New Island Plan approved

After almost 40 hours of debate, Members approved the Island Plan 2011, which sets out Planning and zoning policy in Jersey for the next ten years.

The plan will see more homes in town instead of wholesale rezoning of countryside sites and introduces a controversial new formula for demanding discount and social housing from developers.

Over the course of the plan over 1,000 homes will be built on the following sites: Esplanade Quarter, the Waterfront, the Metropole Hotel, Ann Court, Wesley Chapel, the former Jersey College for Girls and Westmount Quarry. A number of other sites are still to be identified.