Gorey Village car park (FOI)Gorey Village car park (FOI)
Produced by the Freedom of Information officeAuthored by Government of Jersey and published on
27 November 2024.Prepared internally, no external costs.
Request
1. Please advise which States Dept owns and manages Gorey Village car park?
2. Further advise the terms of its ownership or leasehold?
3. Who manages the car park?
4. Who is responsible for the policing of the car park?
Response
1 and 3
The car park is owned by The Crown (The Tenants of Le Fief de la Reine) and managed by Infrastructure and Environment Department.
2
The information you have requested is exempt under Article 33(b) (Commercial Interests) of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 as the information is commercially sensitive.
Article 33 is a qualified exemption; therefore, a public interest test has been applied and is shown at the end of this response.
4
The Parish of Grouville and Infrastructure and Environment Department are responsible for the policing of the car park.
Article applied
Article 33 - Commercial interests
Information is qualified exempt information if –
(a) it constitutes a trade secret; or
(b) its disclosure would, or would be likely to, prejudice the commercial interests of a person (including the scheduled public authority holding the information).
Public Interest Test
Article 33 is a qualified exemption, and a public interest test has been carried out by the Scheduled Public Authority (SPA), the Government of Jersey, to determine whether the information should be released.
It is in the public interest to be made aware of the details of the lease agreement with the Government of Jersey in relation to the car park.
However, the release of the lease details could potentially disadvantage the tenant and the Government of Jersey’s ability to retain commercial advantage in any future lease negotiations regarding this site.
Therefore, it is considered that the likely prejudice to the tenant and to the Government of Jersey, should this information be released, outweighs the argument that the release is in the public interest.