Living Legend to become 12 new homes

Monday 30 January 2017

12 new homes are to be built on the Living Legend site in St Peter’s Valley.

Dandara applied to demolish the former tourist attraction on La Rue du Petit Aleval and build nine four-bedroom and three six-bedroom homes. The WWII bunker on the site, which is listed and protected, will remain.

The Planning Committee, which agreed the plans at its meeting yesterday, praised the applicant for carrying out extensive consultation with local residents before drawing up final plans and said it was a good approach that others could learn from.

It commented: "The site is in the Green Zone where the justification for development has to be strong. The owners also had to demonstrate it wasn’t viable to keep the site in employment use.

"A planning report said the proposed new development would have less impact on the environment than the current building; it would be smaller scale, with more open space, there would be less traffic to and from the area, and the design was more sensitive to its landscape."

Under a planning obligation agreement, the developers will contribute approximately £40,000 towards improving cycling facilities for the area.

At the same meeting the Committee also approved an application to turn the former NatWest Bank at St Aubin into a restaurant.

The Environment Department received five objections which mainly focused on parking and traffic issues. 27 people expressed support for the application.