Belmont Hills Golf Club, Hotel and Villas (Warwick Parish) Special Development Order 2004
THE BELMONT HILLS GOLF CLUB, HOTEL AND VILLAS
(WARWICK PARISH) SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT ORDER 2004

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BR 37/2004

DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING ACT 1974

1974 : 51

THE BELMONT HILLS GOLF CLUB, HOTEL AND VILLAS
(WARWICK PARISH) SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT ORDER 2004

The Minister of the Environment, in exercise of the powers
conferred upon him by section 15(2)(a) of the Development and Planning
Act 1974, makes the following Order:

Citation
1 This Order may be cited as the Belmont Hills Golf Club, Hotel
and Villas (Warwick Parish) Special Development Order 2004.

Interpretation
2 (1) In this Order —

"the Act" means the Development and Planning Act 1974;

"the applicant" means Belmont Hills Property Limited, a
company registered under the Companies Act 1981 on 29
July 2002;

"Building Official" has the meaning given in the Building Act
1988;

THE BELMONT HILLS GOLF CLUB, HOTEL AND VILLAS
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"the Development" means the Development referred to in the
planning application and more particularly described in the
First Schedule;

"the planning application" means the application for planning
permission for the development made by the applicant,
numbered P0921/03 and dated 1 December 2003, and the
accompanying drawings numbered A1 to A10 and 1101
prepared by Entasis Architecture and submitted on behalf of
the applicant;

"the site" means the land described in the Second Schedule.

(2) Subject to subparagraph (1), any expression used in this
Order that is also used in the Act has the meaning assigned to it in the
Act.

Planning Permission
3 (1) Subject to the conditions specified in subparagraph (2),
planning permission is granted by this Order for the development of the
site.

(2) The conditions referred to in subparagraph (1) are as
follows 

(a) an application for a building permit shall be submitted
to and shall be approved by the Building Official prior to
the commencement of any construction work;

(b) the application for a building permit shall comply with
the requirements of the Bermuda Building Code 1998
and with any directions given by the Chief Fire Officer in
respect of fire protection and the Chief Environmental
Health Officer in respect of public health;

(c) access to the site during all phases of construction shall
be restricted to the existing points of access from Middle
Road;

(d) the point of access from the site to Middle Road shall be
designed and bell-mouthed to the satisfaction of the
Ministry of Works and Engineering in accordance with
the standards specified in paragraph 8.7(1) of the
Bermuda Plan 1992 Planning Statement;

(e) all hard-surfaced roadways and parking areas, and the
junction of the access road with Middle Road, shall be
designed and graded to drain, retain and dispose of all

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storm water run-off within the curtilage of the site, and
to avoid any storm water run-off onto Middle Road or
any neighbouring property; and

(f) continuous pedestrian access shall be provided through
the site from Middle Road to Harbour Road utilising the
right of way along the eastern boundary of the site.

Saving
4 For the avoidance of doubt, it is hereby declared that nothing in
this Order grants planning permission for any matters of development for
which planning permission is required, apart from any matter for which
planning permission has been granted by paragraph 3.

FIRST SCHEDULE (paragraph 2(1))

The Development

1 The construction of a three-storey hotel building of
approximately 32,000 square feet of floor space, accommodating 50
fractional ownership units, ancillary facilities, operational space and a
swimming pool.

2 The construction of 12 detached, one-storey and part two-storey
residences with a gross floor area of approximately 1,650 square feet
(type A1).

3 The construction of 6 semi-detached, one-storey and part two-
storey residences with a gross floor area of approximately 1,650 square
feet (type A3).

4 The development of a golf academy including a two-storey
practice tee building, driving range with safety netting, chipping and
practice greens.

5 The development of an internal system of roadways and
associated parking areas, a network of footpaths, private and communal
outdoor living spaces, and landscaped grounds.

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SECOND SCHEDULE (paragraph 2(1))

The Site

ALL THAT LAND in the Parish of Warwick having an area of 5.18 acres
(2.10 hectares) shown outlined in red and referred to as "Stage II
Development Area" on drawing number A1 accompanying the planning
application.

Made this 16th day of April, 2004

Minister of the Environment