16 Hill Street: Site of Special Interest

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A decision made (03.04.2009) to determine that 16 Hill Street be added to the List of Sites of Special Interest.

Decision Ref:	MD-PE-2009-0070
Subject:	List as a Site of Special Interest: 16 Hill Street, St Helier
Decision Summary Title:	DS - List as a Site of Special Interest: 16 Hill Street, St Helier
DS Author:	Assistant Director
DS Date:	20 March 2009	DS Status:	Public
Written Report Title:	WR – List as a Site of Special Interest: 16 Hill Street, St Helier
WR Author:	Assistant Director
WR Date	20 March 2009	WR Status:	Public
Oral Rapporteur:	Assistant Director: Policy and Projects / Head of Historic Buildings (Jersey Heritage)
Decision(s):	The Assistant Minister for Planning and Environment determined that 16 Hill Street, St Helier be added to the List of Sites of Special Interest
Reason(s) for Decision:	1. The special interest of 16 Hill Street, St Helier, 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 in accordance with the provisions and purposes of the Planning and Building (Jersey) Law 2002 and; 2. it accords with the States Strategic Plan commitment of protecting and sympathetically managing the Island’s built heritage assets.
Legal and Resource Implications:	Article 51(2)(b) of the Planning and Building (Jersey) Law 2002 enables the Assistant Minister to include on the List of Sites of Special Interest those buildings and places that the Assistant Minister is satisfied has public importance by reason of the special archaeological, architectural, artistic, historical, scientific or traditional interest that attached to the building or place.
Action required:	1. Notify the owner 2. Update the List of Sites of Special Interest 3. Notify Development Control
Signature:
Position:	Assistant Minister for Planning and Environment
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different to Date Signed):	03 April 2009