THE owner of the Nude Dunes site could still face criminal charges over an alleged failure to comply with an enforcement notice, the Planning Minister has said.
The La Pulente site has been at the centre of a long-running battle which has seen multiple applications to turn part of the former restaurant into holiday accommodation be rejected.
Last summer, its owner Nadia Miller was issued to planning enforcement notices amid claims it was being used as a home and that “a modular building and wooden fence” has been erected without permission.
The latest application, which sought to convert the indoor restaurant area into a two-bedroom self-catering unit while retaining a smaller café using the existing commercial kitchen and outdoor terraces, was rejected last month.
Responding to a question in the States Assembly yesterday, Planning Minister Sir Mark Boleat agreed that public confidence when someone had not complied for over a year “is a problem that I think we grapple with”.
But, he added, “what is going on now may be a criminal offence, and it’s very difficult to comment further”.
He said: “It is clearly very unsatisfactory when there is a compliance and enforcement notice that is not complied with for a lengthy period, and I will do what I can to consider how we can best address this problem in the future.”
