Planning have received 526 objections to plans to build eight houses on the site of Ollivier Farm, on the right-hand side on the way down Ouaisné Hill. Nineteen tenants face eviction, because they rent the land, which houses temporary caravans and modern chalets, on an annual basis. The area is in a green zone and the site has been established in its current use since the 1930s.
Planning’s development control director, Peter Le Gresley, said that he could not confirm that the number of objections was a record, but said: ‘It is a very high figure. It’s an emotive issue to do with people potentially losing their homes.’
Mr Le Gresley said that Ouaisné was seen as ‘a sensitive spot’ and added that plans to build one house opposite the Smugglers pub at the bottom of Ouaisné Hill had also led to a number of objections.
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