‘A ‘victory for common sense’ as the States overturn minister’s drains ruling

Wednesday 4th June 2008, 2:59PM BST.

NEIGHBOURS on a Jersey estate have hailed the States’ decision to overturn a controversial policy change to allow developers to dig up Islanders’ land without their consent as ‘a victory for common sense’.

Transport Minister Guy de Faye wanted to change the Drainage (Jersey) Law to enable developers to dig up gardens and driveways to lay drains – even if residents did not want them.

But yesterday States Members voiced their concerns over the plans and voted against the policy change by a majority of 40–5.

Six residents from the Mont Arthur estate, who would have been the first to be affected by the policy change, said that they were delighted that the decision has now been scrapped.

*Picture: residents Kathleen Grant, Anne Matthams, John Gready, Bernard Binnington and Margaret Barnes

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Butterworth S P

June 4, 2008 at 4:23 pm

Good to see that there is common sense coming back into fashion albeit slowly.

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Mark

June 4, 2008 at 7:07 pm

Sorry Butterworth SP but this is only to cover over the voting of the Hopkins Master Plan that was approved today. Heres to 5 years of carnage on the St Helier roads…. again!

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Butterworth SP

June 6, 2008 at 6:07 am

Didn’t last long!

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