Deputy Celia Scott Warren says that the system was set up so that objectors to planning applications would not face court costs but it has since emerged that there is a chance that they could. She met Environment Minister Freddie Cohen and the Solicitor General Stéphanie Nicolle yesterday to discuss whether the risk of paying costs could put less well-off Islanders off bringing appeals against developments. The meeting came after Deputy Scott Warren said she was told by the Bailiff, Sir Philip Bailhache, that if a developer took a ruling to the Court of Appeal it would be ‘unlikely’ that the complainant would have to pay costs. But Deputy Scott Warren says that even a one per cent risk of paying thousands of pounds in costs could deter people from taking on developers.
Jersey Evening Post
