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WQ.239/2025
WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE MINISTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT
BY DEPUTY R.S. KOVACS OF ST. SAVIOUR
QUESTION SUBMITTED ON TUESDAY 27th MAY 2025 ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON TUESDAY 3rd JUNE 2025
Question
"Will the Minister provide an update on the progress of each of the housing sites approved in the Bridging Island Plan 2022 to 2025 to include, but not be limited to, information regarding –
- the current stage of development for each site and any related projects;
- the type of housing planned for each site to include specific reference to first-time buyer properties and to properties intended for the rental market; and
- whether delays are affecting any sites and, if so, the reasons behind the delays?"
Answer
Planning permission has been granted for the following sites:
• H5 (1) – Field J1109, La Grande Route de St Jean, St John
P/2024/0050 - 37 residential units - Approved 20 May 2024
55% (20 dwellings) to be sold to Eligible Persons who are also First Time Buyers
45% (17 dwellings) to be transferred to the Approved Social Housing Provider to be social rented accommodation
Development has commenced and is progressing on site
• H5 (11 and 12) – Fields P655 and P656, La Route de Beaumont, St Peter
P/2024/0413 – 42 residential units - Approved 23 October 2024
45% (19 dwellings) to be transferred to the Approved Social Housing Provider to be social rented accommodation
55% (23 dwellings) to be sold to Eligible Persons who are also First Time Buyers
Development has commenced and is progressing on site
• H5 (13 and 14) – Fields S415A and S470, Le Grande Route de St Martin, St Saviour
P/2024/1368 -38 residential units - Approved 15 May 2025.
45% (17 dwellings) to be transferred to the Approved Social Housing Provider to be social rented accommodation
55% (21 dwellings) to be sold to Eligible Persons who are also First Time Buyers
Building application submitted and pending
Development has not commenced
The following sites are currently subject of pending planning applications:
• H5 (15) – Field T1404, La Grande Route de St Jean, Trinity
P/2025/0409 – 16 residential units
Resubmission after refusal of previous permission
45% (7no. dwellings) to be social rented
55% (9no. dwellings) to be discounted purchase.
• H5 (8, 9 and 10) – Fields P558, P559 and P632, La Route du Manoir – St Peter
P/2025/0256 – 128 residential units
Scheduled for determination by Planning Committee in the near future
45% (58no. dwellings) for social rented.
55% (70no. dwellings) to be affordable homes for purchase.
• H5 (6) – Fields 0594 and 0595, Le Clos de la Fosse au Bois, St Ouen
P/2024/1482 - 37 residential units
Scheduled for determination by Planning Committee in the near future
45% - (17 no. dwellings) socially rented homes
55% - (20 no. dwellings) affordable housing units for purchase
Planning permission was refused for the following site:
• H5 (15) – Field T1404, La Grande Route de St Jean, Trinity
P/2024/1065 – 16 residential units – Refused 16 January 2025
The following site has been assessed and pre-application advice has been provided by the Planning Applications Team:
• H5 (4) – Field MN410, La Rue des Buttes, St Martin
32 residential units.
The following sites have not yet been subject to pre-application or planning application procedures:
• H5(7) – Field 0785, La Rue des Cosnets, St Ouen
• H5(2) – Field J229, La Route du Nord, St John
• H5(3) – Field J236, La Rue du Cimetiere, St John
• H5(5) – Field MY563, La Rue de la Rosiere, St Mary
Developers and landowners are in control of when development comes forward on the housing sites, and I have not been informed of any specific reasons why development has not come forward on any of the sites.