Hillside Cottage, Le Vier Mont, Grouville: Notice of Intention to List

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A decision made 25 June 2013:

Decision ref:	MD–PE–2013-0059
Subject:	Notice of Intent to List: Hillside Cottage, Le Vier Mont, Grouville.
HER reference	GR0160		Current status:	Potential Listed Building Grade 3
DS title:	DS - Intent to List: Hillside Cottage, Grouville.
DS author:	Director: Policy, Projects and the Historic Environment
DS date:	24/06/2013		DS Status:	Public
Written report title:	WR – Listed Buildings and Places: Hillside Cottage, Le Vier Mont, Grouville.
WR author:	Head of Historic Buildings, Jersey Heritage
WR date	12/06/2013		WR Status:	Public
Oral rapporteur:	Head of Historic Buildings, Jersey Heritage
Decision(s):	The Minister for Planning and Environment expressed his intent to List the building and/or place specified above with a non-statutory Grade 4.
Reason(s) for decision:	The special interest of the building and/or place specified above, as defined and in the schedule and relative to the published criteria for selection, justifies its inclusion on the List of Sites of Special Interest as a Listed Building or Place in accordance with the provisions and purposes of the Planning and Building (Jersey) Law 2002 [as assessed by the Head of Historic Buildings at Jersey Heritage and the Listing Advisory Group]; and The Minister was of the view that, having regard to the quality of the interior of other potentially grade 3 Listed buildings and, in particular, the lesser quality of the staircase, that the interior of Hillside Cottage was not of sufficient quality to warrant grade 3.
Legal and resource implications:	Article 51 of the Planning and Building (Jersey) Law 2002 enables the Minister to include on the List of Sites of Special Interest those buildings and places that the Minister is satisfied has public importance by reason of the special archaeological, architectural, artistic, historical, scientific or traditional interest that attaches to the building or place. Article 52 of the same Law requires the Minister to serve Notice of his intention to do so. There are no additional resource implications of this decision.
Action required:	Serve Notice of Intent to add the Building and/or Place specified above to the List.
Signature:
Name and position:	Deputy RC Duhamel Minister for Planning and Environment
Date signed:		Date of decision (If different to Date Signed):			24 June 2013