THE Café Romany site at Grève de Lecq is being advertised with approved plans for offers over £5 million – and over £11 million for the completed development. Estate agents Wilsons Knight Frank listed the scheme, which will see the seaside café at Grève de Lecq knocked down and replaced with a four-bedroom home and […]
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Empty-property tax and other measures to cut number of vacant homes will be considered by ministers
NEW measures designed to discourage property owners from leaving homes empty for long periods will be brought before the next States Assembly, following a backbencher’s successful proposal. Deputy Montfort Tadier called for options to be drawn up to ensure fewer properties were left vacant, which could include an empty property tax, and for an ‘effective […]
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Deputy Young: ‘OneGov stops ministers from leading officers’
ONEGOV, a five-year plan to streamline government departments introduced by former chief executive Charlie Parker, will be dismantled if the States support a proposition lodged by the Environment Minister. Deputy John Young, a persistent critic of ‘the disconnect between our ministerial structure and the way staff are organised in departments’, wants individual ministers to again […]
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Two politicians to fight quarry extension
TWO politicians are preparing to fight plans to extend La Gigoulande Quarry at the top of St Peter’s Valley as a series of hearings on the Bridging Island Plan continues.
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Quarry expansion ‘will impact hotel’
OPPONENTS of extending La Gigoulande Quarry at the top of St Peter’s Valley are due to meet next week to continue the fight against the plans. Environment Minister John Young this week rejected an amendment to the Draft Bridging Island Plan which, if approved, would have blocked the extension into neighbouring Field MY966. This followed […]
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States vote in favour of new planning laws
JERSEY is one step closer to giving trees greater protection, after the States Assembly overwhelmingly approved revised planning laws, which could also designate conservation areas.
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Difficult questions in St Mary for the Constable candidates
TWO St Mary Constable candidates tackled Islandwide issues and parochial matters in one of the last hustings to be held ahead of next week’s general election. Assisted dying was perhaps the toughest question faced by Deputy David Johnson and former journalist Mike Fennell at a well-attended St Mary’s Parish Hall, but there were no easy […]
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Landlord vote ‘a big victory and a big step forward’
A VOTE banning landlords in Jersey from discriminating against families with children is a ‘big step forward’, a backbencher has said.
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Jersey aim for top-two in darts tournament
JERSEY is all set to host the third edition of the Islands International Darts Tournament this weekend. Staged at The Royal Hotel, Jersey will welcome men’s and women’s teams from the Republic of Ireland, Isle of Man and Channel Island rivals, Guernsey. Jersey have given a fair account of themselves in the two previous editions, […]
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The 2025 edition of the Jersey Rally is nearly upon us
THE 42nd Jersey Rally lights up Island roads this Friday and Saturday with a bumper 90 car entry and many former winners and champions. Leading away the Roberts Garages sponsored event, will be 2024 winners and 2025 National Asphalt Champions, Sam Touzel and Max Freeman, in their current 4WD Fiesta Rally2. Top 10 Seeds Hot on […]
