From Geoffrey Hill. SURELY we now have overwhelming proof that Environment Minister Freddie Cohen has no interest at all in preserving the coastal beauty of Jersey, as his Island Plan claims. Instead, he seems hell-bent on imposing his skewed vision of architecture irrespective of the suitability of the location. Possibly as a child he was […]
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Threats are made to minister over Portelet
THREATS and anti-semitic abuse have been sent to Environment Minister Freddie Cohen over the Portelet development.
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Deputy up for hot seat at Environment
DEPUTY Rob Duhamel will be nominated as the new Environment Minister on Tuesday.
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Ministers fly the Jersey flag for finance
OFFICIAL visits to India and the Gulf next week are the start of a new era in which Jersey will independently represent itself on the world stage without the UK holding its hand, according to the Island’s new ‘foreign minister’ Freddie Cohen.
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Goodbye Planning … hello Environment
THE Planning and Environment department is to be renamed.
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Major changes in Island Plan
PLANS to build 4,000 new homes, create a national park and to give nearly 600 vergées of land better protection against development will be presented to the States next week.
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Dandara: ‘Political ambush’ stopped luxury home plans
THE former Environment Minister turned down Dandara’s plans to build a seven-bedroom house with swimming pool on a prime site overlooking St Brelade’s Bay because he felt ambushed by political opposition, it has been alleged in court.
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Planning Minister says ‘No’ to rural supermarket site
ENVIRONMENT Minister Freddie Cohen has vowed to block any plans for a new supermarket outside of town.
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High value housing is right for South Hill site
From Peter French. IN the letters to the Editor (JEP, 25 Jun), Rosemary O’Connor advocates allocating the South Hill site presently occupied by Planning to social rather than high value housing. This is on the basis of: ‘Why should people in social housing not have a wonderful sea view?’ and ‘This could be seen as […]
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Town masterplan debate delayed
DEBATE on the North of Town Masterplan is being put back a month while ministers try to buy a new site that could hold the housing and cars that they originally planned for the town park.
