Commercial Hotel (former), Commercial Street, St. Helier

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A decision made 17 January 2011 regarding: Commercial Hotel (former), Commercial Street, St. Helier - potential listing of building.

Decision Ref:	MD–PE–2011-0003
Subject:	Listed Buildings and Places: Former Commercial Hotel, 1 Commercial Street, St Helier
Decision Summary Title:	DS - Listed Buildings and Places: Former Commercial Hotel, 1 Commercial Street, St Helier
DS Author:	Assistant Director
DS Date:	07 January 2011	DS Status:	Public
Written Report Title:	WR – Listed Buildings and Places: Former Commercial Hotel, 1 Commercial Street, St Helier
WR Author:	Assistant Director
WR Date	07 January 2011	WR Status:	Public
Oral Rapporteur:	Assistant Director: Policy and Projects / Head of Historic Buildings (Jersey Heritage)
Decision(s):	The Minister for Planning and Environment resolved to confirm the designation of this building and place as a potential Listed Building pending formal process of re-designation under the provisions of Planning and Building (Jersey) Law 2002 and further consideration of a non-statutory grading.
Reason(s) for Decision:	The interest of the former Commercial Hotel, 1 Commercial Street, St Helier, as defined in the report and relative to the published criteria for selection, justifies its retention as a designated heritage asset in accordance with the provisions and purposes of the Planning and Building (Jersey) Law 2002 and; It accords with the States Strategic Plan commitment of protecting and sympathetically managing the Island’s built heritage assets.
Legal and Resource Implications:	As a result of the Minister’s changes to the historic environment protection regime, a new system of designation for heritage assets is in place from 2011. This means that this property should now be considered under the auspices of the new historic environment protection regime which seeks to consolidate designations under one single category of designation (Listed Buildings and Places) in accord with the provisions of the Planning and Building (Jersey) Law 2002. In the case of all former Buildings of Local Interest, these properties will fall to be designated as potential Listed Buildings pending a review of their heritage value as part of an all-Island Historic Environment Resurvey which will involve, where appropriate, an assignment of a non-statutory grade and a formal designation process in accord with the requirements of the law. Article 51(2)(b) of the Planning and Building (Jersey) Law 2002 enables the Minister to include on a List those buildings and places that the Minister is satisfied has public importance by reason of the special archaeological, architectural, artistic, historical, scientific or traditional interest that attached to the building or place.
Action required:	Notify the owner and other interested parties Update the List Notify Development Control
Signature:
Position:	Senator FE Cohen, Minister for Planning and Environment
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different to Date Signed):

Commercial Hotel (former), Commercial Street, St. Helier - potential listing of building

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PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT

Listed Buildings and Places

Former Commercial Hotel, 1 Commercial Street, St Helier

Purpose of the Report

To seek to confirm the Minister’s intention to retain the former Commercial Hotel, 1 Commercial Street, St Helier as a potential Listed Building (formerly Building of Local Interest).

Background and discussion

In response to an appeal (dated 14 July 2010) against its designation as a Building of Local Interest a report on the former Commercial Hotel, 1 Commercial Street, St Helier has been prepared by Jersey Heritage dated 17 August 2010 which determined that this building and place was of sufficient interest to warrant its continued designation as a heritage asset.

A notice to this effect was served, in order to provide an opportunity for additional representations to be made: no additional written representations have been received.

The principal basis of the appeal is that the building has ‘changed beyond recognition from the original hotel’. Most of the other points made in the representation are not related to an assessment of the heritage value of the building but rather seek to address planning issues associated with development proposals. These matters are not material to the Minister’s deliberations as to whether the building retains any heritage value and are more appropriately dealt with and, where necessary, challenged, through the process of planning applications and subsequent appeals.

Legal and resource implications

As a result of the Minister’s changes to the historic environment protection regime, a new system of designation for heritage assets is in place from 2011. This means that this property should now be considered under the auspices of the new historic environment protection regime which seeks to consolidate designations under one single category of designation (Listed Buildings and Places) in accord with the provisions of the Planning and Building (Jersey) Law 2002.

In the case of all former Buildings of Local Interest, these properties will fall to be designated as potential Listed Buildings pending a review of their heritage value as part of an all-Island Historic Environment Resurvey which will involve, where appropriate, an assignment of a non-statutory grade and a formal designation process in accord with the requirements of the law.

Article 51(2)(b) of the Planning and Building (Jersey) Law 2002 enables the Minister to include on a List those buildings and places that the Minister is satisfied has public importance by reason of the special archaeological, architectural, artistic, historical, scientific or traditional interest that attached to the building or place.

Recommendation

On the basis of the recommendation of Jersey Heritage to retain this building as a Building of Local Interest it is further recommended that, having regard to the new historic environment protection regime, the Minister is further recommended to confirm the designation of this building and place as a potential Listed Building pending formal process of re-designation under the provisions of Planning and Building (Jersey) Law 2002 and further consideration of a non-statutory grading.

Reason(s) for Decision

The interest of the former Commercial Hotel, 1 Commercial Street, St Helier, as defined in the report and relative to the published criteria for selection, justifies its retention as a designated heritage asset in accordance with the provisions and purposes of the Planning and Building (Jersey) Law 2002 and;

It accords with the States Strategic Plan commitment of protecting and sympathetically managing the Island’s built heritage assets.

Action Required

Notify the owner
Update the List
Notify Development Control

Written by:

Kevin Pilley

Assistant Director (Policy and Projects)

Approved by:

Peter Thorne

Director (Planning and Building Services)

Attachments:

Appeal received 14 July 2010
Report of Jersey Heritage 17 August 2010 and associated attachments

File ref HE0919

Date 07 January 2011

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