- Plan for 19 homes and restoration of original farmhouse
- Senator Philip Ozouf is a director of the company behind the scheme
- See a computer generated view of how the scheme would look below
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A TRADITIONAL Jersey farm belonging to an Island Senator could be restored if plans are approved on Thursday.
The Planning Department has recommended that a project submitted by Augrès Enterprise Ltd be given the go-ahead by the Planning Applications Committee.
Senator Philip Ozouf is a director of the company, which is hoping to rejuvenate the Ozouf family farm, known as Highstead, on Rue du Tapon in St Saviour.
If approved, old lean-to structures, outbuildings, pigsties, staff units, a glasshouse and shed would be demolished.
Barns at the site would be redeveloped into 11 flats and three houses and, according to the planning application, the main house, a listed building, will be ‘gently refurbished’, with no changes to the internal layout.
Five other homes and a series of garages would also be created on the land under the plans, which have been designed by architect Sara Marsh.
In November last year a version of the scheme was withdrawn by Augrès Enterprise Ltd, so that the organisation could consider the project’s relation to the Island Plan, which governs building in Jersey.
In their report about the application, the Planning Department said: ‘The existing barns and agricultural shed have been marketed for employment purposes in the required manner without any interest.’
The report added that the department was able to support the scheme, which includes the demolition of an existing agricultural shed and the general restoration of the site, plus new landscaping.
However, the report also said that if the plans were approved, the applicant would need to make a financial contribution to the Island’s Eastern Cycle Route project – a cycle path being created by TTS.
The Planning Department’s report concluded: ‘The proposal will result in a viable alternative use for now-redundant employment buildings.
‘In this instance, the removal of the existing agricultural shed on site and other associated buildings, the erection of two traditional Jersey vernacular dwellings and improved landscaping will provide those required environmental gains.
‘As a consequence of this, the scheme can now be supported.’
The plans are to be discussed at a public planning meeting that is due to begin at 9.30 am on Thursday at the St Paul’s Centre.
