Jersey Airport (1937 Building): Intention to Include in List of Sites of Special Interest

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A decision made on 2 July 2012:

Decision ref:	MD–PE–2012-0088
Subject:	Notice of Intent to List: States of Jersey Airport (1937 building), L'Avenue de la Commune, St. Peter.
HER reference	PE0234		Current status:	Potential Listed Building Grade 1
Decision summary title:	DS - Intent to List: States of Jersey Airport (1937 building), St. Peter.
DS author:	Director: Policy, Projects and the Historic Environment
DS date:	09/08/2012		DS Status:	Public
Written report title:	WR – Listed Buildings and Places: States of Jersey Airport (1937 building), L'Avenue de la Commune, St. Peter.
WR author:	Head of Historic Buildings, Jersey Heritage
WR date	09/08/2012		WR Status:	Public
Oral rapporteur:	Head of Historic Buildings, Jersey Heritage
Decision(s):	The Minister for Planning and Environment expressed an intent to List the building and/or place specified above.
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.
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 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):			02 July 2012