Field 730 & Blanche Pierre House, La Rue de la Blanche Pierre, St. Lawrence: Application (P/2012/1361) to be determined by Minister

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A decision made 21 January 2013:

Decision Reference: MD-PE-2013 -0011			Application Number: P/2012/1361 (If applicable)
Decision Summary Title :	Field 730 &, Blanche Pierre House, La Rue de la Blanche Pierre, , St. Lawrence, Jersey, JE3 1EX		Date of Decision Summary:		10th January 2013
Decision Summary Author:	Senior Planner		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt? (State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)		Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Oral		Person Giving Oral Report:		Senior Planner
Written Report Title :	n/a		Date of Written Report:		n/a
Written Report Author:	--		Written Report : Public or Exempt? (State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)		--
Subject: Field 730 &, Blanche Pierre House, La Rue de la Blanche Pierre, , St. Lawrence, Jersey, JE3 1EX Change of use of part Field No 730 to domestic curtilage to create a tennis court.
Decision(s): In accordance with the Code of Conduct for the Minister for Planning and Environment in the determination of planning applications and pre-application advice (MD-PE-2006-0012; MD-PE-2011-0120 and Section 3 of the Scheme of Delegation for the Minister of Planning and Environment, December 2011), the Minister has confirmed that he is calling-in this application for his determination.
Reason(s) for Decision: Given the location of the application site within the Green Zone and the previous Ministerial decision to refuse planning permission on the same site for the change of use of land to domestic curtilage and the construction of a tennis court on 18th June 2012 under P/2011/1455, the Minister wishes to determine the application himself. As such, this application constitutes a strategically important application.
Resource Implications: None
Action required: Notify Agent.
Signature: Deputy R C Duhamel		PLeg / AS Initials		Position: Minister for Planning and Environment
Date Signed:				Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):