Building of Local Interest Merryvale Farm La Rue Vegueur St Ouen

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A Decision made (20.03.2006) to review the registration of Merryvale Farm, La Rue Vegueur, St Ouen. Building of Local Interest.

Subject:	Review of Registration of Merryvale Farm, La Rue Vegueur, St Ouen on the Register of Buildings and Sites of Architectural, Historical and Archaeological Importance as a Building of Local Interest.
Decision Reference:	MD-PE-2006-21	Exempt clause(s):
Type of Report (oral or written):	Written/oral	Person Giving Report (if oral):		Historic Buildings Officer
Telephone or e-mail meeting		Report File ref:		3/04/02/01/Ministerial Reports
Written Report Title:	Register of Buildings and Sites of Architectural, Archaeological and Historical Importance in Jersey - assessment of Merryvale Farm, La Rue Vegueur, St Ouen	Written report – Author:		Curator of Historic Buildings – Jersey Heritage Trust
Decision(s): The BLI registration for Merryvale Farm should be amended to include only the two-storey, five-bay farm house with glazed porch to the south elevation; the grand conservatory in the garden; the granite pigsty; and the single storey, five-bay granite cottage to the west of the main house. Other buildings on the site should be removed from the BLI registration.
Reason(s) for decision: In accordance with the strategic objective ‘to protect the best of the Island’s architectural heritage’ of the Island Plan 2002, and policy HB1 of the Interim Policies for the Conservation of Historic Buildings only those buildings of the group continue to satisfy the published criteria for registration as a Building of Local Interest.
Action required:  Notify the Planning Applications Panel, as successors of the former Planning Sub-Committee, of the decision
Signature: (Minister/ Assistant Minister)			Date of Decision: