Fight to save flats complex green space is lost

Under current plans for a major redevelopment of the area, which have been approved by Planning, a patch of green space between the low-rise flats at La Collette and Green Street would be lost and instead a residents-only courtyard area would be created in the middle of the proposed 147-property development.

A number of residents have been fighting to protect the land, which they say is a vital area of open space in an otherwise built-up area.

In the latest attempt to preserve the land, St Helier Constable Simon Crowcroft asked Andium Homes, which administers social housing on behalf of the States, to protect the public green space, and lodged a proposition requesting Treasury Minister Alan Maclean to direct the company to redesign the plans.

But the vote was tied, with 19 Members opting to save the green space and 19 opting to keep the current designs. There were two abstentions.

This meant that the motion was not passed and the building can go ahead as planned.

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