Westmount Quarry, Westmount Road, St Helier: Redevelopment

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A decision made on 8 July 2010 regarding the redevelopment of Westmount Quarry, Westmount Road, St Helier

Decision Reference: MD-PE-2010-0071			Application Number: P/2008/1778
Decision Summary Title:	Westmount Quarry (Former Parish Depot.), Westmount Road, St. Helier		Date of Decision Summary:		8 July 2010
Decision Summary Author:	Principal Planner		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?		Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:		Director of Planning & Principal Planner
Written Report Title :	P/2008/1778		Date of Written Report:		22 June 2010
Written Report Author:	Principal Planner		Written Report : Public or Exempt?		Public
Subject: Westmount Quarry (Former Parish Depot.), Westmount Road, St. Helier. Redevelopment of former parish depot and disused quarry to provide 206 residential apartments including 16 sheltered apartments, plus 60 bed nursing home and associated facilities, 60 place pre-school nursery and associated facilities, ground floor commercial unit, basement and covered ground level parking for 281 vehicles with associated plant and refuse areas. Alterations to existing vehicle entrance. Creation of new ground level public space to include improved access to protected cemetery, new landscaped residential amenity spaces and re-grading, stabilisation and re-planting of existing quarry faces. AMENDED PLANS: (Redesign of Block A) Redevelopment of former parish depot and disused quarry to provide 196 residential apartments including 16 sheltered apartments, plus 60 bed nursing home and associated facilities, 60 place pre-school nursery and associated facilities, ground floor artists studio units, basement and covered ground level parking for 281 vehicles with associated plant and refuse areas. Alterations to existing vehicle entrance. Creation of new ground level public space to include improved access to protected cemetery, new landscaped residential amenity spaces and re-grading, stabilisation and re-planting of existing quarry faces. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Visual Impact Review and solar path analysis of Block D in relation to Park Heights.
Decision(s): The Minister received the Department’s Report providing an up-date from the public Ministerial Meeting on 7th April and resolved to approve planning permission, subject to the conditions set out in the Department’s Report and one further condition requiring: “Prior to first occupation, all residential apartments shall achieve a Level 3 Sustainability Rating as set out in the Code for Sustainable Homes (Communities and Local Government, December 2006) or similar Standard to be first approved by the Minister for Planning and Environment. Reason: To achieve a high standard of sustainable development and to comply with Policy G1 of the Jersey Island Plan 2002.”
Reason(s) for Decision: Permission has been granted, subject to the conditions as specified, having taken into account the relevant policies of the approved 2002 Island Plan, together with other relevant policies and all other material considerations, including the consultations and representations received. A small part of the application site is designated as Important Open Space in the 2002 Island Plan, but the Minister considered that this was an insubstantial departure from the Plan given the contribution the development would make towards meeting the Island’s housing needs within the Built-Up Area.
Resource Implications: None
Action required: Notify Agent, Applicant and all other interested parties
Signature:		PLeg / PT Initials		Position: Minister for Planning and Environment
Date Signed:				Date of Decision: 8 July 2010