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Approval to include Le Pulec, Le Grand Etacquerel and Le Petit Etacqueral, st Ouen, on the list of Sites of Special Interest

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A decision made (17.12.2008) to approve inclusion of Le Pulec, Le Grand Etacquerel and Le Petit Etacquerel, St Ouen,  on the list of Sites of Special Interest

Decision Reference: MD-PE-2008-0269

Decision Summary Title

Sites of Special Interest

Date of Decision Summary:

25 November 2008

Decision Summary Author:

 

Mike Freeman, Principal Ecologist

Decision Summary:

Public or Exempt?

 

Public

Type of Report:

Oral or Written?

Written

Person Giving

Oral Report:

 

Written Report

Title

Notice of Decision to List as Geological Sites of Special Interest

Date of Written Report:

25 November 2008

Written Report Author:

Mike Freeman, Principal Ecologist

Written Report :

Public or Exempt?

Public

Subject:

Sites of Special Interest – Notice of Decision to List as Geological Sites of Special Interest

Decision(s):

1.       Approve the proposal to include the places set out below:-

i)              Le Pulec SSI, St Ouen

ii)             Le Grand Étacquerel SSI, St Ouen

iii)           Le Petit Étacquerel SSI, St Ouen

 

on the List of Sites of Special Interest by reason of their special interest as defined in the attached schedules, under the provisions of the Planning and Building (Jersey) Law 2002; and

 

2.             Approve the serving of the Decision to List Notices in accord with the requirements of the Law.

Reason(s) for Decision:

The proposal accords with the States Strategic Plan commitment of increasing the number of Sites of Special Interest listed under the provisions of the Planning and Building (Jersey) Law 2002.

Resource Implications:

None

Action required:

 

Decision to List Notices to be served in accord with the requirements of the Law.

Signature:

 

 

Deputy Anne Pryke

Position:

 

 

Assistant Minister

Date Signed:

Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Approval to include Le Pulec, Le Grand Etacquerel and Le Petit Etacqueral, st Ouen, on the list of Sites of Special Interest

 

 

To whom it may concern

 

 

 

 

PLANNING AND BUILDING (JERSEY) LAW 2002

 

 

TAKE NOTICE that the Minister for Planning and Environment, in the exercise of the powers conferred by Article 51 of the Planning and Building (Jersey) Law 2002 (“the Law”), has made the decision to list the place specified below (“the Site”) on the List of Sites of Special Interest by reason of the special geological interest that attaches to it.

 

THE SITE

 

The area forming the Site entitled ‘Le Grand Étacq uerel SSI’ is situated within the Parish of St Ouen and the extent of which is defined in the attached annex.

 

 

Enquiries should be made to Mr. M.Freeman, Principal Ecologist, Environment Department, Howard Davis Farm, Trinity, tel. 441628.

 

 

 

 

 

……………………………………                                            ……………………….

Assistant Minister for Planning and Environment                                   Date

 

PLANNING AND BUILDING (JERSEY) LAW 2002

ANNEX TO NOTICE OF DECISION TO LIST

Le Grand Étacquerel SSI

 

In amplification of the requirements of:-

  Article 51 Paragraph 3(b) to describe the Site with sufficient particularity to enable it to be easily identified;

  Article 51 Paragraph 3(a) of the Law to show in relation to the Site which one or more of the special interests set out in paragraph (2) attaches thereto, and;

  Article 51 Paragraph 3(d) of the Law  to specify the activities referred to in Article 55(1) of the Law which may be undertaken on the Site without the Minister’s permission,

 

the following description supports the view of the Minister for Planning and Environment that the Site is of special geological interest.

 

Position and Extent of the Site of Special Interest

 

From a point on the northern edge of the public roadway known as La Route des Havres, indicated by the letter ‘a’ on the Map and having the co-ordinates:-

      (i)         31698              (ii)        71751

 

an imaginary straight line is taken north west to the point indicated by the letter ‘b’ on the Map having the co-ordinates:-

      (i)         31661              (ii)        71784

 

from point ‘b’ an imaginary straight line is taken north or thereabouts to the point indicated by the letter ‘c’ on the Map having the co-ordinates:-

(i)         31678              (ii)        71886

 

from point ‘c’ an imaginary straight line is taken east or thereabouts to the point indicated by the letter ‘d’ on the Map and having the co-ordinates:-

(i)         31706              (ii)        71891

 

from point ‘d’ an imaginary straight line is taken south south east to the point indicated by the letter ‘e’ on the Map and having the co-ordinates:-

(i)         31735              (ii)        71833

 

from point ‘e’ an imaginary straight line is taken south east to the point indicated by the letter ‘f’ on the Map and having the co-ordinates:-

