Planning
and Building (Special Development – Haut du Mont) (Jersey) Order 2023
1 Interpretation
In this Order –
“demolition” has the meaning given in Article 3;
“developer” means Andium
Homes Limited, a company registered under the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991
on 13th May 2014 with registration number 115713;
“relevant property” means the apartment buildings on the site, containing a total of
9 residential units;
“site” means the land at
Haut du Mont, Pier Road, St. Helier, indicated with cross-hatching on the plan
in the Schedule.
2 Planning permission granted
(1) In consideration of the exceptional
circumstances surrounding the incident at Haut du Mont on 10th December 2022,
and the resultant loss of life and extensive damage to the relevant property,
the Minister grants planning permission for demolition of the relevant property.
(2) Permission
granted by paragraph (1) is subject to Articles 3 and 4.
3 Demolition
(1) The developer must ensure that demolition of the relevant
property does not commence until notified by the Minister in writing of the
date on or after which demolition may commence.
(2) The
developer must ensure that demolition of the relevant property is completed no
later than 6 weeks after that date.
(3) The
period of 6 weeks in paragraph (2) may be extended in writing by the
Minister on application by the developer to a period not exceeding 12 weeks if,
after the demolition has commenced, it becomes clear that completion within 6 weeks
will not be possible due to unforeseen circumstances.
(4) For
the purposes of this Order, “demolition” of the relevant property means –
(a) demolition
of the relevant property and related structures within the site;
(b) removal
of all associated building materials; and
(c) securing of the site,
in accordance with
guidelines published by the Minister for the purposes of this Order.
4 Conditions[1]
The conditions subject to
which planning permission is granted by this Order are that the developer must –
(a) submit to the Minister no
later than 27th September 2024 a detailed proposal, including timelines,
regarding the development of the site following the demolition of the relevant
property;
(b) submit to the Minister no
later than 27th September 2024 a detailed proposal, including timelines, regarding
the development of residential units at another location to replace units lost as
a result of the demolition of the relevant property; and
(c) submit for the approval
of the Chief Officer a waste management plan for the site, including details of
the methods proposed to reduce, recycle and re-use construction and demolition
waste, and ensure compliance with the approved plan.
5 Compliance with other
enactments
Nothing
in this Order exempts the developer or any other person from compliance with
Building Bye-laws or any other applicable enactment.
6 Citation and commencement
This Order may be cited as the Planning and Building (Special
Development – Haut du Mont) (Jersey) Order 2023 and comes
into force 7 days after it is made.