New move to save Plémont
Wednesday 1st October 2008, 2:54PM BST.
ANOTHER move has been made to return the Plémont headland back to nature.
St Ouen Constable Ken Vibert is pressing the States to look into buying the Plémont Holiday Village site after three months of stalling. In a proposition lodged on Monday, Mr Vibert has asked that Treasury Minister Terry Le Sueur open negotiations with the owners of the site, who include Pontins owner Trevor Hemmings, and agree a value for the land.
Mr Vibert initially proposed that the Plémont headland be preserved as open space for the enjoyment of Islanders, and that was approved by the States in 2006. But the Council of Ministers delayed doing anything about the request until Environment Minister Freddie Cohen had dealt with Mr Hemmings’s application to build 36 houses on the land.
Senator Cohen refused the application in June this year, saying that the scale of the project was too large. After hearing the outcome, the multi-millionaire businessman vowed to fight for his right to build on the land, whether that involved courts or not.
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I would just like to point out that just because the States own a site does not mean it will be returned to nature. More likely they will buy the site, build on it and sell it off as a “premium housing”.
Also, if you have been following the hustings some of the states member standing for re-election are saying that we need to sell off some of the sites that the states already have.
How can they buy more sites, when they are saying that they can’t afford to keep what they have?
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This site should be returned to nature as swiftly as possible. The original holiday camp was one of the most hideous mistakes made in the 1960s or 70s or whenever it was; this opportunity to make good the damage should be grasped. If nothing else, the access road to Plemont beach will become absolutely impassable if it has to serve new housing as well as the beach and cafe. It is too small for development of this scale. Pull it down.
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The island needs social housing so there you go, St Ouens! Oh sorry i forgot! NOT ON OUR DOOR STEP!
How about having the recycling plant over there?
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The people of Jersey own the property being sold off not the ‘States’, the government can afford to keep the properties in question, they choose not to.
Sites such as Plemont should be saved for future generations, it is presently in private ownership but I feel that the majority of islanders would like it back please! Compulsary purchase if neccessary Mr Cohen!
I would rather see ‘our’ money spent on returning the site at Plemont back into public ownership, than the one hundred million pounds of tax payers money being squanddered on an unpopular and highly contentious incinerator.
We have an opportunity to oust members of the government who lack the will to invest in the natural beauty of Jersey and have been at the helm when public property has been sold off. Those politicians who are in favour of increasingly straining the islands infrastructure, increasing population and wasting our money.
The electorate must come out this year of all years, make your vote count.
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