Horizon development

WQ.255/2023

WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE MINISTER FOR TREASURY AND RESOURCES BY DEPUTY S.Y. MÉZEC OF ST. HELIER SOUTH

QUESTION SUBMITTED ON MONDAY 5th JUNE 2023

ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON MONDAY 12th JUNE 2023

Question

“Will the Minister, as shareholder representative, advise –

1. how many of the completed apartments in the Horizon development are –

1. one bedroom, below the current minimum space standards for a single-occupancy one- bedroom flat (i.e. below 34.5 square metres);
2. one bedroom, between the current minimum space standards for a single-occupancy one- bedroom flat and a double-occupancy one-bedroom flat (i.e. 34.5 square metres to 51 square metres);
3. one bedroom, above the current minimum space standards for a double-occupancy one- bedroom flat (i.e. above 51 square metres);
4. two bedroom, below the current minimum space standards for a triple-occupancy two- bedroom flat (i.e. below 62 square metres)
5. two bedroom, between the current minimum space standards for a triple-occupancy two- bedroom flat and a quadruple occupancy two-bedroom flat (i.e. 62 square metres to 76 square metres);
6. two bedroom, above the current minimum space standards for quadruple-occupancy two bedroom flat (i.e. 76 square metres);
7. three bedroom, below the current minimum space standards for a quadruple-occupancy three-bedroom flat (i.e. 76 square metres);

where the minimum space standards referred to are for single-storey apartments; and

2. how many Horizon properties sold by the States of Jersey development Company have been sold on by their original purchaser?”

Answer

In responding it should be noted that the design plans for the Horizon development were inherited from a private developer who had originally obtained planning permission. The States of Jersey Development Company (“SoJDC”) undertook and developed those plans under a Joint Venture arrangement with Groupe Legendre.

The Horizon development consists of 280 units. The numbers indicated below total 270 units. The remaining 10 units are all three-bedroom units larger than the sizes requested in the Question.

1. (i) None
   2. 119 units
   3. None
   4. None
   5. 119 units
   6. 32 units
   7. None
2. SoJDC do not as a matter of practice monitor onward sales and indeed, as these would be share transfer transactions, it would be very difficult to do so.