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The Government's official blueprint of planning policy is currently being drawn up. Here, Express provides a definitive guide of all the attempts politicians have made to tweak it so far, broken down by theme.
The so-called 'bridging' draft Island Plan was published in April and immediately began a journey of consultation - allowing politicians and the public to comment on its 366 pages.
States Members had until midnight on Monday to propose amendments to its policies and preferences. In all, 60 amendments were lodged.
These will now be assessed by the Environment Minister and his policy-makers in the planning department, before a team of independent planning inspectors have their own input, both on the amendments and the 200+ public comments that have been officially registered.
Pictured: St. Helier Deputy Mary Le Hegarat was the first States Member to propose an amendment to the draft bridging Island Plan.
To help people understand what amendments have been proposed, Express has analysed each one, to group them in to themes and give a short summary of what each one is trying to achieve, as well as providing links to the full proposals...
Proposer: Deputy Mary Le Hegarat (1st amendment)
Summary of what is being called for: Removal of three-field site between Grande Route de St Jean and Grande Route de Mont à l’Abbé from plan.
Proposer: Deputy Kevin Lewis (2nd amendment)
Summary of what is called for: Removal of three St Saviour sites (Two around Five Oaks, one at former Longueville Nurseries) from plan.
Proposer: Constable Richard Vibert (4th amendment)
Summary of what is called for: Adding a field (P558) to list of sites of affordable homes
Proposer: Constable Richard Buchanan (11th amendment)
Summary of what is called for: Removing protection of field (630) so that five homes-for-the-elderly can be built there.
Pictured: St Ouen Constable Richard Buchanan wants this field by the parish hall rezoned for housing.
Proposer: Constable Simon Crowcroft (12th amendment)
Summary of what is called for: Removal of field immediately south of Haute Vallée School car park from sites earmarked for affordable homes.
Proposer: Deputy Steve Luce (16th amendment)
Summary of what is called for: Field N410, which is already proposed for affordable homes, is ring-fenced for people aged 55 and above.
Proposer: Deputy Steve Luce (17th amendment)
Summary of what is called for: Addition of field (MN489) for rezoning for parish homes for the over 55s.
Proposer: Senator Steve Pallett (18th amendment)
Summary of what is called for: Addition of field in St. Lawrence (L127), off Grande Route de Saint Laurent, to sites for around 30 affordable homes.
Proposer: Constable Sadie Le Sueur-Rennard (29th amendment)
Summary of what is called for: Addition of two fields in St. Saviour (S415A and S470) for affordable homes, exclusively for first-time buyers.
Proposer: Constable Andy Jéhan (33rd amendment)
Summary of what is called for: Rezoning of Field 371 in St. John to create a memorial garden at its northern end and a wooded area, for use by the primary school and the public at the southern end, with some parking.
Proposer: Constable Andy Jéhan (34th amendment)
Summary of what is called for: Rezoning a field (J229) for rented homes for the elderly run by a parish-backed housing association.
Proposer: Constable Andy Jéhan (35th amendment)
Summary of what is called for: Support for the building of supported homes for the over-55s on a field (J236) in La Rue du Cimetière, St. John.
Pictured: Constable Andy Jéhan wants Field 236 near St. John's Cemetery rezoned for housing.
Proposer: Constable Andy Jéhan (36th amendment)
Summary of what is called for: Permission to develop 11 affordable first-time buyer homes in Field J939.
Proposer: Senator Kristina Moore (40th amendment)
Summary of what is called for: Part of a field in St. Peter (P559) is rezoned for affordable homes.
Proposer: Constable John Le Bailey (49th amendment)
Summary of what is called for: Addition of Field MY563 as site for affordable homes.
Proposer: Constable John Le Bailey (50th amendment)
Summary of what is called for: Addition of Field MY493 as site for affordable homes.
Proposer: Deputy Inna Gardiner (3rd amendment)
Summary of what is called for: Putting more emphasis on children’s play areas, including a provision that new developments must be no more than five minutes’ walk from a play area.
Proposer: Deputy Louise Doublet (5th amendment)
Summary of what is called for: Prioritises a requirement for developers to deliver play spaces that are ‘green’ or ‘natural’ over formal, built structures, and ensures that walking routes to and from play spaces developed off-site are safe for children to use.
