| Committee/Panel: Environment, Housing and Infrastructure Panel | |
| Launch Date: 13 October 2021 | Close Date: To be advised |
| Submissions Deadline: To be advised | Ministerial Response Date: To be advised |
| Review Status: Comments published | |
The Panel has presented its comments paper to the States Assembly on 20th April 2022.
About
P.76/2021 (the Draft Planning and Building (Amendment No. 8) (Jersey) Law 202- was lodged au Greffe on 2nd August 2021 by the Minister for the Environment. P.76/2021 makes twenty changes to the existing Planning and Building (Jersey) Law 2002, the main three changes being:
- powers for the designation of Conservation Areas
- the determination of public enquiries by a body constituted of the Minister, Assistant Minister(s) and the Planning Committee Chair
- expanding the definition of "development" to include works to trees
In addition, seven of the proposed twenty changes are described as "minor changes", including updates to the Planning Law to reflect changes in case law and precedents, whilst ten of the twenty changes are described as changes to the Planning Law to reflect "current practice" and "explicitly clarify" how the Planning Law can be applied.
The EHI Panel held a number of concerns regarding P.76/2021:
- There had been an absence of public or industry consultation on the changes being proposed, prior to lodging;
- P.76/2021 does not currently include a sufficient level of detail on the impact of the proposed changes to the Planning Law, or how these changes will implemented and resourced;
- More detail is required with regards to the proposed Conservation Area designation, as well as the impact of the proposed Designating Body in terms of the resource burden for the Government in processing Planning applications
Given these concerns, the Environment, Housing and Infrastructure Scrutiny Panel called P.76/2021 in during the debate on 5th October 2021, with a view to producing a report ahead of the rescheduled debate on 18th January 2021.
Terms of reference
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