Planning and Building Law ( Jersey ) Law 2002, as amended
Nomination of Members of Planning Applications Panel
THE STATES are asked to decide whether they are of opinion
to appoint, in accordance with Article 9A(2) of the Planning and Building (Jersey) Law 2002, as amended, on the recommendation of the Minister for Planning and Environment, the following persons as members of the Planning Applications Panel with immediate effect for a period of three years –
(a) The Constable of St Saviour;
(b) Deputy J. Gallichan of St Mary;
(c) Deputy G Baudains of St Clement;
(d) Deputy C Egré of St Peter.
Minister for Planning and Environment
Report
The Planning and Building (Jersey) Law 2002, as amended by Amendment No. 4 which was recently registered in the Royal Court, provides that there should be a Planning Applications Panel comprising up to nine States members and that it will be chaired by an Assistant Minister, appointed by the Minister for Planning and Environment, with the agreement of the Chief Minister. The Law previously provided for three members, with two reserve members covering the absence of any of the full members. The quorum of the Panel remains at three members.
In addition to the additional members, the recent retirement of the former Constable of St Saviour, Mr Philip Ozouf, has created a vacancy. I should like to place on record my thanks and appreciation to the former Constable for the sterling work he undertook, not only as a member of the Planning Applications Panel, but also as a member of the former Planning Sub-Committee under the Environment and Public Services and Planning and Environment Committees, of which he was a member.
The current members of the Panel are:
Assistant Minister, Deputy A. Pryke – Chair
The Constable of St Peter
The Constable of Trinity
Deputy S. Power of St Brelade
I propose that the following four States Members be approved as members of the Planning Applications Panel:
(a) The new Constable of St Saviour;
(b) Deputy J. Gallichan of St Mary;
(c) Deputy G. Baudains of St Clement;
(d) Deputy C. Egré of St Peter.
NB. Nominations can only be made by the Minister. If the States rejects these nominations, the Minister must nominate another States member, and so on, until all the vacancies are filled. The Law provides that the period of membership of a Panel member is three years.
Senator F E Cohen
Minister for Planning and Environment