About the Economy and Planning Services Joint Approach
The Economy and Planning Services Joint Approach sets out how Government departments are working together to improve the way economic considerations are integrated into Jersey’s planning system.
This strengthens collaboration between planning and economic development services, ensuring that economic outcomes are fully and consistently considered in planning decisions, policy, and guidance.
It focuses on improving the quality of information available to decision-makers and helping applicants strengthen economic cases to ensure outcomes are given due consideration from the outset.
By aligning economic and spatial priorities, the Joint Approach supports Jersey’s long-term ambition for sustainable growth. It positions planning not just as a regulatory tool, but as a proactive enabler of investment, innovation, and prosperity.
Economy and Planning Joint Services Approach
What it means in practice
This means:
- For applicants: clearer guidance on how to present the economic impacts of development proposals. The Planning Hub, hosted by Jersey Business will serve as a central access point for applicants, signposting them to relevant resources and guidance
- For Islanders: greater confidence that planning decisions are informed by robust economic insight and aligned with Jersey’s strategic goals
- For Government officers: a shared framework for joined-up working and consistent decision-making
This Joint Approach, which forms part of the Delivery Framework for Sustainable Economic Development, reflects a shared ministerial commitment to deliver a more efficient, effective, and better value planning system that:
- supports sustainable development
- reduces unnecessary barriers for business
- helps secure Jersey’s economic future
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