St. John Ambulance Jersey Headquarters: Reduction of the Prescribed Building Application Fee

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A decision made 21 October 2019

Decision Reference: MD-PE-2019-0089
Decision Summary Title:	Reduction of the prescribed building application fee for SJAJ		Date of Decision Summary:	16/10/19
Decision Summary Author:	Personal Assistant		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Oral		Person Giving Oral Report:	Personal Assistant
Written Report Title :	N/A		Date of Written Report:	N/A
Written Report Author:	N/A		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	N/A
Subject: Reduction of the prescribed application fee for a building permit to undertake building work at the St John Ambulance Jersey (SJAJ) Headquarters, Midvale Road.
Decision(s): The Minister decided to waive 50% of the prescribed application fee of £1542.30
Reason(s) for Decision: The Minister, taking into account the fee due for all elements of the application, the ‘not for profit’ work of the SJAJ and benefit of that work to the Island, considered that 50% of the standard application fee should be charged in this specific case.
Resource Implications: The loss of £771.15 in building application income for the Government of Jersey.
Action required: Inform the agent that the application will be accepted on payment of the reduced fee.
Signature: Deputy John Young		Position: Minister for the Environment
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):