Reversion to first plan wrongfooted douzaine
Monday 10th January 2011, 2:29PM GMT.
Friday saw the timber frame starting to take shape. (Picture by Adrian Miller, 1075716)
TORTEVAL Douzaine believes its hands were tied when planning permission was granted to build a controversial house overlooking Portelet harbour.
Work on the property’s superstructure began last week.
In 2009 the douzaine objected to plans that were submitted for the site.
In January last year, architect Jamie Falla told the Guernsey Press that the 2009 plans had been withdrawn as a result of the objection and following consultation with the planners.
The developer then reverted to plans for which permission in principle had originally been given in June 2006.
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If the plans / permssion is from 2006, I thought that the permssion only lasted three years if no work had started?
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Stone by stone, piece by piece, bit by bit selfish humans are finding ways of destroying Guernsey and the States are unable or unwilling to stop it happening
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not if the foundations were laid.
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@Ali M,
The foundations were only laid late in 2010. Demolition of the old house was undertaken earlier in the year.
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Personally, I think it will be a big improvement! Those people who complain about Guernsey being ruined need to move on into the 21st Century and open your eyes to the big wide world.
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Expat80, how exactly is replacing one structure built by humans with another structure built by humans destroying Guernsey? Why let engaging the brain get in the way of an opportunity to criticise the States eh?
In fact as the new building will have to meet modern building regulations surely it will be better for the environment and for Guernsey?
The bungalow that has been demolished wasn’t exactly a thing of beauty…in fact to me it was an eyesore. I haven’t seen exactly what the replacement will look like, but it would struggle to be worse than that.
At the end of the day it’s a matter of personal taste, which is totally subjective. Funny that people don’t complain that they don’t live in wooden huts. It’s a terrible thing that they were torn down to build granite cottages…progress is a terrible thing!
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Well said George and mr nobody
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Seeing that permission has already been granted, I think the moaners and whingers should wait until the development is completed before passing further opinion
You may well be surprised!
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Erm, at the moment, only Expat has complained about it. Now that the planning process is over, I won’t be constantly going on about it. In fact, as the only person in the island who looks down on the site as I type this, I will be following the construction of the wooden flat-pack house with interest.
My opinion that the much larger building with its curved modern lines, planned metal roof and glass front glinting across the bay no longer makes any difference!
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I spend a lot of my time with my family in Canada where most of the houses are wooden. The wood starts to rot after about 20 years. There will be a lot of upkeep expenses ahead!
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