?

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Agricultural Reserve
Caves
Coastal Reserve
Historic Environment
Nature Reserve
Open Space Reserve
Parks
Recreation (e.g. golf courses)
Water Resources Protection (e.g. marshes and water lenses)
Woodland Reserve

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4. An area that has never been developed is considered to be a virgin or ‘greenfield’ site. Should policies or incentives be put in place that encourage or require preservation of greenfield sites?

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5. An area that has already been developed in the past is considered to be a ‘brownfield’ site, e.g. a quarry or a site with a derelict building. Should policies or incentives be put in place that encourage development of brownfield sites?

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6. Are you concerned about the impact of development on Bermuda’s appeal to visitors? 

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7. How supportive would you be of policies that keep future development and commercialisation of Bermuda’s coastline to a minimum?

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8. Should urgent priority be given to strengthening our national policies and plans to mitigate the impacts of climate change, given coastal erosion and increased flooding occurrences?

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9. Are you interested in learning more about the importance of protecting/conserving land in Bermuda?

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10. Check if applicable:

In order to better analyse your responses, please consider providing us with some demographic information:

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11. What is your gender?
Please leave blank if you prefer not to say.

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12. Age range:

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13. In terms of race, how do you define yourself?
Please leave blank if you prefer not to say.

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14. Residency Status:

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15. Any additional comments?

Thank you very much for participating in this poll.

If you have questions or additional comments you would like to share, please send an email to office@best.org.bm
 
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