Crown Land Inventory Maps
The Government remains committed to providing the public with as much information as possible concerning the management of Crown land. Crown Land Inventory maps are now being produced and will help towards increasing transparency and public awareness.
The maps show Crown land that could potentially be used for some sort of development in the future subject to planning considerations and further technical assessments. The maps exclude parcels within Protected Areas and areas of land that are particularly low lying and prone to flooding.
Just click on the links below to download copies of the available maps in PDF format:
Grand Turk North Caicos(Sheet 1) Providenciales(Sheet 1) West Caicos
East Caicos North Caicos(Sheet 2) Providenciales(Sheet 2)
Middle Caicos South Caicos Salt Cay
Crown Land Allocation Register
The Government of the Turks and Caicos Island maintains a Crown Land Allocation Register, produced by the Crown Land Unit. The register sets out information in relation to Crown land that has been allocated by way of grant or lease to private individuals or corporations.
Just click on the link below to download a copy of the register in PDF format:
Crown Land Allocation Register Edition 2 - 19 July 2010
The Crown Land Allocation Register is a working document and will be updated as necessary. It is important to realise that, due to inconsistent record keeping in the past, many Crown land allocations may not be included in this first edition of the register. As resource and opportunity allows, other historical allocation records will be added to try to form as complete a record as possible. New allocations will also be added as they arise.
The Crown Land Unit is encouraging everyone to help with this process. If your name, or the name of your company, has been included in error in this register then, in the first instance, please let the Crown Land Unit know in writing in order that the error may be corrected. Similarly, if you have not been included in the register but have been the recipient of Crown land, or if there is an error in the
spelling of your name, please inform the Crown Land Unit in writing.
Ministry of Natural Resources Launches TCI Land Info Website
In December 2008 the Ministry of Natural Resources launched TCI Land Info, an all new government website aimed at providing the public with an online access point for land information in the Turks & Caicos Islands. This website is a joint effort from the Survey & Mapping, Land Registry, Land Valuation and Planning Departments and serves to coordinate and centralise the data and information available from these different government departments.
The website will also serve as a powerful land management tool for Government employees by giving login-based access to a data portal containing the Land Registry and GIS data maintained within the departments. As these data are maintained by different government departments and input into different database systems, the online data portal adds value to all departmental functions by integrating this information in one place.
This new system will better serve the public by increasing the efficiency and access to information that Government staff require in order to perform their day-to-day duties. TCI Land Info was developed through a cooperative agreement with the Cayman Islands Government's Lands & Survey Department, leveraging the similar experience gained by the Cayman Islands during the development of their own land information systems and web portals over the past decade.
Turks and Caicos Islands Signs Land Registry Deal with the Cayman Islands
The Turks and Caicos Islands and the Cayman Islands Government have signed a landmark agreement for the Cayman Islands Lands & Survey Department to develop and implement a fully computerised Land Registry system, related Geographical Information System (GIS), and this TCI Land Info website. Government officials from both countries met in Providenciales on 12 May 2008 to formally sign the agreement.
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Hon. Minister McAllister Hanchell said that the Government is committed to modernizing the Turks and Caicos Islands and expressed the benefits of working with the Cayman Islands. "With the professionals from the Cayman Islands Lands and Survey Department team we can rapidly advance our Land Registry to benefit all the people of these Islands, including local businesses and foreign investments. Presently, we face substantial delays in processing transactions due to our paper based system. Implementing a computerised database, along with the restructuring of our land registry office and staff training will allow us to execute requests more efficiently and safeguard the integrity of data for future generations."
Discussions between the two countries have been ongoing since March 2007 when the Turks and Caicos Islands Government approached the CI Lands and Survey Department for advice on improving the island's Land Registry system. Cayman officials recognized they could offer technical and practical assistance and developed a proposal that outlined a long term cooperative agreement between the overseas territories. Permanent Secretary for the Cayman Island's Ministry of District Administration, Planning, and Agriculture & Housing, Mr. Gomez, said "I'm extremely pleased to have the opportunity to share our technology, expertise and knowledge with the Turks and Caicos Government, with whom we have a long and friendly relationship. The Cayman Islands' electronic registry system was launched in 1996, and we have twelve years of practical experience with it to share."
Cayman's team will split their time between the Land Registry office in Grand Turk and their office in Cayman. The planned schedule is based on a nine month implementation and training period but the agreement between the island's will extend for a minimum of three years thereafter to ensure the new systems are properly maintained and improved to meet the anticipated demand.