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A decision made 14 June 2010 regarding: La Providence, Bel Royal, St. Lawrence - application to vary condition relating to completion of community hall.

Decision Reference: MD-PE-2010-0065
Decision Summary Title :	DS – La Providence, Bel Royal – Application to vary planning condition no.28 re. completion of community hall.		Date of Decision Summary:	28th May 2010
Decision Summary Author:	Roger Corfield Principal Planner: Policy and Projects		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report:	Oral and written		Person Giving Oral Report:	Roger Corfield, Principal Planner
Written Report Title :	La Providence Housing Development, Bel Royal, St. Lawrence – Request to vary Planning Condition 28 (Community Hall – Completion).		Date of Written Report:	28th May 2010
Written Report Author:	Roger Corfield		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Public
Subject: An application by the developer to vary planning condition no.28 to require completion of the community facility to at least a shell state before 2nd December 2010 (i.e. 18 months after the approval of revised plans for the building) and to allow occupation of the remaining completed homes.
Decision(s): The Minister for Planning and Environment decided to refuse the proposed variation to Condition 28, but approved amendments to the condition, as follows: “Community Facilities – Completion The layout of the Community Facilities Land and the construction of the community building to at least shell state shall be completed once 90% of the homes hereby permitted are occupied and prior to any further occupancy.”
Reason(s) for Decision: 1. To comply with the requirements of the Minister for Planning and Environment for a suitable community facility to help meet the social needs of new and existing residents of the area and the wider public; and 2. To permit prospective owners to purchase and occupy the completed homes at the development and to assist in making available much needed first-time buyer homes.
Resource Implications: None
Action required: · Inform the developer and local political representatives of the Minister’s decision; · Issue a Planning Permit with the varied condition; · Advise the Law Officers of the variation so that they may take it into account in considering how best to address modifications to the terms of the existing POA.
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