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A decision made 19 March 2010 regarding: La Plaisance, St Mary - list as site of special interest.

Decision Ref:	MD–PE–2010-0035
Subject:	List as a Site of Special Interest: La Plaisance, La Rue de la Vallée, St Mary
Decision Summary Title:	DS - List as a Site of Special Interest: La Plaisance, La Rue de la Vallée, St Mary
DS Author:	Assistant Director
DS Date:	05 March 2010	DS Status:	Public
Written Report Title:	WR – List as a Site of Special Interest: La Plaisance, La Rue de la Vallée, St Mary
WR Author:	Assistant Director
WR Date	05 March 2010	WR Status:	Public
Oral Rapporteur:	Assistant Director: Policy and Projects / Head of Historic Buildings (Jersey Heritage)
Decision(s):	The Minister for Planning and Environment determined that : La Plaisance, La Rue de la Vallée, St Mary be added to the List of Sites of Special Interest
Reason(s) for Decision:	1. The special interest of the building and place referred to above, as defined and in the schedule and relative to the published criteria for selection, justifies its inclusion on the List of Sites of Special Interest in accordance with the provisions and purposes of the Planning and Building (Jersey) Law 2002 and; 2. it accords with the States Strategic Plan commitment of protecting and sympathetically managing the Island’s built heritage assets.
Legal and Resource Implications:	Article 51(2)(b) of the Planning and Building (Jersey) Law 2002 enables the Minister to include on the List of Sites of Special Interest those buildings and places that the Minister is satisfied has public importance by reason of the special archaeological, architectural, artistic, historical, scientific or traditional interest that attached to the building or place.
Action required:	1. Notify the owner 2. Update the List of Sites of Special Interest 3. Notify Development Control
Signature:
Position:	Minister for Planning and Environment
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different to Date Signed):

La Plaisance, St Mary - list as site of special interest

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PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT

List as a Site of Special Interest

La Plaisance, La Rue de la Vallée, St Mary

Purpose of the Report

To enable the Minister’s to consider the addition of La Plaisance, La Rue de la Vallée, St Mary to the List of Sites of Special Interest.

Background and discussion

Following reports of unauthorised works to La Plaisance in September 2009 which, at that time, was a proposed Site of Special Interest, action was taken to add the site to the List of Sites of Special Interest on a provisional basis: notice to this effect was duly served on 29 September 2009, effectively temporarily listing the property for three months.

It has not been possible to bring this matter before the Minister for his consideration before now as a consequence of which it was necessary to serve another notice, extending the provisional Listing of the site as a Site of Special Interest on 29 December 2009.

Whilst no formal representations against the proposed Listing of the site have been received from the owners of the site an appeal has been lodged against the service of an Enforcement Notice on the site, relative to the unauthorised works. Whilst this is not material to the consideration of any assessment of the building’s heritage value, it is considered appropriate that the matter of Listing is placed before the Minister for determination.

Following a detailed assessment of the site by Jersey Heritage a recommendation of adding the site to the List of Sites of Special Interest is made. This has received the unanimous support of the Ministerial Registration and Listing Advisory group.

Legal and resource implications

Article 51(2)(b) of the Planning and Building (Jersey) Law 2002 enables the Minister to include on the List of Sites of Special Interest those buildings and places that the Minister is satisfied has public importance by reason of the special archaeological, architectural, artistic, historical, scientific or traditional interest that attached to the building or place.

Recommendation

On the basis of the recommendation of Jersey Heritage to add La Plaisance, La Rue de la Vallée, St Mary to the List of Sites of Special Interest because of its special interest, the Minister is asked to consider the addition of this building and place to the List.

Reason(s) for Decision

The special interest of La Plaisance, La Rue de la Vallée, St Mary, as defined and in the schedule and relative to the published criteria for selection, justifies its inclusion on the List of Sites of Special Interest in accordance with the provisions and purposes of the Planning and Building (Jersey) Law 2002 and;

It accords with the States Strategic Plan commitment of protecting and sympathetically managing the Island’s built heritage assets.

Action Required

1. Notify the owner

2. Update the List of Sites of Special Interest

3. Notify Development Control

Written by:

Kevin Pilley

Assistant Director (Policy and Projects)

Approved by:

Peter Thorne

Director (Planning and Building Services)

Attachments: Report of Jersey Heritage dated 21 January 2010, and associated attachments

File ref MY0128

Date 05 March 2010