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A decision made (01/06/2009) regarding: Category 'A' Housing Development, Bel Royal - Application to vary condition governing completion of community hall.

Decision Reference: MD-PE-2009-0086
Decision Summary Title :	DS – Category A Housing Development at Bel Royal – Application to vary planning condition no.28 governing completion of community hall.		Date of Decision Summary:	24th April 2009
Decision Summary Author:	Roger Corfield Principal Planner: Policy and Projects		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report:	Oral and written		Person Giving Oral Report:	Roger Corfield, Principal Planner
Written Report Title :	Category A Housing Development at Bel Royal, St. Lawrence – Request to vary Planning Condition 28 (Community Hall – Completion).		Date of Written Report:	23rd April 2009
Written Report Author:	Roger Corfield		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Public
Subject: A application by the developer to vary planning condition no.28 to allow the community facilities to be completed and made available within 3 years of the foul and surface water drainage works being in place and operational (as opposed to 75% occupancy).
Decision(s): The Minister for Planning and Environment decided to refuse the application.
Reason(s) for Decision: To help ensure that the community facility required by the Minister for Planning and Environment in association with the Category A housing development (La Providence) is completed and made available at the earliest opportunity for the benefit of existing and proposed residents of the area and the wider public; and To help avoid putting the provision of the required community facility at increased risk.
Resource Implications: None
Action required: Inform the developer, local political representatives, objectors and the Law Officer’s Department of the Minister’s decision.
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Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):