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A decision made (02/03/2007) regarding: Le Squez Redevelopment Phase 1b – Redefinition of Boundaries.

Subject:	Le Squez Redevelopment Phase 1b – Redefinition of Boundaries
Decision Reference:	MD-H-2007-0018	Exempt clause(s):
Type of Report: (oral or written)	WRITTEN	Person Giving Report (if oral):
Telephone or e-mail Meeting?		Report File ref:		Report & proposition on boundaries
Written Report – Title	Le Squez Redevelopment Phase 1b:– Redefinition of Boundaries	Written report - author		Richard Falle – Capital Projects Officer
Decision(s): The Minister for Housing approved the Report & Proposition and instructed that it be lodged for debate as soon as practicable.
Reason(s) for decision To safeguard the Public’s interests and to allow the ultimate sale of homes already agreed by the States P19/2004 on the Le Squez Phase 1b development.
Resource implications Financial: £15,000 Manpower: NIL Property: NIL ICT: NIL Law Drafting: NIL
Action required: Report & Proposition to be lodged for debate
Signature: (Minister/ Assistant Minister)			Date of Decision: 2 March 2007

Le Squez Redevelopment Phase 1b – Redefinition of Boundaries.

Le Squez Redevelopment Phase 1B:-

Redefinition of Boundaries

Proposition

THE STATES are asked to decide whether they are of opinion –

(a) to authorise the Public to enter into contracts or deeds of arrangement with the owners of various properties forming parts of the western boundary of Le Squez estate in order to redefine those boundaries, with the Public being responsible for any costs associated with enclosing any of the boundaries and all resultant legal fees.

(b) to authorise the Attorney General and the Greffier of the States to pass the necessary contracts on behalf of the Public of the Island.

Minister for Housing

Report

Introduction

1.1 The States are asked to authorise the Public to enter into contracts or deeds of arrangement with the owners of various properties in La Platte Mare, the warehouses occupied by C&R Continental and the Marks and Spencer Supermarket owned by St Clement Holdings Ltd situated to the west of the current development.

Background

2.1 On 9th March 2004 in adopting P.19/2004 the States approved the redevelopment of Le Squez Estate.

2.2 The first phase of the scheme was completed in December 2005 and the resultant homes are now occupied. 18.No. houses were sold to States Tenants with one disabled bungalow retained for rental.

2.3 Construction work in respect of phase 1B is well progressed and legal research undertaken by the Law Officers’ Department, in preparation for the forthcoming sale of 23 of the refurbished houses, has established that there is some degree of uncertainty about the exact position of the western boundaries towards a number of the private properties at La Platte Mare, C&R Continental and the current Marks and Spencer Supermarket, owned by St Clement Holdings.

The properties at La Platte Mare are owned as follows:-

No.1 Gary de Lecq de Montais

No.2 Andrew Philip Romeril and Linda Jean Romeril, nee Myers

No.3 Caroline Pinel, Nee Driscoll

No.4 Terence Anthony Brown and Sheelagh Jacqueline Kay Sampson

No.5 John Spencer de la Mare and Christine Nadine de la Mare, nee Nicolas

No.6 Alan James Walmsley and Kathryn Walmsley, nee Dunbar

No.7 Barry Alfred Vardon and Patricial Ann Vardon, nee Ashcroft

No.8 Thomas Martin Lawlor and Phyllis Ursula Vardon, nee Wallser

In addition, the following properties also have boundaries with the site which will need to be redefined.

The warehouses occupied by C&R Continental

The Marks and Spencer Supermarket owned by St Clement Holdings.

2.4 It is seen as essential that the boundaries of the site be properly defined prior to final completion of the redevelopment of this phase.

2.5 It will therefore be necessary for the Public to either be party to any sales of the aforementioned properties or to enter into deeds of arrangement with each of the owners at La Platte Mare, with the Public being responsible for erecting any boundary enclosures required and for the payment of legal fees incurred by the owners of the said properties.

3. Financial and manpower implications

3.1 This proposition, if approved, will not have any manpower implications for the Housing Department, but will result in costs estimated at £15,000 in respect of boundary enclosure works and legal fees.