La Hougue Farm, La Route du Petit Port, St. Brelade: Planning Application (P/2012/0345): Modification of Planning Permission

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A decision made 28 March 2017:

Decision Reference: MD-PE-2017-0030		Application Number: P/2012/0345
Decision Summary Title :	La Hougue Farm, La Route du Petit Port, St Brelade	Date of Decision Summary:		27/03/2017
Decision Summary Author:	Director (Development Control)	Decision Summary: Public or Exempt? (State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)		Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Oral	Person Giving Oral Report:		Director (Development Control)
Written Report Title :		Date of Written Report:
Written Report Author:		Written Report : Public or Exempt? (State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)		Public
Subject: La Hougue Farm, La Route du Petit Port, St. Brelade, Jersey, JE3 8HH – Issue of Notice under Article 27 of the Planning and Building (Jersey) Law 2002 – to modify a planning permission.
Decision(s): The Minister having taken note of complaints received in relation to the above development (under construction on site) decided to serve a ‘Notice of Modification’ in respect of the planning permission granted under reference P/2012/0345. The Notice requires the planting of an evergreen hedge inside part of the western boundary of the site, subject to height and location requirements. The Notice also specifies that permitted development rights currently enjoyed by the property, La Hougue Farm, in respect of the conversion of loft space to habitable use, are removed.
Reason(s) for Decision: Having visited the site and the neighbouring property, and having taken into account all of the material considerations, including the particular circumstances of this case, it appears to the Minister that the measures taken are reasonably required to protect the residential amenity of the occupiers of the neighbouring property to the west of the site (Tramonto), in accordance with the provisions of policy GD1 of the 2011 Island Plan, (revised 2014).
Resource Implications: Article 27 has a clause enabling a person to seek compensation in respect of actual loss.
Action required: The Notice of Modification is to be served on the owners of La Hougue Farm and a copy placed on the public register.
Signature:			Position: Minister for the Environment
Date Signed:			Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):