Proposer: Deputy Inna Gardiner (6th amendment)
Summary of what is called for: Land around schools in St. Helier and St. Saviour must be prioritised for educational needs.
Proposer: Deputy Rob Ward (8th amendment)
Summary of what is called for: Ringfencing the Gas Works site in Tunnell Street for a new town primary school.
Proposer: Deputy Rob Ward (10th amendment)
Summary of what is called for: Nelson Street car park / The Old Fire Station site is safeguarded for use as a youth facility.
Pictured: Deputy Rob Ward wants to ensure that the old fire station in Nelson Street becomes a youth centre.
Proposer: Deputy Inna Gardiner (7th amendment)
Summary of what is called for: No more than 50% of affordable homes for purchase on any given site should be to people who are prioritised because they have links to the parish in question.
Proposer: Constable Simon Crowcroft (13th amendment)
Summary of what is called for: trees planted in the ground, as opposed to planters, is encouraged by requiring underground services to be re-routed around them; and underground watercourses are restored and become a feature of developments.
Proposer: Deputy Rowland Huelin (14th amendment)
Summary of what is called for: Greater allowance for modern double-glazed windows in historic buildings.
Proposer: Deputy Inna Gardiner (22nd amendment)
Summary of what is called for: More consideration for disability when designing homes for supported living, and greater consultation with disability groups.
Proposer: Deputy Inna Gardiner (23nd amendment)
Summary of what is called for: Greater recognition of and support for the disabled in planning policies.
Proposer: Deputy Inna Gardiner (24nd amendment)
Summary of what is called for: An obligation to look for alternative locations to provide public services when they are in listed difficult-to-access historic buildings, or to ensure that reasonable adjustments can be made to allow those with disabilities to use them.
Pictured: Deputy Inna Gardiner has lodged three amendments concerning disability.
Proposer: Senator Sam Mézec (25th amendment)
Summary of what is called for: Residential development should only be supported where an agreed proportion of affordable housing is provided.
Proposer: Senator Kristina Moore (26th amendment)
Summary of what is called for: Allowing homes in the country to be sub-divided, converted or extended to provide extra dwellings for families.
Proposer: Deputy Kirsten Morel (28th amendment)
Summary of what is called for: While the plan recognised that traditional farm buildings can be used for other purposes, any surrounding fields must stay in agricultural use irrespective of the new use for the farm buildings.
Proposer: Deputy Kirsten Morel (38th amendment)
Summary of what is called for: Allows buildings at Bienvenue Farm, St. Lawrence, home of the Fencing Centre and Hidden Garden Company, to be used for warehousing and storage space.
Proposer: Senator Sam Mézec (41st amendment)
Summary of what is called for: Planning permission will not be granted for homes on government-owned sites, or sites that are owned by government-owned bodies, unless they meet the planning guidance definition of “affordable”, except in extreme circumstances.
Proposer: Constable Mike Jackson (44th amendment)
Summary of what is called for: All residential developments should include a proportion of smaller homes to encourage and enable ‘right-sizing’.
Proposer: Senator Sarah Ferguson (48th amendment)
Summary of what is called for: Maximum building height supported should be reduced from eight storeys to five.
Proposer: Constable Mike Jackson (60th amendment)
Summary of what is called for: Attempt to improve the plan’s proposed performance measures so that “deterioration or improvements in scenic landscape areas and loss of land suitable for tourist economy or public amenity development can be better assessed in the future”.
Proposer: Deputy Rob Ward (9th amendment)
Summary of what is called for: Allows a degree of flexibility in any development opportunities at Springfield Stadium site. Would allow consideration, for example, to removing redundant walkways to utilise the open space more constructively.
Proposer: Deputy Graham Truscott (15th amendment)
Summary of what is called for: Designating the Railway Walk and Pont Marquet Country Park as protected open spaces.
Proposer: Constable Steve Pallett (19th amendment)
Summary of what is called for: A improvement plan for St. Brelade’s Bay is completed by December 2023.
Pictured: There are a number of amendments concerning St. Brelade's Bay.
Proposer: Senator Sarah Ferguson (amendment to 19th amendment)
Summary of what is called for: The improvement plan for St Brelade’s Bay is completed by May 2022.
