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INSIGHT: Planning policy 60 years on...what's changed?

INSIGHT: Planning policy 60 years on...what's changed?

Friday 15 October 2021

INSIGHT: Planning policy 60 years on...what's changed?

Friday 15 October 2021


From warnings about homes being turned into hotels, and development "density", to tree protection recommendations...there are many parallels between "long-term" planning policies being drawn up in 1961 and now.

60 years ago this year, the then-'Natural Beauties' Committee, which was responsible for planning at the time, asked W.H. Barrett to produce an Island Survey Interim Report before they could submit development plans for the island.

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Posted by Scott Mills on
same same. There'll be more movement away from Jersey than to Jersey over the next 5/10 years. Lovely beaches can't keep people here forever
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