Planning have no say on the big wheel

Friday 16th May 2008, 2:56PM BST.

A CONTROVERSIAL 60-metre Ferris wheel which could threaten Jersey’s International Air Display did not need planning permission.

The massive Jersey Eye will be built at Jardins de la Mer, which is land owned by the Waterfront Enterprise Board (WEB), who do not require planning consent for temporary structures on their sites.

Environment Minister Freddie Cohen said that WEB had contacted his department to confirm that they were exempt from filing an application for a big wheel. ‘It doesn’t need a planning application because WEB is a statutory corporation established by the States,’ he said.

Under the Planning and Building (General Development) (Jersey) Order 2007, there is an exemption for ‘temporary works and equipment on land belonging to or maintained by the authority required for the purposes of a function exercised by that authority.’

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Bob

May 24, 2008 at 9:55 pm

I quite frankly am disgusted at the view as you drive down Glouster Street. Do we the Jersey residents not matter any more? It is another typical example of Jersey getting it wrong again.

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Donna

May 24, 2008 at 10:03 pm

It is nice to see jersey doing something for all age groups, but i suppose as usual it will be too expensive or a complete mess up. We are now begining to be use to accepting things as this is how Jersey seems to work. The residents of Jersey do not have a voice anymore!

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