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Planning Committee Decisions 2018: Response of the Minister for the Environment

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A decision made 21 June 2019:

Decision Reference:  MD-PE-2019-0048

Decision Summary Title :

Minister response to Planning Committee Report 2018

Date of Decision Summary:

20 June 2019

Decision Summary Author:

Interim Private Secretary

Decision Summary:

Public or Exempt?(State clauses from Code of Practice booklet

Public

Type of Report:

Oral or Written?

Written

Person Giving

Oral Report:

n/a

Written Report

Title :

Minister Response to Planning Committee Report 2018

Date of Written Report:

20 June 2019

Written Report Author:

Interim Private Secretary

Written Report :

Public or Exempt? (State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)

Public

Subject: Minister response to Planning Committee Report 2018

Decision(s):

The Minister decided to present his response to the Planning Committee Report 2018 to the States Assembly.

Reason(s) for Decision:

 

The Planning and Building (Jersey) Law 2002 Article 9A requires that:

 

(6) The Planning Committee shall, within the period of 3 months following the end of a year, report to the States 

(a)  the number of decisions made by the Committee under this Law during that year;

(b)  the number of appeals made during that year against decisions made by the Committee under this Law;

(c)  the Committee’s assessment of planning policy and any recommendations it has for its revision.

(7) Where, under paragraph (6)(c), the Planning Committee makes recommendations about planning policy, the Minister shall present to the States his or  her response to the recommendations.

This decision meets the requirements of  Article 9A (7) above.

Resource Implications: None

Action required: Greffier of the States to be requested to present the Minister’s response to the States.

Signature:

 

 

 

 

 

Deputy John Young

Position:

 

 

 

 

 

Minister for the Environment

Date Signed:

 

 

Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):

 

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