Govt denies that regulations prevent planning applications being processed

The interior ministry on Thursday denied claims by the Famagusta district government that pending regulations had caused the processing of planning permission applications for single-family homes to grind to a halt.

It said that the regulations, as they currently stand, “specify eight provisions” wherein the construction of a single-family home may be permitted, as well as the minimum plot size, the maximum permitted distance from the property line, acceptable forms of access, and other...