Field No. O60A, La Route de Plemont, St Ouen: High Hedge fee reduction

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A decision made on 28 February 2019

Decision Reference: MD-PE-2019-0023		High Hedge Complaint Ref: HH/2018/0677
Decision Summary Title:	Field No. O60A, La Route de Plemont, St. Ouen – High Hedge fee reduction	Date of Decision Summary:	25 February 2019
Decision Summary Author:	Planning Officer (GHE)	Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Oral	Person Giving Oral Report:	Planning Officer (GHE)
Written Report Title:	N/A	Date of Written Report:	N/A
Written Report Author:	N/A	Written Report : Public or Exempt?	N/A
Subject: Field No. O60A, La Route de Plemont, St. Ouen – High Hedge application fee reduction
Decision: The Assistant Minister decided to refund in full the application fee in relation to the Complaint made under the High Hedges (Jersey) Law 2008, totalling £313.
Reason for Decision: The Assistant Minister decided that the application fee paid be refunded (in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 6(8) of the Law), for the following reasons: given the delay in processing the application the applicant had taken all reasonable steps to secure the lowering of the hedge before making the application
Resource Implications: The loss of £313 income.
Action required: Planning officer to arrange for the £313 paid to be refunded.
Signature: Deputy Gregory Guida		Position: Assistant Minister for the Environment
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):