In recent days, contractors removed the remainder of the site’s old press, while pictures taken yesterday showed a large proportion of the building’s roof missing.
The JEP moved into the Five Oaks site in 1977 after 85 years in Charles Street. Before the paper moved up the hill, the St Saviour building was used by the Jersey Farming Co-operative as a packing shed and store.
At the time, editors said the move would ‘begin a programme of expansion and modernisation to satisfy present-day staff needs and technological advances within the industry’.
The paper moved to its current site in Bath Street – almost adjacent to its former Charles Street premises – in 2019.
Le Gallais, which bought the Five Oaks site, has been granted permission to build a self-storage centre, light industrial unit and a Co-op Locale on the land.
The old printing press @JEPnews Five Oaks HQ is finally no more. An end of a very special era. pic.twitter.com/U8xN1JefGn
— Consumer Carl (@CarlWalker7) June 15, 2021
The development is due to incorporate one of the largest solar-panel arrays in the Channel Islands – capable of providing power to 15 homes – and will create 30 new jobs. A new bus shelter and safer pedestrian access have also been incorporated into the plans.