Proposer: Constable Simon Crowcroft (32nd amendment)
Summary of what is called for: Les Quennevais as a ‘secondary main urban centre’ should be removed from the plan.
Proposer: Deputy Montfort Tadier (43rd amendment)
Summary of what is called for: A Masterplan for Les Quennevais is produced no later than May 2023.
Proposer: Constable Mike Jackson (45th amendment)
Summary of what is called for: Les Quennevais is excluded from policies that support the growth of the ‘nighttime economy’.
Proposer: Constable Mike Jackson (53rd amendment)
Summary of what is called for: Greater protection for tourism and public infrastructure in St. Brelade’s Bay’s shoreline zone.
Proposer: Constable Mike Jackson (54th amendment)
Summary of what is called for: To identify the area of green backdrop zone along St Brelade’s Bay’s eastern promenade next to its shoreline zone as a new ‘shoreline extension zone’ and to import further restrictions on developments in that area to restrict residential development.
Summary of what is called for: Greater protection of public car parking spaces in St. Brelade’s Bay.
Proposer: Constable Mike Jackson (56th amendment)
Summary of what is called for: Greater planning protection of staff accommodation in St. Brelade’s Bay.
Proposer: Constable Mike Jackson (57th amendment)
Summary of what is called for: to ensure further prime tourist economic land is not lost on the seafront of St. Brelade’s Bay through the exploitation of loopholes in current proposed wording of the Island Plan, that could make land with designated use for daytime and evening economy purposes available for residential purposes.
Proposer: Constable Mike Jackson (58th amendment)
Summary of what is called for: Greater controls over development in and around St. Brelade’s Bay.
Proposer: Constable Mike Jackson (59th amendment)
Summary of what is called for: Improvement in St. Brelade’s community participation in planning matters, ensure those most affected by public art installations are given an opportunity to comment on their design, and ensure greater transparency and common neighbourly courtesy in planning matters.
Proposer: Senator Kristina Moore (20th amendment)
Summary of what is called for: Support for safeguarding of field MY966 for mineral extraction by next-door La Gigoulande Quarry is removed from the plan.
Pictured: Senator Kristina Moore wants to remove the Plan's support for expansion of La Gigoulande Quarry.
Proposer: Deputy Inna Gardiner (21st amendment)
Summary of what is called for: Greater emphasis on disability and inclusion in the plan’s chapter on ‘active travel’.
Proposer: Constable Simon Crowcroft (42nd amendment)
Summary of what is called for: Better provision for visitor, shopper and resident parking in the plan.
Proposer: Constable Mike Jackson (46th amendment)
Summary of what is called for: Developers should be responsible for the repair of damage to private roads and driveways when they have caused it.
Proposer: Deputy Kirsten Morel (27th amendment)
Summary of what is called for: Designating Waterworks Valley as a ‘strategic countryside access site’ and the plan supporting proposals that encourage, enable or enhance public access to the countryside there.
Proposer: Deputy Richard Renouf (30th amendment)
Summary of what is called for: Limiting the proposed expansion of the Coastal National Park and the introduction of a Coastal National Park law and review of its boundaries.
Proposer: Constable Simon Crowcroft (31st amendment)
Summary of what is called for: Commitment in the plan to create a St. Helier Country Park at Warwick Farm when the current lease there expires in January 2023.
Pictured: Constable Simon Crowcroft supports Warwick Farm becoming a St. Helier Country Park; Deputy Kirsten Morel does not.
Proposer: Deputy Kirsten Morel (37th amendment)
Summary of what is called for: To allow aquaculture outside of the permitted zone off the south-east of the island, as indicated in the plan, when appropriate.
Proposer: Deputy Kirsten Morel (39th amendment)
Summary of what is called for: Introduces designated Conservation Area in St. Aubin, Rozel Harbour and around a number of parish churches.
Proposal: Deputy Kirsten Morel (47th amendment)
Summary of what is called for: Removal of proposal to make Warwick Farm a St. Helier Country Park from the plan.
Proposer: Senator Lyndon Farnham (51st amendment)
Summary of what is called for: Creation of a protected marine park around Jersey covering its shallow marine habitats out to 20m depth.
Proposer: Constable John Le Maistre (52nd amendment)
Summary of what is called for: Field G252A is excluded from Coastal National Park for creation of pétanque court.
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