(i)         31759              (ii)        71812

 

from point ‘f’ an imaginary straight line is taken east or thereabouts to the point indicated by the letter ‘g’ on the Map and having the co-ordinates:-

(i)         31790              (ii)        71819

 

from point ‘g’ an imaginary straight line is taken south to the point on the northern edge of the public roadway indicated by the letter ‘h’ on the Map and having the co-ordinates:-

(i)         31791              (ii)        71815

 

then following the northern edge of the public roadway west to the point indicated by the letter ‘a’ on the Map described above;

 

where-

(i)                  signifies the easting co-ordinate according to the Jersey Map and

(ii)                signifies the northing co-ordinate according to the Jersey Map.

 

 

Expanded Description of Geological Interest

 

The northwestern corner of St Ouen’s Bay spans the contact between the North-west Granite and the Jersey Shale Formation and has outcrops typical of such igneous/sedimentary relationships with contact metamorphosed layers and a striking landscape stemming from the differential erosion of the two very distinctive rock types.

 

The Site comprises a relict sea stack which, together with Le Petit Étacquerel to the south, constitutes a fine example of sea erosion when the sea level was higher in the past. The rocks contain some of the best teaching geology in the island with a range of sedimentary structures and comparatively simple bedding forms. The sedimentary rocks have been metamorphosed, or baked, by the later granitic intrusion and show interesting mineral developments.

 

 

Activities referred to in Article 55(1) of the Law which may be undertaken on the Site without the Minister’s permission

 

The activities listed in Articles 55(2)(a) and (b) may be undertaken on the Site provided that such activities do not contravene any other statutory provision.

 

All other activities listed in Articles 55(1) and (2) of the Law require the express prior consent of the Minister.

 

 

To whom it may concern

 

 

 

 

PLANNING AND BUILDING (JERSEY) LAW 2002

 

 

TAKE NOTICE that the Minister for Planning and Environment, in the exercise of the powers conferred by Article 51 of the Planning and Building (Jersey) Law 2002 (“the Law”), has made the decision to list the place specified below (“the Site”) on the List of Sites of Special Interest by reason of the special geological interest that attaches to it.

 

THE SITE

 

The area forming the Site entitled ‘Le Petit Étacquerel SSI’ is situated within the Parish of St Ouen and the extent of which is defined in the attached annex.

 

 

Enquiries should be made to Mr. M.Freeman, Principal Ecologist, Environment Department, Howard Davis Farm, Trinity, tel. 441628.

 

 

 

 

 

 

……………………………………                                            ……………………….

Assistant Minister for Planning and Environment                                   Date

 

PLANNING AND BUILDING (JERSEY) LAW 2002

ANNEX TO NOTICE OF DECISION TO LIST

Le Petit Étacquerel SSI

 

In amplification of the requirements of:-

  Article 51 Paragraph 3(b) to describe the Site with sufficient particularity to enable it to be easily identified;

  Article 51 Paragraph 3(a) of the Law to show in relation to the Site which one or more of the special interests set out in paragraph (2) attaches thereto, and;

  Article 51 Paragraph 3(d) of the Law  to specify the activities referred to in Article 55(1) of the Law which may be undertaken on the Site without the Minister’s permission,

 

the following description supports the view of the Minister for Planning and Environment that the Site is of special geological interest.

 

Position and Extent of the Site of Special Interest

 

From a point on the southern edge of the slipway, indicated by the letter ‘a’ on the Map and having the co-ordinates:-

      (i)         31655              (ii)        71734

 

an imaginary line is taken following the southern edge then eastern edge of the slipway to the point indicated by the letter ‘b’ on the Map and having the co-ordinates:-

      (i)         31581              (ii)        71663

 

from point ‘b’ an imaginary straight line is taken south east to the point indicated by the letter ‘c’ on the Map having the co-ordinates:-

(i)         31596              (ii)        71630

 

from point ‘c’ an imaginary straight line is taken south west to the point indicated by the letter ‘d’ on the Map having the co-ordinates:-

(i)         31584              (ii)        71617

 

from point ‘d’ an imaginary straight line is taken south east to the point indicated by the letter ‘e’ on the Map having the co-ordinates:-

(i)         31619              (ii)        71593

 

from point ‘e’ an imaginary straight line is taken south or thereabouts to the point indicated by the letter ‘f’ on the Map having the co-ordinates:-

(i)         31609              (ii)        71553

 

from point ‘f’ an imaginary straight line is taken east to the point indicated by the letter ‘g’ on the Map having the co-ordinates:-

