ENVIRONMENT Minister Freddie Cohen received Planning permission to build an extension to his Site of Special Interest home in the green zone on Thursday. The Planning applications panel approved Senator Cohen’s application to demolish two stable blocks at Highcliff, Rue de la Mare, St John, so he can extend and rearrange an existing one bedroom […]
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Taxpayers to pay for Dandara soil tipping
TAXPAYERS will have to cover the £1.4m bill for tipping excavated topsoil from the underground car park at Dandara’s Waterfront housing development. Under the terms of the 2003 Les Pas deal, the States have to pick up the cost of tipping charges for two floors of underground parking on the Castle Quay site. The lost […]
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Energy-from-waste plant design revealed
ISLANDERS today get the most accurate picture yet of how the new £106 million incinerator is likely to change the St Helier skyline. Detailed plans have been released by Transport and Technical Services which show how the designers hope to mask the huge, square structure. Islanders will now have the chance to comment on the […]
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Hotel in a hurry to add block of flats
THE Waterfront hotel company will lose their exclusive right to extend their building if plans are not approved tomorrow. They want to add a five-storey block of flats to the north of the building — but their exclusive development permit expires on Monday. An emergency planning meeting, with just the single application on the agenda, […]
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Environment Minister given planning consent
ENVIRONMENT Minister Freddie Cohen received Planning permission to build an extension to his Site of Special Interest home in the green zone on Thursday. The Planning applications panel approved Senator Cohen’s application to demolish two stable blocks at Highcliff, Rue de la Mare, St John, so he can extend and rearrange an existing one bedroom […]
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Taxpayers to pay for Dandara soil tipping
TAXPAYERS will have to cover the £1.4m bill for tipping excavated topsoil from the underground car park at Dandara’s Waterfront housing development. Under the terms of the 2003 Les Pas deal, the States have to pick up the cost of tipping charges for two floors of underground parking on the Castle Quay site. The lost […]
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Move to overturn decision on Esplanade
A MOVE to overturn last week’s decision to approve the Esplanade development has been lodged with the States. Deputy Gerard Baudains, the politician who first raised the multi-million-dollar lawsuit against Harcourt in the States, has tabled the proposition to reverse last week’s decision. He says that States Members made their decision on the back of […]
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Cost warning over homes not connected to mains drains
HOME owners buying houses not connected to main drains could pay an extra £50,000 on top of their mortgage, a property owner has warned. Alan Ross, who lives in a four-bedroom house on Westmount Road, currently pays £200 a month for a tanker to empty his tight tank and he has warned future buyers to […]
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How do States Members get away with it every time?
From Sonya Thrush. I COULD not believe what I was reading (JEP, 17 May). Environment Minister Freddie Cohen was ‘cleared’ over his Les Ormes approval. Procedures were followed correctly, they tell us. The neighbours were unaware of the application. As a result, there were no objections to the application and it proceeded smoothly through the […]
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Waterfront masterplan approved
A multi-million pound plan to develop Esplanade Square as a finance centre was approved by the States yesterday. The plan, devised by Hopkins architects, will involve lowering Route de la Liberation as well as building offices and flats on the existing Esplanade car park. Members approved the scheme, which is expected to take between seven […]
