A SHOPPING area in the west of Jersey could be one step closer to a reinvigoration programme, with the Council of Ministers set to accept a proposition asking for it to be prioritised.
Earlier this autumn, St Brelade Deputy Helen Miles had filed a proposition that asked for a targeted effort to improve Les Quennevais Parade and Precinct. It is due to be debated at this week’s States sitting, which starts today [TUES 21 OCT].
The area, she said, was a “growing and bustling” place with “a strong sense of community and a range of activities taking place” that had been neglected by a commercial landlord.
She said in her report: “The parade and precinct are now in a very poor state… This is having an increasingly negative effect on the area, and the people living here, and efforts must be made to address it.”
Deputy Miles’s proposition asks for Les Quennevais to be specifically included in the Future-Fit Retail Roadmap and the West of Island Planning Framework, both of which set some of the standards of what the Island will look like in future.
It also asks for the regeneration of Les Quennevais Parade and Precinct to be a standing item for the Regeneration Steering Group, a Council of Ministers group that looks at new developments.
Ahead of the proposition being debated, the Council of Ministers have lodged an amendment tweaking the wording.
They said they “fully recognise the importance of Les Quennevais Parade and Precinct and the desire to revitalise the area”.
They removed the reference to a “detailed scheme”, saying this would “[enable] the work commissioned [by the Steering Group] to advance instead (which will include options for regeneration and enhancing the area)”.
They added that the Regeneration Steering Group meets too often to have standing agenda items.
Deputy Miles said she would accept the amendments as they are “minor”.
A second proposition she lodged, an attempt to regulate commercial leases, was scheduled to be discussed in the States this week, but Deputy Miles said she had put it on the order paper for the next sitting so that economic development minister Kirsten Morel can bring an amendment.
