Despite pleas from the developer’s architect that the jobs would be lost, the planning applications panel thought plans to demolish part of the Cheval Roc Hotel to the west and create 19 homes were not of a high enough standard for the coastal national park.
The hotel, owned by Richard Brocken, sits in the protected area, where there is a strong presumption against development. The three-person panel, which overturned the Planning officer’s recommendation to approve the scheme, said that they could not be influenced by economic conditions and could only determine the application on planning grounds.
At a planning applications panel meeting yesterday at Church House, the panel, chaired by Trinity Constable John Gallichan, heard from principal planner Andy Townsend, who recommended the scheme for approval.
Full story in Friday’s JEP
