A prop­er­ty de­vel­op­er has lost an ap­peal over a de­ci­sion by the En­vi­ron­men­tal Com­mis­sion to is­sue de­c­la­ra­tions against it and or­der it to pay com­pen­sa­tion for de­vel­op­ing a prop­er­ty in Las Cuevas with­out first ob­tain­ing a cer­tifi­cate of en­vi­ron­men­tal clear­ance (CEC).

De­liv­er­ing a judge­ment last week, Ap­pel­late Judges Mark Mo­hammed, Pe­ter Ra­jku­mar and Maria Wil­son up­held the find­ings made by the com­mis­sion in re­la­tion to George Aboud and Sons Ltd and Las Cuevas Prop­er­ties Ltd.

Ac­cord­ing to the ev­i­dence, in 2004 the com­pa­nies suc­cess­ful­ly ob­tained a CEC for a de­vel­op­ment, but it lapsed af­ter three years be­fore work be­gan on the site.