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Chestnut House, La Grande Route de St. Pierre, St. Peter JE3 7AY: Appeal Decision

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A decision made on 5 June 2020

Decision Reference:  MD-PE-2020-0046

Application Reference: P/2019/0674

Decision Summary Title:

Appeal Decision – Chestnut House, La Grande Route de St. Pierre, St. Peter JE3 7AY

Date of Decision Summary:

 

02 June 2020

Decision Summary Author:

Principal Policy Planner – Strategic Policy, Planning & Performance

Decision Summary:

Public or Exempt?

 

Public

Type of Report:

Oral or Written?

Written

Person Giving

Oral Report:

n/a

Written Report

Title :

Inspector’s Report- Chestnut House

Date of Written Report:

06 April 2020

 

Written Report Author:

Sue Bell MSc., BSc, FCIEEM, CEcol, CWEM,

Planning Inspector

Written Report :

Public or Exempt?

Public

Subject: Appeal under Article 108 of the Planning and Building (Jersey) Law 2002 against a decision to grant planning permission, P/2019/0674, for; “Demolish existing dwelling and site structures.

Construct 7 No. four bed dwellings with associated parking and landscaping” at Chestnut House, La Grande Route de St. Pierre, St. Peter, JE3 7AY

Decision:

The Minister dismissed the appeal and maintained the original decision to grant planning permission, subject to the imposition of two additional conditions as below:

 

Additional conditions:

i)                    Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved, details of the finished floor levels of the houses, and the levels of the parking areas and gardens, and the slope of the access ramp into the site, shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Department of Growth, Housing and the Environment. These details shall include longitudinal cross sections through the ramp and details of any retaining walls required where there is a step in levels.

 

Reason:  To ensure that the dwellings and their gardens and parking areas are constructed at the levels indicated on approved Site Section, and for the Department to assess the acceptability of the ramp and associated retaining structures in the interests of highways safety and to ensure an acceptable appearance, so as to satisfy the requirements of policies GD1 and GD7 of the Adopted Island Plan 2011 (Revised 2014).

 

ii)                   Prior to the commencement of development, details of a safeguarded two-way pedestrian route through the site from La Grande Piece to La Grande Route de St. Pierre shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Department of Growth, Housing and Environment (Regulation Section).

 

The path shall be finished with an anti-skid surface and shall be completed to the Department’s satisfaction prior to the first occupation of the development and shall, thereafter, be maintained in a safe and sound condition.

 

Reason: In the interests of highway safety, in accordance with Policy GD1

of the Adopted Island Plan 2011 (Revised 2014).

 

 

Reason for Decision:

The Minister agreed with the recommendation of the Inspector in the main but also considered that it, in the interests of promoting sustainability and a move towards an Island-wide goal of carbon zero, a reduction in the use of private motor vehicles should be encouraged through the provision of a two-way pedestrian route through the site between La Grande Piece and La Grande Route de St. Pierre.

 

Resource Implications:

None.

Action required:

Request the Judicial Greffe to inform interested parties of the decision.

 

Signature:

 

 

 

 

Deputy John H Young

Position:

 

 

 

 

Minister for the Environment

Date Signed:

 

 

 

 

 

Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):

 

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