Before you Complete our Environmental Checklist here’s what you need to know:
The Department of the Environment has been working in conjunction with the Belize Tourism Board (BTB) in the bringing into compliance existing hotel/accommodation facilities. This effort is for the DOE, on one hand, to ensure that all hotels/accommodation facilities are complying with the existing environmental legislation and for the BTB, on the other it serves as a requisite for renewal of the hotel license.
Below you will be asked to complete our BTB CLEARANCE(EXISTING HOTELS) ENVIRONMENTAL CHECKLIST Online Form. This environmental checklist has been tailored made for this purpose to allow for the submission of information that will facilitate the process of obtaining environmental clearance. It should provide information for the identification of possible impacts of the existing hotel developments and to take adequate and practical measures to mitigate any adverse environmental effect that may result from the proposed or existing project.
In order to complete the online form the following documents (digital copies) will be required for upload:
- Ownership Land Title, Conveyance or other
- Copy of the survey map, if available
- Certificate for Registration of Business Name
- Certificate of Incorporation, Memorandum & Articles of Association, updated list of Directors (if land is owned by a company).
- Layout Plan of the Buildings/structures (properly labelled, size of parcel)
- A copy of Owners/Director Valid Identification Card (SS card/Passport/Voters ID)
- Proof of payment of the Processing Fee
Fees
The applicant is required to make a payment of a non-refundable application fee of $500.00 for the notification and submission of a proposal for environmental clearance in accordance to Regulation 29 (1) of the Environmental Impact Assessment (Amendment) Regulations, 2020. The fee shall be payable to the Government of Belize Treasury or Sub-treasury and, a copy of the receipt must be submitted along with this application.
Note: Subject to Regulation 10 (2) of the Environmental Impact Assessment (Amendment) Regulation, 2007, after the granting of Environmental Clearance by the DOE, payment of an environmental monitoring fee shall be required. The environmental monitoring fee (one-time or annual) shall be determined based on the size and location of the project. This is paid in correlation to a stipulation of the issued environmental clearance.
Kindly make payments out to the Department of the Environment via the Government of Belize Treasury/ District Sub-Treasury in Account # 23328/11717/120/15.
Tourism Projects Environmental Checklist Online Form
Instructions for Applicants:
This environmental checklist asks you to describe some basic information about your proposal. The Department of the Environment will use this checklist to determine regularize the existing hotels and tourism accommodation facilities within the country.
You must answer each question accurately and carefully, to the best of your knowledge. In most cases, you should be able to answer the questions from your own observations or project plans without the need to hire experts. If a question does not apply to your proposal, write “DOES NOT APPLY”.
Environmental Clearance from the Department does not expire, however there is a need to reapply for Environmental Clearance PRIOR to an expansion or in the event of change of ownership.
Before you fill out this form, please ensure you have read and understand the environmental regulations of Belize (Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations, SI 107/1995 as amended in March 2007-SI 24 of 2007 and January 2020 SI 15 of 2020).