Register of Buildings and Sites of Architectural, Archaeological and Historical Importance: Amendments to the List of Sites of Special Interest.

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A decision made (21/05/2007) regarding: Register of Buildings and Sites of Architectural, Archaeological and Historical Importance: Amendments to the List of Sites of Special Interest.

Subject:	Register of Buildings and Sites of Architectural, Archaeological and Historical Importance: Amendments to the List of Sites of Special Interest
Decision ref:	MD-PE-2007-0068	Exempt clause(s):		None
Type of report:	Written and oral	Report file ref:		3/04/02/1
Person giving report (if oral): Principal Historic Buildings Advisor
Written report – author: Historic Buildings Officer
Written Report Title: Register of Buildings and Sites of Architectural, Archaeological and Historical Importance: Amendments to the List of Sites of Special Interest
Decision(s): The Minister for Planning and Environment confirmed amendments to the List of Sites of Special Interest in accordance with the schedule contained in the report to the dated 24 April 2007: · remove all of the properties, identified in the schedule from the List of Sites of Special Interest, and; · maintain the buildings identified in the schedule as ‘retain as BLI’ on the Historic Buildings Register as Buildings of Local Interest
Reason(s) for decision: This decision gives statutory effect to those made on 16 March 2007 and 10 April 2007
Action required:  Notify Owners  Notify Development Control  Amend the List and the Register  Respond to letter of representation
Signature: (Minister/ Assistant Minister)			Date of Decision: 21 May 2007

Register of Buildings and Sites of Architectural, Archaeological and Historical Importance: Amendments to the List of Sites of Special Interest.

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PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT

Amendments to the List of Sites of Special Interest

Purpose of the Report

The purpose of this report is for the Minister to confirm the following scheduled amendments the List of Sites of Special Interest. The report addresses decisions made in the 1970s to designate buildings as Sites of Special Interest and subsequent decisions of the former Jersey Building Heritage Sub-Committee to review them.

Background

The former Island Development Committee designated a number of properties in St Helier as Sites of Special Interest in 1972, and at Gorey Pier in 1974. These were some of the first registered buildings in Jersey and were designated at a time when the only formal means of protection for historic buildings was represented by SSI designation. The Jersey Building Heritage Sub-Committee carried out a review of the Register between 1998-2002 and identified that some of the Sites of Special Interest designated in the early 1970s did not have sufficient special interest to meet the current SSI listing criteria. Although some maintained sufficient architectural and historical interest to satisfy the criteria for inclusion on the Register as Buildings of Local Interest others no longer merited Registration. The following schedule sets out those recommendations (with some address corrections):

Property	Jersey Building Heritage Sub-Committee decision
Listed in 1972
12 (Eastcliffe), 13, 14, 16 (The Magnolias), 17 (Avon Court), 18-18a, 19 (Cliff House), 20 (Dene House) Regent Road	Register as BLI
Beaufort House, 15 Regent Road	Remove from Register
36 Parade (demolished pre-1992)	Permission to demolish granted pre-1992 remove from Register
35½ Parade (Lister House)	Register as BLI
1-2, 4, 6 Vine Street	Register as BLI
8 Vine Street	Remove from Register
10, 12 Vine Street	Register as BLI
Police Headquarters, Rouge Bouillon	Remove from Register
6 Belmont Road (now demolished)	Permission to demolish granted 1997 remove from Register
Listed in 1974
October Cottage (formerly L’Amarrage), Gorey Pier	Register as BLI
The Wheelhouse & Neptune, Gorey Pier	Register as BLI
Dolphin Hotel (formerly 19, 20 and 21 and The Little House), Gorey Pier	Register as BLI
Old Sail Loft (formerly Gorey Yacht Services), Gorey Pier	Register as BLI
The Seascale Hotel (formerly 17 Havre du Mont Orgueil), Gorey Pier	Register as BLI
Fountain Court, Gorey Pier	Register as BLI
The Beach House Brasserie (formerly 15 Havre du Mont Orgueil), Gorey Pier	Register as BLI
Nelson Court (1 and 2), Gorey Pier	Register as BLI
The Moorings Hotel (3, 4 and 5), Gorey Pier	Register as BLI
6, 7 8 and 9 Gorey Pier	Register as BLI
10 and11 Gorey Pier (formerly the Elfine Hotel)	Register as BLI
12 Gorey Pier	Register as BLI
Au Coin du Port (13) Gorey Pier	Register as BLI
15 Gorey Pier	Register as BLI
Les Ormes, La Rue de la Solitude, St Martin (now demolished)	Permission to demolish granted 1996 remove from Register

On 16 March 2007 and 10 April 2007 the Minister confirmed his intention to remove the above scheduled properties from the List and to maintain those identified on the Register as Buildings of Local Interest. Notices of Intention and letters of notification in accordance with the schedule were issued to the owners of the properties and Site Notices placed at Gorey pier, The Parade and Vine Street on 10 April 2007. These notices gave owners and interested parties 28 days to submit representations about the removal of the properties from The List.

1 representation has been received (attached): registering objection to the removal of ‘special interest’ from the properties on Gorey Pier and states that the site notice was inadequately displayed.

Discussion:

The representation gives no justification for objection based on the published criteria against which the assessment needs to be, and has been made.

Article 51(7) of the Planning and Building Jersey Law (2002) requires a notice to be served either (a) on the owner of the building; or (b) by displaying it in a conspicuous place in or near the building or place. A letter with the notice of intention was sent to ‘the owner’ at each address of each property to which the report relates (some 150 letters in total); the service of site notices was undertaken by the department as an additional measure in order to ensure that interested parties were made aware of the Minister’s intention to remove the buildings from the List. The site notice is considered to have been fixed in a sufficiently conspicuous location in each instance.

Recommendation

It is recommended that the Minister for Planning and Environment resolves to:

· Confirm the removal of the above scheduled properties from the List of Sites of Special Interest, and;

· Confirm the retention of the properties scheduled above as ‘Register as BLI’ on the Register of Buildings and Sites of Architectural, Archaeological and Historical Importance in Jersey as Buildings of Local Interest

Reason(s) for Decision

The decision gives statutory effect to those made on 16 March 2007 and 10 April 2007.

Action Required

· Notify owners

· Notify Development Control

· Amend the List and the Register

· Respond to letter of representation

Written by:	Fiona Smith: Historic Buildings Officer

Approved by:	Janet Dore: Principal Historic Buildings Advisor

Endorsed by:	Kevin Pilley: Assistant Director

Attachments

Representation dated 19 April 2007

24 April 2007