Regeneration steering group (FOI)

Request

A

Since P73/2010 was approved by the States Assembly please confirm the dates of each meeting of the RSG.

B

Please confirm the attendees at each meeting.

C

Please provide the minutes of each meeting.

D

Please provide the identification of costs for maintaining public realm etc as required by P73/2010 for the JIFC and College Gardens. Also whom will be responsible for the  maintenance / costs?

Response

A and B

Download the dates and attendees list for each meeting of the Regeneration Steering Group (401kb) 

Personal information has been redacted under Article 25 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 relating to officers other than chief officers which is our normal policy.

C

Download the minutes of the Regeneration steering group (345kb)

The minutes have been redacted under Articles 32, 33 and 35 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011.

D

There is no public realm at College Gardens. There are private communal gardens for residents of the scheme. As with all apartment developments, the residents will be responsible for covering the costs of maintaining these gardens as part of their service charge.  

There is public realm at the Jersey International Finance Centre (JIFC) consisting of hard and soft landscaping. In accordance with P73/2010, provisions have been made to capture contributions through estate service charges from the occupiers of the buildings.

Exemptions applied

Article 25 - Personal Information

(1)  Information is absolutely exempt information if it constitutes personal data of which  the applicant is the data subject as defined in the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2005.

(2) Information is absolutely exempt information if:

(a) it constitutes personal data of which the applicant is not the data subject as defined in the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2005; and

(b) its supply to a member of the public would contravene any of the data protection principles, as defined in that Law.

Article 32 – Legal professional privilege

Information is qualified exempt information if it is information in respect of which a claim to legal professional privilege could be maintained in legal proceedings

Article 32 applies to parts of the recorded Minutes because some of the information contained in the minutes relates to the provision of Law Officer advice. The public interest in disclosing information when this article is being applied must weigh particularly heavily in favour of disclosure in order to outweigh the inherent right to privilege. It is not considered the public interest in disclosing the information is outweighed by that in maintaining the exemption, as it is designed to protect the constitutional Law Officer privilege.

Article 33 – Commercial interests

Information is qualified exempt information if –
(a)     it constitutes a trade secret; or
(b)     its disclosure would, or would be likely to, prejudice the commercial interests of a person (including the scheduled public authority holding the information).

Article 33 applies to parts of the recorded Minutes because some of the information contained in the minutes is commercially sensitive and may prejudice future negotiations with third parties if the information was released. The public interest in disclosing information when this article is being applied must weigh particularly heavily in favour of disclosure in order to outweigh the inherent right to privilege. In this case, it is not considered the public interest in disclosing the information is outweighed by that in maintaining the exemption.

Article 35 – Formulation and development of policies

Information is qualified exempt information if it relates to the formulation or development of any proposed policy by a public authority. 

It is considered that various parts of the minutes relate to the formulation and development of proposed policy.