Membership of Planning Applications Panel.

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A decision made (28/06/2006) regarding Membership of Planning Applications Panel.

Subject:	Membership of Planning Applications Panel
Decision Reference:	MD-PE-2006-0079		Exempt clause(s):	n/a
Type of Report: (oral or written)	written		Person Giving Report (if oral):
Telephone or e-mail Meeting?			Report File ref:	3/09
Written report – Title	Planning and Building (Jersey) Law 2002, as amended– Appointment of Planning Applications Panel members
Written report – Author (name and job title)	Peter Thorne Director of Planning
Decision(s): The Minister agreed the draft Report and Proposition nominating Constable of St Peter and Deputy A. Pryke as members of the Panel, and the Constables of St Saviour and St Helier as reserve members of the Panel, in accordance with Article 9c of the Law.
Reason(s) for decision: The appointment of a Panel is a legal requirement, and it is the responsibility of the Minister to make nominations for membership to the States. The members concerned have agreed to continue to serve in their respective roles if the nominations are acceptable to the States.
Action required: PT to advise the Greffier of the States that the Minister wishes this matter to be debated, if possible, on 4 July 2006, but no later than 18 July to ensure continuity of the planning service.
Signature: (Acting Minister)		Date of Decision: 28 June 2006

Membership of Planning Applications Panel.

Planning and Building Law ( Jersey ) Law 2002, as amended

Nomination of Members of Planning Applications Panel

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

to appoint, in accordance with Article 9C of the Planning and Building (Jersey) Law 2002, as amended, on the recommendation of the Minister for Planning and Environment, the following persons as members of the Planning Applications Panel with immediate effect for a period of three years –

(a) The Connétable of St Peter as a member;

(b) The Deputy of Trinity as a member;

(d) The Connétable of St. Helier as a reserve member.

Minister for Planning and Environment

Report

The States agreed, in 2005, by amending the 1964 Island Planning Law and the 2002 Planning and Building Law, that a Planning Applications Panel should be appointed. As its name implies, its primary purpose is to determine planning applications. The Panel has met regularly since the start of 2006.

I am advised that with the coming into force of the Planning and Building Law 2002, it is necessary for me, under the requirements of the Law, to nominate a “new” Panel.

The Law provides that the Panel should comprise three States members and that it will be chaired by an Assistant Minister, appointed by the Minister for Planning and Environment, with the agreement of the Chief Minister. The Panel has been and will continue be chaired by the Assistant Minister for Planning and Environment, the Constable of St John.

The other two members, together with two reserves, will be appointed by the Minister, after he has nominated them to the States, and the States has agreed the nominations.

Nominations can only be made by the Minister. If the States rejects his nomination, the Minister has to nominate another States member, and so on, until all the vacancies are filled. The Law provides that the period of membership of a Panel member is three years.

The current Panel has been particularly effective, and comprises the Constable of St Peter and the Deputy of Trinity as Panel members, and the Constables of St Saviour and St Helier as reserve members of the Panel. Each has agreed to continue in this role should my nomination of them be successful.

Senator F E Cohen

Minister for Planning and Environment