​Light Industry Report summary

It was highlighted in the 2002 Island Plan that to assist with the relocation of businesses from the town centre in order to release land for housing and other more appropriate uses, there may be a requirement for a further 17.4 acres or 7.04 hectares of industrial land or  379,000 sq ft (35,210 sq m) of industrial accommodation. Therefore the Planning and Environment Department commissioned this report to investigate the current demand and condition of light industrial space.

The authors summarised that  the quality of the existing industrial stock varies considerably but much of it suffers from physical or geographical constraints with poor quality buildings, poor access and lack of amenity space and high demand.

St Helier Office Market Report summary

Barnes Daniels & Partners were commissioned by the Planning and Environment Department to investigate the current office market in St Helier. They looked into various key areas, such as:

• office stock
  
• supply versus demand
  
• quality of accommodation
  
• rental levels
  
• investment market
  
• the future structure of the local office market