The Gov­ern­ment is set to over­haul Trinidad and To­ba­go’s con­struc­tion per­mit­ting sys­tem, with Cab­i­net ap­prov­ing the re­moval of a long-stand­ing pub­lic health ap­proval re­quire­ment in a bid to cut de­lays and stim­u­late de­vel­op­ment.

Speak­ing at the post-Cab­i­net me­dia brief­ing yes­ter­day, Land and Le­gal Af­fairs Min­is­ter Sad­dam Ho­sein an­nounced that over­sight by Coun­ty Med­ical Of­fi­cers of Health (CMOH) will be elim­i­nat­ed from the plan­ning ap­proval process.

“Cab­i­net to­day agreed to re­move the over­sight of the Coun­ty Med­ical Of­fi­cers of Health from the con­struc­tion plan­ning per­mit sys­tem. This will re­duce bu­reau­crat­ic de­lays caused by du­pli­ca­tion of rules en­forced by oth­er gov­ern­ment agen­cies and pro­mote the ease of do­ing busi­ness in Trinidad and To­ba­go,” Ho­sein said.