Tougher standards on room sizes of new flats

The States yesterday approved amendments to the Island Plan from Deputy John Le Fondré which will allow the Planning department to demand bigger rooms and better sound insulation in all new flats.

He said that the changes were crucial if the States was going to stick with the policy of putting new developments in town and not the country.

The Deputy said that Islanders were already living in cramped conditions in town, and the living standards of St Helier residents had to be protected.