DEPARTMENT FOR INFRASTRUCTURE
JERSEY PROPERTY HOLDINGS
Property Transaction for Ministerial Decision - Minister for Infrastructure
Public
Castle Green (Steep Pathway), Route de la Côte, Gorey, St Martin – Party to Contract
PBA 1501-01-002
Purpose
To seek the agreement of the Minister for the Public to be party to a contract of sale between the Crown and Packer Ltd.
Background
In October 2013 the Public sold to Sail Loft Gorey Ltd the site known as Gorey Pier Boat Yard.
The subject site adjoins in part to the north-west to the Dolphin Hotel owned by Packer Ltd, in part to the north and north-west to a steep pathway owned by the Public (which pathway connects Mont de Gouray to the Castle Green), and in part to the north to the Castle Green, also owned by the Public.
In preparing the 2013 contact of sale of the Gorey Pier Boat Yard, the Law Officers’ Department discovered a small triangular strip of Crown owned land situated between the Dolphin Hotel, the site being sold, and the Public’s steep pathway - which strip of land has been encroached upon by the hotel.
The Law Officers’ Department negotiated terms, on behalf of the Crown, for the sale of the strip of land to Packer Ltd, and has prepared a draft contract to conclude the transaction before Royal Court.
Current Situation
The Law Officers’ Department has recommended that the Public be party to the contract of sale by the Crown to Packer Ltd in order to ratify the boundary of the subject land towards the adjoining land in Public ownership.
Jersey Property Holdings agrees that it is in the Public’s interest to use this opportunity to clarify the detail of the small length of boundary between the land to be sold and the steep pathway (in Public ownership). As the matter is of mutual benefit, it is not planned that the Public will seek to recover a fee for officer time from either the Crown or Packer Ltd.
The Sail Loft Gorey Ltd as owner of Gorey Pier Boat Yard (which is planned to be redeveloped as a restaurant) has also been invited to be party to the contract of sale to ratify the boundary towards the company’s land.
Recommendation
It is recommended that the Minister agrees for the Public to be party to a contract of sale between the Crown and Packer Ltd in connection with a small triangular strip of Crown owned land situated between the Dolphin Hotel (Packer Ltd), the Gorey Pier Boat Yard site (Sail Loft Gorey Ltd), and the steep pathway at Castle Green (the Public) - to ratify the boundary of the subject land towards the adjoining land in Public ownership.
Written By: (Principal Property Manager)
Signature …………………………
Authorised By: (Director/Assistant Director JPH)
Signature ………………………… 4 January 2016
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