(i)         31662              (ii)        71542

 

from point ‘g’ an imaginary straight line is taken north east to a point on the western side of the pier indicated by the letter ‘h’ on the Map having the co-ordinates:-

(i)         31721              (ii)        71571

 

from point ‘h’ an imaginary line is taken following the western side of the pier to the point indicated by the letter ‘i’ on the Map and having the co-ordinates:-

(i)         81760              (ii)        71687

 

from point ‘i’ an imaginary straight line is taken east to the point indicated by the letter ‘j’ on the Map and having the co-ordinates:-

(i)         81767              (ii)        71687

 

from point ‘j’ an imaginary straight line is taken north to a point at the foot of the sea wall indicated by the letter ‘k’ on the Map and having the co-ordinates:-

(i)         31772              (ii)        71776

 

from point ‘k’ an imaginary line is taken west following the foot of the sea wall as far as the northern edge of the slipway then the line is extended east then south then west following the northern, eastern and southern edges of the slipway to the junction between the car park and the public roadway;

 

from the latter junction an imaginary line is taken south or thereabouts following the eastern edge of the car park and access way to the property known as Faulkner Fisheries to the point indicated by the letter ‘l’ on the Map having the co-ordinates:-

(i)         31660              (ii)        71666

 

from point ‘l’ an imaginary line is taken following the outer face of the buildings to the point indicated by the letter ‘m’ on the Map having the co-ordinates:-

            (i)         31666              (ii)        71658

 

from point ‘m’ an imaginary straight line is taken south west to the point indicated by the letter ‘n’ on the Map and having the co-ordinates:-

(i)         31647              (ii)        71637

 

from point ‘n’ an imaginary straight line is taken north west to the point indicated by the letter ‘o’ on the Map and having the co-ordinates:-

(i)         31628              (ii)        71651

 

from point ‘o’ an imaginary straight line is taken north east to the point indicated by the letter ‘p’ on the Map and having the co-ordinates:-

(i)         31638              (ii)        71661

 

from point ‘p’ an imaginary line is taken following the western edge of the access way and car park as far as point ‘a’ described above;

 

where-

(i)                  signifies the easting co-ordinate according to the Jersey Map and

(ii)                signifies the northing co-ordinate according to the Jersey Map.

 

Expanded Description of Geological Interest

 

The northwestern corner of St Ouen’s Bay spans the contact between the North-west Granite and the Jersey Shale Formation and has outcrops typical of such igneous/sedimentary relationships with contact metamorphosed layers and a striking landscape stemming from the differential erosion of the two very distinctive rock types.

 

The Site comprises a relict sea stack which, together with Le Grand Étacquerel to the north, constitutes a fine example of sea erosion when the sea level was higher in the past. The rocks contain some of the best teaching geology in the island with a range of sedimentary structures and comparatively simple bedding forms. The sedimentary rocks have been metamorphosed, or baked, by the later granitic intrusion and show interesting mineral developments.

 

Sedimentary structures typical of the Jersey Shale Formation and indicative of their environment of deposition some 600 ma ago are beautifully exposed between the Slip du Sein and the seawall and this area has seen the accumulation of boulders fallen Le Grand Étacquerel above when the Germans excavated for their casemate and exhibiting complicated fold structures penecontemporaneous with deposition. These fold structures tell of the origin of the sediments in this area as deposits related to rapidly flowing undersea currents – speeds beyond 60 kph are known in modern slides of this sort. These are known as turbidity or gravity currents and were the main mechanism of deposition of the most of the several thousand metres thickness of the Jersey Shale Formation.

 

Comparatively simple sedimentary layering is preserved along the roadside cutting above the Slip du Sein with another form of sedimentary structure evident in the small quarry making the corner at the bottom.

 

In the southern part of the Site is the gully marking the La Bouque Fault which is the outward boundary of the metamorphosed zone. The Jersey Shale Formation/ North-west Granite boundary is marked by the main slopes just outside of the Site to the north with the resistant granite forming the Landes and the sedimentary rocks the lowland belt.

 

Activities referred to in Article 55(1) of the Law which may be undertaken on the Site without the Minister’s permission

 

The activities listed in Articles 55(2)(a) and (b) may be undertaken on the Site provided that such activities do not contravene any other statutory provision.

All other activities listed in Articles 55(1) and (2) of the Law require the express prior consent of the Minister.


 

 

To whom it may concern

 

 

 

 

 

PLANNING AND BUILDING (JERSEY) LAW 2002

 

 

TAKE NOTICE that the Minister for Planning and Environment, in the exercise of the powers conferred by Article 51 of the Planning and Building (Jersey) Law 2002 (“the Law”), has made the decision to list the place specified below (“the Site”) on the List of Sites of Special Interest by reason of the special geological interest that attaches to it.

