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13 Charles Street, St. Helier - assessment as Building of Local Interest

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A decision made (06.07.07) to assess 13 Charles Street as a Building of Local Interest.

Subject:

13 Charles Street, St. Helier

Decision ref:

MD-PE-2007-0149

Exempt clause(s):

None

Type of report:

Written and oral

Report file ref:

HE1838

Person giving report (if oral): Roger Hills, Curator of Historic Buildings, JHT

Written report – author: Roger Hills, Curator of Historic Buildings, JHT

Written Report Title: Assessment of 13 Charles Street, St. Helier

Decision(s): The Minister for Planning and Environment was minded to include 13 Charles Street on the Historic Buildings Register as a Building of Local Interest on the basis that it satisfied the current criteria required for its assessment, but determined that he would not do so until such time that the assessment criteria were reviewed or a planning application which affected the special interest of the building was submitted, whichever was the sooner: in essence the Minister determined that the building should be added to the Register as a proposed BLI.

Reason(s) for decision:

  1. 13 Charles Street has the potential to satisfy the current criteria for registration as a Building of Local Interest as set out in the Interim Policies for the Conservation of Historic Buildings, which states that ‘Buildings included in the Register are those which retain their historic form and detail, and so make a significant and positive contribution to the architectural and historical character and appearance of Jersey’;
  2. it accords with the purposes of the Planning and Building (Jersey) Law 2002 and the States Strategic Plan commitment of protecting and sympathetically managing the Island’s built heritage assets

Action required:

· notify owner

· notify Development Control

· update the Historic Buildings Register

Signature:

(Minister/ Assistant Minister)

Date of Decision:

 

 

 

 

 

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