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Esplanade Quarter Masterplan: Minor Amendments

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A decision made on 23 March 2011:

Decision Reference:    MD-PE-2011-0029MD-PE-201107-0000

Decision Summary Title:

Esplanade Quarter Master planReview of Planning and Building (General Development) Order 2008 Request for reconsideration of refusal of Planning Permission

Date of Decision Summary:

15 March 201126 January 2011  21/02/08

Decision Summary Author:

Principal Planner

– R WilliamsonDirector of Planning Jonathan Gladwin

Decision Summary:

Public or Exempt?

Public PublicPublic

Type of Report:

Oral or Written?

Written Written and Oral Written

Person Giving

Oral Report:

N/A Jonathan Gladwin

Written Report

Title:

Esplanade QuarterReview of Planning and Building (General Development) Order 2008 Request for reconsideration of refusal of Planning Permission

Date of Written Report:

10 March 201126 January 2011 20/12/07

Written Report Author:

Principal Planner

– R WilliamsonDirector of Planning Jonathan Gladwin

Written Report :

Public or Exempt?

 

PublicPublic Public

Subject:  Esplanade Quarter Master plan – minor amendmentsReview of Planning and Building (General Development) Order 2008

3 Ventnor Villas, La Route de St Aubin, St Helier, JE2 3SD

Replace dormer window with door, create balcony. REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION of refusal of planning permission

 

Decision(s):  The Minister for Planning and Environment has resolved to support some minor changes to the Esplanade Quarter Master plan as outlined in an attached site plan.The Minister approved the proposed changes and instructed the Law Draftsman to prepare the new Planning and Building (General Development) Order 2011The Minister decided to Approve the planning application

 

 

Reason(s) for Decision:

To respect and respond to emerging client demand for office floor space on the Esplanade Quarter and so enable commencement of the project.The proposed changes will significantly increase the thresholds for permitted development, reducing the burden of legislation on the public and reducing the Department’s workload.

The decision to approve was given for the following reason: Permission has been granted having taken into account the relevant policies of the approved Island Plan, together with other relevant policies and all other material considerations, including the consultations and representations received.

 

 

Resource Implications: There are no additional resource implications arising.Reduction in the Department’s workload, thus freeing officer time for more important application workNone

 

 

Action required: Instruct the Law Draftsman t prepare the new Order

Add amendment to the existing Master planNotify Agent, Applicant and all other interested parties and issue Planning Permit.

 

 

Signature:

 

Senator F E Cohen

Position:

 

Minister

 

Date Signed:

 

 

Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):

 

 

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Esplanade Quarter Masterplan: Minor Amendments

Esplanade Quarter

 

Purpose of the Report

 

In July 2010 the Minister granted outline consent for the scheme to develop the Esplanade Quarter.  Subsequent to that approval the Waterfront Enterprise Board (WEB) have been pursuing the development of the site through discussions and negotiations. The development will not begin on site until such time as pre-let agreements are in place with occupants of the proposed buildings. The work carried out by WEB has revealed that the emerging demand for commercial office floor space requires some amendments be made to elements of layout and scale within the easternmost section of the scheme. In considering the changes the Minister has been determined that the core principles behind the master plan should not be compromised in any way and commissioned Hopkins Architects  (authors of the master plan) to test and revise the proposed changes. That work has now been completed, and the Minister is satisfied that the changes are acceptable and that the principles which define the master plan will not be compromised.

 

     In reaching this conclusion the Minister insisted that an amended site plan was prepared and a computer generated “fly through” completed that accurately illustrated the implications of the new arrangement of buildings and squares. This work was subsequently assessed by the officers of this department and was reviewed by the Waterfront Design Group (WDG) who have been advisors to the Minister throughout the preparation and eventual approval of the master plan. Both parties support the proposed changes. Some consultation has taken place with stakeholders but this will be repeated in depth when detailed applications are submitted.

 

    The changes represent amendments to the detail and scale of some of the buildings and open spaces. They do not depart however from the broad concept of the master plan which is to provide a new waterfront with streets, and squares with a firm emphasis on design quality and place making.  New modern office floor space is part of that concept. The sinking of La Route de la Liberation will not be the works that signal the start of the construction of the Esplanade Quarter. The sinking of the road will be a later phase. It is expected that detailed applications will be submitted in June 2011. 

 

 

Recommendation

 

Approve the amendments to layout, and the size scale and location of the open spaces and buildings in the eastern section of the site and adopt as an addendum to the Esplanade Quarter master plan.

 

Reason for decision

 

The proposed changes are compatible with the concepts and principles as set out within the master plan and reflect emerging demand for new office floor space within the Esplanade Quarter.

Action Required

 

Inform WEB that the Minister is prepared to accept the proposed changes provided they accord with the plans and other illustrations submitted as part of this work and that the master plan should be amended accordingly.

 

Legal and Resource Implications

 

None

 

 

Signed:      Richard Williamson    Principal Planner

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