Plantation’s 44-cover alfresco deck could be here in a year
Monday 1st June 2009, 2:29PM BST.
PEOPLE might soon be able to eat alfresco at the North Plantation.
The Town Centre Partnership intends to amend its planning application to include the new Floral Guernsey Council garden and an alfresco dining area capable of seating 44 people. Plans are also in hand to pedestrianise the road that runs behind the Guernsey Information Centre.
Partnership executive officer Jack Honeybill (pictured) said the dining area would be beneath the large listed turkey oak to complement what the Floral Council had done.
‘What the floral group has achieved has moved the project forward to a reality. My wish would be to see it up and running in the next 12 months,’ he said.
Mr Honeybill said the new plans would cost significantly less than the original – most of the area would have been paved.
‘I think people’s reaction will be very positive. We had a lot of support last time and if we can come up with a plan that suits everybody, we’ll end up with an alfresco area and a happy compromise.’
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Has anyone involved actually been to this area of Town on a weekend evening?
“Another glass of wine dear?”
“Yes please once I’ve freshened up. I’ll be back once I’ve washed the blood off my face, cleaned the broken glass out of my feet and washed the vomit off my skirt”
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I shudder to think of what the night club throw outs will make of these nice new facilities or how much take-away garbage (those that eat it and the wrappers) will linger around this area once it is made inviting. Well at least town will now have 2 decent open spaces for ritual thump ups and general bad behaviour.
Regards the Al fresco idea…anybody asked the current bars and restaurants how they feel about this new competition on their doorstep and who will financially benefit from “leasing” this area..Jack Honeybill, the town partnership, the parish, the states??
Do we really need more eating and drinking venues in town?
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Is this dining area going to belong to one of the pubs/restaurants nearby? Or can anyone use it? Theres not enough places to sit and eat a packed lunch. And not everyone wants to eat their lunch at their desk or pay for it so they can eat at a table.
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I am sure it will be lovely overlooking Tiffs and Vlades and then choking on the fumes from the traffic along the front, not to mention the starlings nesting above your head in the old turkey oak tree. I liked it as it was, covering up those awful buildings behind.
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Pickled starlings with chips on the specials board ?
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I think this idea sounds promising if it is to be available as a picnic area. The Square and the Pavillion are nice al fresco eating areas but food has to be purchased from the onsite restaurants.
As to the night club rabble I am not sure what can be done.
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What you are all missing is that it will be the perfect area to sit down and enjoy some street theater.
“Shaaza, what U doin lookin at my maaaaaan, come back here or I’ll pull yuuuuur pony tail off”
With performances like this starting at approx 7pm each evening who need Eastenders?
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It is a good idea for this area, but as other posters have pointed out having Follies etc there could present problems.
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I think it’s pathetic. Is this all the states can do to this boring place? Do something interesting, get people in, do something modern, out of the ordinary. This place will never change, it’s about time some new blood came into the States instead of these fuddy duddies.
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aah, I see! Some time ago Mr Honeybill was going on about ‘developing’ this area, which was apparently in need of a facelift (the birds who happily lived there sense of aesthetics being somewhat different as did many locals, despite his claims of support..) and then it all went very quiet…
…then suddenly, the area get’s an unexpected (and unexplained) ‘transformation’ to make it ‘look nicer’… and then….the development plans get announced!
What an underhand, sneaky and covert way to ruin the wildlife’s home, cram yet more unsightly, unneeded development into an already over developed, ruined (once lovely) town, and spend valuable pennies where they aren’t needed.
As for the location, spot on with other’s comments, as the owner of a summerlet I will not be sending my visitor’s down to dine amongst the broken glass and puke so they can observe the reveries of drunken Saturday revellers,inhale car fumes, and with any luck get a whiff of the raw sewage pumping into the sea that is far lower down the States agenda of priorities.
Ridiculous concept, and SHAME on Mr Honeybill for trying to scam us into believing this facelife was anything other than a cover for his real (not very popular) intentions.
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Just demolish the trees and bushes, take away the shade and the lungs of the North Plantation and take away the publics vehicular access.
Replace it all with restaraunt tables and umbrellas. Then put up some flourecent bright orange plastic “dont drink alcohol signs under pain of death” and marvel at our beautiful island.
This whole project is clear shameless commecial exploitation.
I am not amused or impressed and it does not improve our quality of life.
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Agree, what a sham and yet again commerial greed at the centre of it
Bring back the wildlife, benches and greenery.
Why should we need to compromise, it was not what was wanted, it was what the money makers wanted.
Why can’t thing be left for their good alone, Why must people always feel they can make money by change.
Look at your own life foot print and maybe earn the right to make changes that are actually beneficial.
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