General Development, Advertisement and Moveable Structures Orders 2015

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A decision made 17 December 2015:

Decision Reference: MD- PE- 2015 – 0079
Decision Summary Title:	General Development, Advertisement and Moveable Structures Orders 2015		Date of Decision Summary:	16 Dec 2015
Decision Summary Author:	Senior Planner		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:
Written Report Title:	General Development, Advertisement and Moveable Structures Orders 2015		Date of Written Report:	16 Dec 2015
Written Report Author:	Senior Planner		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Public
Subject: General Development, Advertisement and Moveable Structures Orders 2015
Decision: In accordance with Articles 8(3)(a), 76, 81 and 124 of the Planning and Building (Jersey) Law 2002 the Minister made the following Orders – the Planning and Building (General Development) (Amendment No.2) (Jersey) Order 2015 the Planning and Building (Display of Advertisements) (Amendment) (Jersey) Order 2015 the Planning and Building (Moveable Structures) (Amendment) (Jersey) Order 2015
Reason(s) for Decision: The Orders have been prepared in accordance with Ministerial Decision MD-PE-2015-0030, to expand the classes of development granted planning permission by the Orders and to address anomalies in the current drafting.
Resource Implications:- None
Action required: Notify the Greffier of the States and the Law Draftsman that the Orders have been made; forward the signed and sealed Orders to the Publication Editor, States Greffe; and request the Greffier of the States to notify the making to the Orders to the States.
Signature: Deputy S Luce		Position: Minister
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):