A year as
“These three successes
haven’t arisen by chance.
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Minister for the Environment
by STEVE LUCE, MINISTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT How quickly the last year has gone.
It seems like very little time has passed since I took the post of Minister for Planning and
Environment and got involved with a complex department that has a wide range of responsibilities.
In that time, I’ve done both more, and less than I’d hoped. Reforming the planning law to make it easier for people to make small changes to
a long time and we’ll see the fruit of that work in January when the first of a series of changes take effect.
I’m also pleased to see the introduction of planning tribunals to challenge planning decisions. Costs won’t be as cheap as we’d planned because of the changes happening across wider government, but it’s a definite improvement and a fairer and more accessible process.
I’m also positive about the work we’re doing to improve St Helier. Working with the Town Constable, and the Ministers for Housing, Transport and Technical Services, and Education, Sport and Culture we’ve asked people for their views and we have responded quickly to achieve some quick wins. We’re taking immediate steps to improve three areas of the centre of town by installing pedestrian crossings, and will carry out a more comprehensive review of traffic management in St Helier to look at the impact and benefits of a variety of travel and transport proposals before they are consulted on.
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their home or business is a big tick in the box. It’s something people have been telling me needs to change for
We’re also on track to provide design guidelines for developers to
encourage and help them deliver clever and attractive developments in town that people want to live and work in. Good examples where this is already working are provided by the conversion of office space to apartment buildings at Colomberie and Phillips Street.
These three successes haven’t arisen by chance. The Department of the Environment’s been actively listening to people, trying to learn more about what people do and don’t want, how they want services delivered and what’s important to them. At stalls in town, consultation meetings, summer community events and industry talks, I’ve asked people what they think, we’ve listened to their responses and we’ve tried to act on their feedback.
All of this is set in the wider context of the strategic and financial direction government is taking to improve the public sector and provide services in the way that people want them. We’ve got a clear path set down by the Council of Ministers and agreed by the States, for what we want to achieve over the current term. The four strategic priorities are education,
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