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New plans for tax on car emissions
PLANS for a car emission tax have been resurrected less than a year after public pressure forced ministers to scrap them.
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St Peter farmer’s land sale could earn him £4m
A FARMER could be £4 million richer if he manages to sell his land with outline Planning permission attached to it. Charlie Gallichan, of Woodside Farm, St Peter, is selling his 120,000 sq ft plot of land in the countryside, including in-principle planning permission for two houses totalling a maximum size of 30,000 square feet. […]
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Green’ homes plan is not fair, say Jersey Gas
A PROPOSAL to make all newly built homes reduce their carbon footprint unfairly favours electricity over gas and oil, says the head of Jersey Gas.
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Cohen will resign if decision is reversed
IF States Members decide to reverse their decision on the Waterfront masterplan, Freddie Cohen will resign as Environment Minister. He said that he had already formally adopted the masterplan and would have no choice but to leave office if the States decided to rescind the motion. Deputy Gerard Baudains – the first Member to raise […]
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Plemont estate plan thrown out
A PLAN to build 36 houses on the Plemont headland has been refused by the Environment Minister.
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Skatepark gets the go-ahead
A NEW skateboard park at the Waterfront has been approved by Environment Minister Freddie Cohen. He approved changing the car park at the former TNT Warehouse, near the Sailor’s Rest café, at the New North Quay, into a skateboard park at a ministerial meeting at the Société Jersiaise. The application submitted by the Waterfront Enterprise […]
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States count the cost of fleeting top job
RECRUITMENT consultants were paid £35,000 to find Paul Nichols – the Planning chief officer who left his job recently after only 18 months.
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50 hopefuls for Deputy
AT least 50 candidates are expected to declare at nomination meetings around the Island tomorrow for the 29 seats in the States reserved for parish Deputies. The elections for Deputies are on 26 November and the successful candidates will be elected for a three-year term of office For the second time in as many months, […]
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Minister backs quarry homes
ENVIRONMENT Minister Freddie Cohen has supported plans for housing at Westmount Quarry but delayed making a final decision so that issues such as the height of the buildings can be resolved. That is despite senior assistant planner John Nicholson saying at last week’s ministerial meeting that the plans were overdeveloped, cramped and excessive in height. […]
