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A decision made (18/05/2007) regarding: La Collette Flats, Green Street, St. Helier - Building of Local Interest.

Subject:	La Collette Flats, Green Street, St. Helier, Jersey
Decision ref:	MD-PE-2007-0077	Exempt clause(s):		None
Type of report:	Written and oral	Report file ref:		HE0238
Person giving report (if oral): Principal Historic Buildings Advisor
Written report – author: Historic Buildings Officer
Written Report Title: List of Sites of Special Interest: La Collette Flats, Green Street, St Helier – Remove from the List of Sites of Special Interest, Maintain on the Register as a Building of Local Interest.
Decision(s): The Minister for Planning and Environment determined that La Collette Flats, Green Street, St Helier shall be removed from the List of Sites of Special Interest and maintained on the Register of Buildings and Sites of Architectural, Archaeological and Historical Importance in Jersey as a Building of Local Interest.
Reason(s) for decision: This decision gives statutory effect to that made on 10 April 2007
Action required: · Notify owner · Notify Development Control · Amend the List and the Register
Signature: (Minister/ Assistant Minister)			Date of Decision: 18 May 2007

La Collette Flats, Green Street, St. Helier - Building of Local Interest.

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PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT

List of Sites of Special Interest: La Collette Flats, Green Street, St Helier – Remove from the List, maintain on the Register as a Building of Local Interest

Purpose of the Report

The purpose of this report is for the Minister to confirm the removal of La Collette Flats, Green Street, St Helier from the List of Sites of Special Interest and its retention on the Register of Buildings and Sites of Architectural, Archaeological and Historical Importance in Jersey as a Building of Local Interest.

Background

The Island Development Committee added La Collette Flats to the List of Sites of Special Interest in 1972. A request to reconsider this Listing was submitted to the Minister in July 2006. The Minister determined, on 10 April 2007, that La Collette Flats does not satisfy the published criteria for designation as a Site of Special Interest, but that it retains sufficient architectural and historic interest to satisfy the published criteria for selection as a Building of Local Interest. A Site Notice was fixed near the building on 10 April and a notice of Intention to remove the building from the List and a letter of notification of the Minister’s intention to retain the building on the Register as a Building of Local Interest were issued to Property Holdings on 10 April 2007. The Department was subsequently advised that the notice should be served on the Housing Department: this was issued on 20 April, and although 28 days since that date has not yet elapsed the Minister for Housing has confirmed that his Department do not wish to make any representation to the Minister’s intention to remove the building from the List (email attached).

Recommendation

It is recommended that the Minister confirms the removal of La Collette Flats, Green Street, St Helier from the List and its retention on the Register as a Building of Local Interest.

Reason(s) for Decision

The decision gives statutory effect to that made on 10 April 2007.

Action Required

· Notify Owner

· Notify Development Control

· Amend the List and the Register

Written by:	Fiona Smith: Historic Buildings Officer
Endorsed by:	Kevin Pilley: Assistant Director

Attachments: Location plan

Emails – dated 19 April - 4 May 2007

File ref HE0238

Date 24/04/2007