B.V.I. Monday, June 15 – His Excellency the Governor, after consultation with the Public Service Commission, has approved Mrs. Marva Titley-Smith to act in the post of Chief Planner, Town and Country Planning Department.
Mrs. Titley-Smith who takes up her appointment effective today has been appointed to act in the post of Chief Planner for the period that the current holder of the post, Mr. Louis Potter, is absent on pre-retirement leave.
She holds a Bachelor’s of Architecture Degree (summa cum laude) from New York Institute of Technology, New York (1995) and a Master’s Degree in Architecture and Urban Design from Columbia University, New York (1996).
Mrs. Titley-Smith joined the public service in 1986 as a draughtsman trainee in the Town and Country Planning Department. She also held the posts of Physical Planner I from 1996–1998; Physical Planner II from 1998–2001 and Deputy Chief Physical Planning Officer from 2001 to 2004. On June 1, 2004, Mrs. Titley-Smith was transferred to the Chief Minister’s Office (now Premier’s Office) and appointed to the post of Assistant Secretary. Before taking up her post as Acting Chief Planner, she was the Acting Deputy Secretary, Premier’s Office.
The Chief Planner is responsible for administering the Physical Planning Act 2004, thus ensuring the orderly and progressive development of land in the BVI by ensuring that proper land use management practices are carried out throughout the Territory. This includes regulating development, enforcing against illegal development and advising the Planning Authority, the Minister and other Government officials on planning related matters.
Additionally, the officer will be required to prepare the department’s operational plan, manage the human, financial and other resources allocated to the department, and advise the policy makers and all other agencies and departments as it relates to planning matters.
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