In one of the year’s most contentious planning meetings, 14 parishioners spoke against the charity’s proposals to convert two disused barns at Pepinière Farm into a new centre for boarding and stray dogs.
Tension over the plans has grown over the last few weeks, with residents raising concerns about traffic on the site’s surrounding green lanes – such as Rue de Crabbé – and potential noise from barking dogs when taken outside the sound-proofed building.
Ex-Deputy and former Planning Committee chairman Sean Power, the vice-president of the JSPCA, said it was a disappointing day for the Island and that the society’s leaders would now have to consider what to do next.
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