P/2005/1754: Field 40, and La Trielle, Rue du Maupertuis, St. Clement.

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A decision made (25/09/2006) regarding P/2005/1754: Field 40, and La Trielle, Rue du Maupertuis, St. Clement.

Subject:	P/2005/1754: Field 40 and La Trielle, Rue du Maupertuis, St Clement
Decision reference:	MD-PE-2006-0124	Exempt clause(s):		None
Type of report (oral or written):	Oral	Report file ref:		P/2005/1754
Person giving report (if oral): Assistant Director: Policy and Projects
Written report – author: n/a
Written Report Title: n/a
Decision(s): Having regard to the representations of the Minister for Housing, in support of the development of this site, and the fact that the Planning Applications Panel were minded, as of February 2006, to approve the application subject to the applicant entering into a planning obligation, the Minister for Planning and Environment determined that a conditional planning permit could be issued for the development of this site subject to; o The inclusion of a condition that required the developer to enter into a planning obligation agreement; and, o A clause within the agreement to require the developer to contribute a sum of £50,000 for the purposes of infrastructure, public art and/or public amenity in or within the vicinity of the site, to be determined by the Minister, instead of a specific requirement to contribute the same amount of money for the purposes of a highway safety initiative, as determined by the Planning Applications Panel; o This condition to be time-limited to enable the obligation to be drawn up within a reasonable timescale. o A clause within the agreement to require the developer to provide those other obligation requirements previously identified by the Planning Applications Panel; o The addition of other conditions, as necessary as determined by officers, to enable the implementation of the development to be controlled, including the reservation of all matters of external design and materials for all dwellings, hard spaces and other structures on the site.
Reason(s) for decision: The award of a conditional permit enabled the developer to progress with the process of procuring the development of the site to provide homes, as required by the Minister for Housing, whilst ensuring that the Minister for Planning and Environment retained sufficient control of the detail of the development and the requirement to enter into an obligation to secure the necessary infrastructure to enable the site to be developed, in accord with the requirements of the Island Plan and the development brief for this site.
Action required:  Prepare and issue planning permission, to include the appropriate conditions;  Continue to liaise with the Law Officer’s Department and the developer’s legal representative in the preparation of the planning obligation
Signature: (Minister/ Assistant Minister)			Date of Decision: 25 September 2006