Deputy Peter Ferbrache made his comments during a Chamber of Commerce event yesterday, where he spoke at length about the financial dire straits Guernsey is in and why P&R is presenting its GWP ‘mid-term reset’ today.
During it he highlighted how selling off State-owned land wouldn’t fix the financial hole the island is in, while also lamenting a recent decision to list a particularly contentious building.
Last week the Development and Planning Authority voted to make the Castel Hospital a listed building.
“Which effectively means no-one is ever going to buy it,” said Deputy Ferbrache.
“You can’t knock it down, you’ll never be able to develop it, so there’s an asset that some politicians believe is so important to keep in its squalor and its decay that it’s not going to be an asset that can be used by the public of Guernsey.”
Members of Deputy Ferbrache’s committee previously wanted to knock the building down completely and start from scratch.
Express has reached out to the DPA to find out why the decision was made.
More to come…