St James Church and Vicarage, St James Street, St Helier: Retained as Site of Special Interest

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A decision made on 22 November 2010 regarding the retention of St James Church and Vicarage, St James Street, St Helier as a Site of Special Interest

Decision Ref:	MD–PE–2010-0128
Subject:	Notice of Intent to Retain on List as Site of Special Interest: St James Church and Vicarage, St James Street, St Helier
Address and Reference Number	(as above)	Historic Building Reference:	HE1459
DS Author:	Assistant Director
DS Date:	17 November 2010	DS Status:	Public
Written Report Title:	WR – List of Sites of Special Interest: St James Church and Vicarage, St James Street, St Helier
WR Author:	Head of Historic Buildings, Jersey Heritage
WR Date	25 October 2010	WR Status:	Public
Decision(s):	The Minister for Planning and Environment resolved to serve a notice of his intent to retain the buildings and places specified above on the List of Sites of Special Interest.
Reason(s) for Decision:	the special interest of the buildings and places specified above, as defined and in the schedule and relative to the published criteria for selection, justifies their inclusion on the List of Sites of Special Interest in accordance with the provisions and purposes of the Planning and Building (Jersey) Law 2002, as assessed by the Head of Historic Buildings at Jersey Heritage and the Ministerial Registration and Listing Advisory Group and; it accords with the States Strategic Plan commitment of protecting and enhancing the Island’s built heritage assets.
Legal and Resource Implications:	Article 51(2)(b) of the Planning and Building (Jersey) Law 2002 enables the Minister to include on the List of Sites of Special Interest those buildings and places that the Minister is satisfied has public importance by reason of the special archaeological, architectural, artistic, historical, scientific or traditional interest that attaches to the building or place. Article 52 of the same Law requires the Minister to serve notice of his intention to do so;
Action required:	Serve notice of intent to retain the buildings and places specified above to the List of Sites of Special Interest
Signature:		Date of SMT approval:
Position:	Senator FE Cohen, Minister for Planning and Environment
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different to Date Signed):

St James Church and Vicarage, St James Street, St Helier: Retained as Site of Special Interest

List of Sites of Special Interest

St James Church & Vicarage, St James Street, St Helier

Supplementary

This report has been prepared by Jersey Heritage as part of its responsibility under a Service Level Agreement to provide reports and recommendations to the Minister for Planning and Environment on the architectural, historical and archaeological significance of buildings and sites.

Background

MRLAG assessed the church and vicarage in August 2008, when there was majority support (10:5) for listing the church as SSI and unanimous support for listing the vicarage as an SSI. The Jersey Heritage report of 11th August 2008 subsequently recommended listing the site as an SSI. The Minister listed St James Church & Vicarage as an SSI in November 2008.

In July 2010, the minister requested that Jersey Heritage and MRLAG review the listing of St James Church & Vicarage and also consider the registration of St James School (which is subject to a separate report).

MRLAG accordingly discussed the site at its meeting on 11th October 2010. 8 members supported retaining the church as an SSI with 1 member supporting BLI. Members were again unanimous that the vicarage should be retained as an SSI.

Jersey Heritage recommendation

There have been no changes to the architectural and historical interest of St James Church & Vicarage since it was listed in November 2008. It is recommended that the site merits retention as an SSI as set out in the Jersey Heritage report of 11th August 2008 and on the attached plan and schedule (the schedule has been revised to include additional references to surviving architectural features).

Author of report: Roger Hills BA(Hons) MA DipBldgCons (RICS) IHBC Head of Historic Buildings

Date of report: 25th October 2010

File ref: HE1459

Attachments

SSI plan & schedule