Jersey Enterprise Board Limited - proposed establishment (P.194-2007) – amendment.

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JERSEY ENTERPRISE BOARD LIMITED: PROPOSED ESTABLISHMENT (P.194/2007) – AMENDMENT

Lodged au Greffe on 28th December 2007 by Deputy J.B. Fox of St. Helier

STATES GREFFE

JERSEY ENTERPRISE BOARD LIMITED: PROPOSED ESTABLISHMENT (P.194/2007) – AMENDMENT ____________

After paragraph (b) insert the following new paragraph –

"(c) to agree that the new company should be required to take due account of community needs during any

development project and ensure that appropriate facilities and amenities are provided for the community within the overall cost of each project".

DEPUTY J.B. FOX OF ST. HELIER

REPORT

1. I n t roduction

1. T h e purposeof this Amendmentis to ensure that the proposed Jersey Enterprise Board Limited and its Brief, when commissioning or considering new developmentsor refurbishment ofexistingdevelopments, has due consideration not only for the financial aspects and the density of a proposed complex, but also to include in its Briefto take dueaccountof the community needs at this planning and refurbishmentstage.
2. S ustainable communities are communities which succeed now, economically, socially and environmentally, andrespect the needsof future generations. Theyarewell-designedplaceswherepeople feel safeandsecurewherecrimeand disorder, or the fearofcrime does notundermine the quality of life or communitycohesion.
3. P lanning out crime, for example, alsomakessense financially. Once a developmenthasbeen completed, the main opportunities to incorporate crime prevention measures will be lost. The costs involved in connecting ormanagingbadly-designed developments are much greater than getting it rightin the first place.

2. B r i ef

1. T h e proposed Jersey Enterprise Board will have a hugeremit,not only bringing theexistingWestof Albert, New St.  Helier Development; the FutureDevelopmentandRegenerationofSt. Helier; the Eastern Area ProposalsinandaroundSt. Helier HarbourandtheFutureProposals for Mont de la Ville(Fort Regent), this together with other similar remits in otherParishes.
2. A l l futuredevelopments require that the new proposedJEBmustensure that the current lack ofamenities and facilities are included atthe design andrefurbishment stage and not leftinabeyance,as has been done on so many occasions at this momentintime, i.e. appropriate teenage facilities or amenities.

E x a m ples are the retention and the increased provision of significant green park facilities that can be

actively used by the local community and where appropriate visitors alike.

T h i s to be designed that specific areas such as leisure facilities for young children, teenagers, families,

youth and adult recreational space be included for public use, even if the overall complex is designed for private use so that the existing surrounding communities can benefit, i.e. Clos de Vase (New St.  John's Road/Tower Road) and Jardins de Soleil (First Tower).

P r iv a te smaller facilities to be included in any sizeable developments, whether it be within an enclosed

green grass courtyard or a roof garden, or other similar amenity of an individual nature such as in the traditional sense of a front and back garden, and not to be relying on other community space where parents are unable to supervise their children.

3. T h e future increasing density ofresidentialandothercommercial areas within the urbanParishes and especially withinSt. Helier will necessitate that dueaccountof community facilities be taken on eachand every development of any notable size, namely nursery/crèche facility, children and teenage youth facility, senior citizen community facility, or where appropriate larger multi-purpose youth and community centres to give some practical examples, i.e. Eastern GoodCompanions Club, Clos deVase, Oak Tree Gardens, etc.

3. F i n ancial/manpower implications

T h e re are no financial or manpower implications for the States arising from the Amendment as any costs

will be included within the overall cost of each project.