Comments on: Housing set to reveal exactly which sites it wants for development

By: sarnia expat

sarnia expat — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 14:25:39 +0000

Obviously.

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By: Scarlett

Scarlett — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 00:12:34 +0000

indeed, and what oceanic crusty critters dine on makes them even moreso, bcb……..our poo…!

Feel free to have my portion, I think I’ll pass….;)))

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By: bcb

bcb — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 17:05:35 +0000

I agree Ed those marine creatures are very important and very tasty just like those ormers i had for dinner :)

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By: islander

islander — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 10:33:03 +0000

Kat
yes build more affordable houses for locals who are on the lower end of earning scales.

Keep single parent mothers at home with their parents until they can work or marry.

Every parish should build where possible.
Most retired growers in the upper parishes are living in luxury from the cream of states of guernsey in the 60s so build around them will even things out.This being the reasons for so many derelict vineries.

States of Guernsey have become wise now with grants.

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By: Ed

Ed — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 10:19:55 +0000

A passionate believer in the supreme value of the environment, perhaps ?

What about biodiversity ? For the umpteenth time Belle Greve must remain its it is its current condition due to the rich biodiversity and the importance of this marine reservoir with concern to dynamic equilibria.

The welfare of a marine creature is of tantamount importance to that of a human and these organisms are fundamentally why we are in existence today- both in an evolutionary sense and with concern to our routine existence in the modern age.

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By: Bry

Bry — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 00:02:45 +0000

Belle Greve bay’d be a good spot. Nice water feature gardens and a short bridge walk to Herm. Who’s that shouting and waving a placard on the road back there?!

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By: kat

kat — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 12:44:04 +0000

Yes build more affordable houses,but we need to stop more outsiders from coming into the island.
The schools are full so when we have a baby boom [and this I am sure will happen as mums will have to return to work once their children reach 7 years old ]the schools in St Peter Port has a huge intake this year. and will for the next few years .
Build new homes, but also build the supporting structures around them to support it .
The other parishes could have new builds on them as well ,but with the unsuitable bus service this will not help .
As those will need to get the children to school or go to work somehow ,
While we are building there should be a park and ride in every parish so that St PP does not get flooded every day with even more cars,
the sooner we have a paid parking the better .
Build on old greenhouses site or bring back the growing industry .

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By: Scarlett

Scarlett — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 11:19:43 +0000

Apols, I should have also added that the UK’s continued onslaught of legislation to essentially put the CI’s out of business will also have a similar impact on the general shrinkage of the island’s businesses/imported staff/population …IMO, of course.

Don’t need a crystal ball to see that one.

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By: scarlett

scarlett — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 11:11:05 +0000

sorry, but…isn’t this perceived ‘need’ based at least partially on projections about how the population will increase if it continues as is…

Unless they have a crystal ball, that is.

If finance shrinks and our tax status changes accordingly to top up the States coffers, maybe by taxing rich tax exiles and the remaining businesses that remain at a more realistic rate, then Guernsey will be attracting a lot less wealthy/well paid imports, driving existing ones away, I would say, in some cases.

Thar would mean the States simply won’t have the funds to continually
Build houses, but equally, a lot of local houses/flats will have to be let/sold at a more reasonable price, or risk remaining empty, thus, there will be more available in the private sector at an affordable price.

I appreciate that this is speculation, but perhaps nomoreso than these estimated housing need projections, IMO…!

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By: Spartacus

Spartacus — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 08:46:10 +0000

markB

you’re not an estate agent clearly :-)

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By: markB

markB — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 08:14:47 +0000

Ed ….You’re right Upper means Higher ..Nothing to do with class

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By: Ed

Ed — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 20:34:36 +0000

My theory is that these parishes were labelled with this name because of their elevation with relation to sea level, but the idea that these districts were ‘upper’ was manipulated by uppity bourgeois residents who were fuelled by the irrational belief that their interests were most paramount.

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By: A.J.

A.J. — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 17:29:29 +0000

Shame they removed the Nissan huts as well as taking down the goalposts.Unfortunately if the site was to revert to football pitches, this would involve erecting a 25ft high wire mesh fence alongside the Fort Road.So,not likely.However, the site would make wonderful building plots, but can,t see ‘Local Market’ houses ever being built on this site.

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By: islander

islander — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 17:28:04 +0000

Island Wide Voting

Yes it was further away from the road.The wooden changing rooms were situated about 20 yds east of the pine trees.You could say where the path is now would be the paremeter of the playing pitch. ok some of the pitch as entered Fort and now used as property owned privately.The remainder which is the grass mown area under the control of St Peter Port Constables and maitained by States Works Dept.

I wonder why it was not all sold off as part of Fort George?

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By: Spartacus

Spartacus — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 14:11:52 +0000

Radical

I totally agree that people in poverty need more help.
However social housing is perhaps a quick fix rather than solving the underlying problems of inequality.

Another public park is a great idea. They could instigate compulsory land purchase again like they did with the airport :-)

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