Members this week approved a proposition from Deputy John Young, a former chief executive at Planning, calling for an Independent Planning Appeals Tribunal to be set up and running next year. The House approved the move by 21 votes to 18.
The decision was made just as Planning Minister Rob Duhamel announced a consultation exercise on a new appeals system. In the States, he opposed Deputy Young’s proposisiton, saying that his department was currently consulting on a new, fairer appeals system.
But, he now has until the end of June to bring plans to the States for the establishment of the new body, which will replace the existing system whereby the Royal Court decides appeals.
