Constable backs plans for a new housing estate

Tuesday 22nd December 2009, 2:56PM GMT.

St Clement Constable Len Norman

PLANS for a new housing estate in St Clement have been supported by the parish Constable.

Len Norman said that the proposed scheme of 20 houses and 14 flats at The Old Canning Factory and Chellow Dene, Plat Douet Road, should be welcomed. Antler Homes have applied for permission to demolish The Old Canning Factory and Chellow Dene to build the 34 homes.

‘I have no problem with the principle of development on the site,’ he said. ‘It’s a commercial site and I welcome the development.’

Mr Norman recently objected to plans in the draft Island Plan to rezone fields in the parish so that houses could be built but he said that this site was already developed.
‘This is in the built-up area,’ he said. ‘There is already development on this site. It is not taking agricultural land. It is 34 more homes that we don’t need in the countryside.’

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Mogit

December 22, 2009 at 4:49 pm

The only pity is that the local population looking to get on the property ladder will not have a cat in hell’s chance !!!

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J

December 22, 2009 at 8:09 pm

…and the traffic gridlock that will increase at the Rec Ground end – and danger at the Longueville end- with another 50+ cars .

At some point the whole island will come to a halt with cars/buses/taxis in one big spiral of misery. If a States’ member is trying to get out of their private parking space at the time they might notice.

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Mark

December 23, 2009 at 10:53 am

Well done Norman, bow to the reasonable and inevitable.

We just need the promised mini-roundabouts for the two ends of Plat Douet Road.

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J Lamborrari

December 23, 2009 at 1:02 pm

@ J #2
“……and the traffic gridlock that will increase… …with another 50+ cars…”
I’d love to see you traffic survey in more detail.

34 homes, lets be generous and say 2cars per home that’s actually 68cars; Now take away a couple for the replaced home 66cars.

As opposed to what sort of daily traffic for the 4 or 5 commercial operations there currently, much of which will be commercial sized vans and lorries.

If your study does show traffic to be a problem, maybe suggest to planning that a development so close to town, and on a well serviced bus route, could/should be limited to 1parking space per home, maybe even less.

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david brown

December 23, 2009 at 2:46 pm

moggit(1) i think you are right, shame that chap cannot develop his unwanted green houses.
that len said no to.

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deputy dog

December 24, 2009 at 12:04 am

There you all go again..moan..moan..moan about the increase in traffic..you all drive cars and are guilty wherever you live. Get a bike or walk to work! They could already own cars and only moving somewhere else…get a life.

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Leah Holmes

December 28, 2009 at 2:27 pm

There are surely a heck of a lot of flats needing sold before any more are built?

From speaking to people it seems more and more are being tempted by the opportunity for a big house with garden and parking in the UK, can’t say I blame them.

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God's Mentor

December 29, 2009 at 11:32 pm

Talk about small minded. 34 new homes and you assume that this means 34 more immigrants (literally) polluting your island. Chance would be a fine thing – 11 years to get qualifications for most non Jersey person to buy a house.

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