Environment Department news, page 2


Call to permit alternative uses of empty warehouses

CHANGING the use of warehouses could fill empty industrial buildings, Martel Maides associate director Terry Gardiner has said.


Bungling Environment ‘has done us a favour’

MISTAKES made by Environment while dealing with the Admiral Park development have given interested parties more time to talk, neighbouring landlords have said.


Temporary use of former vinery site has gone on too long – neighbours

FRUSTRATED neighbours are pleading with the Environment Department not to extend the Fontaine Vinery’s change of use application for a third time.


‘No easy answers to gridlock at the Bridge’

THERE is no quick fix to traffic problems on the Bridge, the Environment Department said yesterday.


Planning ‘moving the goalposts’ with Admiral Park development

ENVIRONMENT has been accused of ‘moving the goalposts’ ahead of a decision being made over the next major phase of the Admiral Park development.


Deputy is outraged Planning ‘powerless’ to stop fly-tipping

ENVIRONMENT is powerless to stop fly-tipping outside a St Martin’s home because the rubbish ‘does not amount to development’, it has confirmed.


Concerns raised over lack of parking at mooted multiplex

GRAVE concerns have been raised over a potential lack of parking for cinemagoers at the proposed Admiral Park development.


Planners did get it wrong over Admiral Park scheme

ENVIRONMENT has admitted an embarrassing mistake in its handling of the prestigious Admiral Park development.


Guernsey is ‘behind times on disability issues’

THE island is 20 years behind the UK when it comes to dealing with disability issues, according to one property owner.


Vale road closures ‘causing small businesses to suffer’

REPEATED closures of a main road in the Vale have been damaging small business and delaying islanders, senior parish constable Laurie Queripel has said.

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