 

THE SITE

 

The area forming the Site entitled ‘Le Pulec SSI’ is situated within the Parish of St Ouen and the extent of which is defined in the attached annex.

 

Enquiries should be made to Mr. M.Freeman, Principal Ecologist, Environment Department, Howard Davis Farm, Trinity, tel. 441628.

 

 

 

 

 

……………………………………                                            ……………………….

Assistant Minister for Planning and Environment                                   Date

 

PLANNING AND BUILDING (JERSEY) LAW 2002

ANNEX TO NOTICE OF DECISION TO LIST

Le Pulec SSI

 

In amplification of the requirements of:-

  Article 51 Paragraph 3(b) to describe the Site with sufficient particularity to enable it to be easily identified;

  Article 51 Paragraph 3(a) of the Law to show in relation to the Site which one or more of the special interests set out in paragraph (2) attaches thereto, and;

  Article 51 Paragraph 3(d) of the Law  to specify the activities referred to in Article 55(1) of the Law which may be undertaken on the Site without the Minister’s permission,

 

the following description supports the view of the Minister for Planning and Environment that the Site is of special geological interest.

 

Position and Extent of the Site of Special Interest

 

From a point on the eastern edge of the public roadway known as La Charrière du Pulecq, indicated by the letter ‘a’ on the Map and having the co-ordinates:-

      (i)         31641              (ii)        71912

 

an imaginary straight line is taken east to the point indicated by the letter ‘b’ on the Map and having the co-ordinates:-

      (i)         31705              (ii)        71913

 

from point ‘b’ an imaginary straight line is taken north east to the point indicated by the letter ‘c’ on the Map having the co-ordinates:-

(i)         31716              (ii)        71943

 

from point ‘c’ an imaginary straight line is taken north north west to the point indicated by the letter ‘d’ on the Map and having the co-ordinates:-

(i)         31703              (ii)        71980

 

from point ‘d’ an imaginary straight line is taken north west to a point at the foot of the raised beach forming part of the Site indicated by the letter ‘e’ on the Map and having the co-ordinates:-

(i)         31668              (ii)        71995

 

from point ‘e’ an imaginary straight line is taken west south west to the point indicated by the letter ‘f’ on the Map and having the co-ordinates:-

(i)         31619              (ii)        71977

 

from point ‘f’ an imaginary straight line is taken south south west to the point indicated by the letter ‘g’ on the Map and having the co-ordinates:-

(i)         31613              (ii)        71958

 

from point ‘g’ an imaginary straight line is taken south east to a point on the northern edge of the slipway indicated by the letter ‘h’ on the Map and having the co-ordinates:-

(i)         31653              (ii)        71928

 

between point ‘h’ and point ‘a’ an imaginary line is taken following the outer edges of the slipway and public roadway;

 

where-

(i)                  signifies the easting co-ordinate according to the Jersey Map and

(ii)                signifies the northing co-ordinate according to the Jersey Map.

 

Expanded Description of Geological Interest

 

The Site provides a clear and well defined boundary between the Jersey Shale Formation and the North-west Granite at an accessible location. The Jersey Shale Formation was intruded by the North-west Granite more than 500 ma ago and the three dimensional form of the contact has been exposed by deep erosion over an exceptional 400 m of shoreline and cliff. Aplite veins, formed late in the granitic intrusion, stand out by their uniform salmon pink colour. Equally associated with the granitic intrusion was the mineralization of the Jersey Shale Formation to give veins of sphalerite-galena-dolomite and even silver (this last now hidden under the present day beach). It is very rare to find a sediment/granite contact exposed as here since such contacts are usually lines of weakness that are readily eroded and then covered by soil or other soft deposits.

 

A range of geomorphological features occur including cave notches at the 8 metre level filled with mixtures of raised beach, head and loessic head.

 

On the land side of the slipway and where it opens to the beach, there are two exposures of the 8 metre raised beach. Both are overlain by about 6 metres of periglacial head from the last Glacial period, the Devensian. The beaches and overlying head sit in the innermost levels of narrow gullies which have been cut off from their lower parts by the slipway.

 

 

Activities referred to in Article 55(1) of the Law which may be undertaken on the Site without the Minister’s permission

 

The activities listed in Articles 55(2)(a) and (b) may be undertaken on the Site provided that such activities do not contravene any other statutory provision.

 

All other activities listed in Articles 55(1) and (2) of the Law require the express prior consent of the Minister.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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