Wednesday January 20, 2021, 12:25 PM
Deputy John Young told ITV Channel News the department currently has around 10 applications or enquiries in the system to develop hotels. Credit: ITV Channel TV
Jersey s new Island Plan may have to consider tightening the restrictions around applications to develop hotels into flats, according to the Environment Minister.
Deputy John Young told ITV Channel News the department currently has around 10 applications or enquiries in the system to develop hotels. He thinks the current climate as well as the impending Island Plan could have sped up the recent applications.
The last island plans 2002 and 2011 both contained proposals to require, put some criteria in place, but at that time they didn t proceed because the industry was opposed to, and I know it s a policy area that we have to look at in the new island plan..
Thursday January 14, 2021, 4:52 PM
All the units, according to the planning statement, are proposed as affordable housing- as either social rented or discounted purchase properties. Credit: ITV Channel TV
A planning application has been submitted to develop the 84-bedroom Apollo Hotel on St Saviour s Road into flats.The application, submitted by the Huggler Group, which also owns the Club Hotel and Bohemia proposes to demolish the existing buildings and replace them with 91 one-bed and four 2-bed apartments.All the units, according to the planning statement, are proposed as affordable housing- as either social rented or discounted purchase properties. The site would be arranged into four blocks, being four and five storeys in height.