Meadow House, La Rue de la Hague, St. Peter, retained on register as building of local interest

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A decision made 16 July 2010 regarding: Meadow House, La Rue de la Hague, St. Peter, retained on register as building of local interest.

Decision Ref:	MD–PE–2010-0076
Subject:	Register of Buildings and Sites of Architectural, Archaeological and Historical Importance in Jersey: Meadow House (formerly La Maisonette), La Rue de la Hague, St Peter
Decision Summary Title:	DS – Historic Buildings Register:
DS Author:	Assistant Director
DS Date:	05 July 2010	DS Status:	Public
Written Report Title:	WR – Historic Buildings Register: Meadow House (formerly La Maisonette), La Rue de la Hague, St Peter
WR Author:	Assistant Director
WR Date	17 February 2010	WR Status:	Public
Oral Rapporteur:	Assistant Director/ Roger Hills – Head of Historic Buildings (Jersey Heritage)
Decision(s):	The Minister for Planning and Environment determined that Meadow House (formerly La Maisonette), La Rue de la Hague, St Peter be retained 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:	The particular interest of Meadow House (formerly La Maisonette), La Rue de la Hague, St Peter, as identified and described in the report and relative to the published criteria for selection justifies its retention on Register of Buildings and Sites of Architectural, Archaeological and Historical Importance in Jersey as a Building of Local Interest.
Legal and Resource Implications:	The inclusion of buildings and places in the Register of Buildings and Sites of Architectural, Archaeological and Historical Importance in Jersey is consistent with the purposes of the Planning and Building (Jersey) Law 2002.
Action required:	1. Notify the owner 2. Update the Register of Buildings and Sites of Architectural, Archaeological and Historical Importance in Jersey 3. Notify Development Control
Signature:
Position:	Minister for Planning and Environment
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different to Date Signed):

Meadow House, La Rue de la Hague, St. Peter, retained on register as building of local interest

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PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT

Meadow House (formerly La Maisonette), La Rue de la Hague, St Peter

Purpose of the Report

To enable the Minister to determine the status of Meadow House (formerly La Maisonette), La Rue de la Hague, St Peter on the Register of Buildings and Sites of Architectural, Archaeological and Historical Importance in Jersey.

Background and discussion

A representation, which suggested that the building did not warrant retention on the Register because it did not meet the criteria for registration (dated 19 December 2009 @ appendix 1), was received from the owner of the property. As a result of this, its status on the Register has been reviewed.

Jersey Heritage, acting as the Minister’s professional advisors, recommend that Meadow House (formerly La Maisonette), La Rue de la Hague, St Peter is worthy of retention as a BLI, a view unanimously supported by the Ministerial Registration and Listing Advisory Group (report, dated 17 February 2010 @ appendix 2)

No further representation has been received relative to the JHT report.

Legal and resource implications

The inclusion of buildings and places in the Register of Buildings and Sites of Architectural, Archaeological and Historical Importance in Jersey is consistent with the purposes of the Planning and Building (Jersey) Law 2002.

Recommendation

The Jersey Heritage recommendation is to maintain Meadow House (formerly La Maisonette), La Rue de la Hague, St Peter

Reason(s) for Recommendation

The particular interest of Meadow House (formerly La Maisonette), La Rue de la Hague, St Peter, as identified and described in the report and relative to the published criteria for selection, justifies its inclusion on Register of Buildings and Sites of Architectural, Archaeological and Historical Importance in Jersey as a Building of Local Interest.

Action Required

1. Notify the owners

2. Update the Register of Buildings and Sites of Architectural, Archaeological and Historical Importance in Jersey

3. Notify Development Control

Written by:

Kevin Pilley

Assistant Director (Planning and Building Services)

Approved by:

Peter Thorne

Director (Planning and Building Services)

Attachments: 1. Representation dated 19 December 2009

2. Jersey Heritage report dated 17 February 2010

File ref PE0173

Date -5 July 2010