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NameSenator T Le Main..
Environment Scrutiny Panel Design of Homes
Section 1: Public spaces, amenaties and external perspectives
What is the value of
public squares and Essential spaces in the town area?
In regard to Public Housing, amenity spaces are essential in housing
developments but limited space and costs are a major factor in Comments on current determining redevelopment etc.
amenity spaces including
the use of water
amenities. In public housing yes, certainly as we just do not have the space etc. Is there sufficient use of
landscaping? _
What would you like to see? _
What is being missed? _
Thoughts on what is needed in the future.
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External Appearance. How should colour be used to contrast individual units? Where should glass, stone, brick or other materials be used? How should suitablility and context of buildings be considered in relation to the streetscape and surrounding community? Suitablility and context of new developments considering surrounding propereties. | Individual choice _ Yes Yes |
Other comments or observations within this section. | _ |
Section 2: In the Home | |
How fit for purpose are modern garages? What are the responces to hidden parking within developments? How acceptable are current levels of storage? | In all Public Housing developments garages attached to houses are normally used for storage not parking the car. _ Acceptable in new housing accepting that space is limited on housing estates that exist, in fact the new Le Benefice has open parking ad good storage sheds. |
What are the current issues regarding noise intrusion? How do current insulation standards within recent island developments meet with requirements of the Jersey climate? | Difficult on old housing developments In regard to public housing - excellent just go and visit the newly refurbished Clos du Roncier - excellent |
Section 2: In the Home Continued. | |
Internal design and layout / Room sizes / Density (habitable rooms per acre). Experiences of room sizes, density of recent and future developments. Are they fit for purpose and contentment? Comments on Bedrooms, Kitchens, Bathrooms, Stairwells, Living rooms and circulation areas. How do the minimum sizes within the Planning Advice Notes effect living standards? | New developments for public housing are 10% larger than minimum standards but are not for first time buyers on rezoned sites Remember we have restricted land/sites and must match the costs of providing homes etc - inc density, room sizes to that land They are very acceptable in public social housing, redevelopments, refurbishments. What is a minimum size - you get comments on the small sizes at Sprectrum, yet young people love them and since being built have increased in value by 10% |
Community shared facilities, laundry, gardening, cleaning. | No comment |
Other comments or observations within this section. | No comment |
Section 3: The Island Perspective
What place is there in
Jersey for modular Who for! As the Housing Department do not build new homes anymore construction, pre-
fabricated units and perhaps the private sector.
timber frame properties.
The Housing Department are first class at this, go and see Clos du Roncier.
Comment on renovation
and rehabilitation of older
buildings making them
suitable for purpose.
How does sympathetic Yes agree, but there would be a cost that public housing would find regeneration sit with the difficult to bear
use of solar panels and
other environmentaly
friendly options?
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What should the Island be doing with unused office buildings in St Helier to facilitate urban regeneration. | Old office buildings, which have lain empty for years should be encouraged to be included for private sector housing within the regeneration of the town areas. |
Zero Energy Development. Carbon Neutral living. What steps should the Island take towards embracing energy efficiency and environmentaly friendly design? How do we overcome traditional values to achieve those ideals? | No comment All steps No comment It's all down to cost! Nothing else. In an ideal world we would achieve all these aims etc. |
Section 3 continued
How usefull are models Very useful and essential showing scale.
Affordability to construct homes to a decent standard without going
How would you define overboard on providing everything that has a pay back period of many stou shtoamineasb?ility in relation years, which renders the Housing Department and developers unable to
contain reasonable build costs.
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Other comments or observations within this section. | NB Please be careful the scrutiny panel do not get carried away with aspirations of having affordable homes which because of "we should have it all" syndrome become impossible to find or provide homes etc at a cost affordable to the developer, provider and new home owners. | |
Other comments or observations. | It's important to remember that scrutiny do not get carried away with proposals or recommendations for the home providers use public housing that makes it impossible to be sustainable in funding etc. We have to be realistic in our aspirations for a home, even I as a home owner with no mortgage have to contain costs, yes I'd like solar panels, wind generation etc but one has to be realistic on the sustainability of costs etc. | |
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