St Sampson development site put back on market

A Guernsey site earmarked for new housing is back on the market after revised permission was granted to remove an affordable housing provision.

Pointues Rocques, near Delancey Park in St Sampson, was due to contain 16 affordable properties out of a total of 68 new dwellings.

Architect PF+A resubmitted plans after the States suspended its GP11 rule last year which required larger housing developments to include a portion of affordable housing.

PF+A said the reality of gifting a proportion of land for affordable housing complicated matters but said it now expected the site to gain "plenty of interest as it is more straightforward".

Guernsey introduced GP11 in 2016 which set out how many affordable houses developers needed to include in their plans.

However it was suspended last year after complaints from the building trade that it was preventing building work from going ahead.

PF+A said the site includes 68 market houses, with a mixture of one, two and three bedroom units.

"With housing needed, this is an excellent opportunity and ready to go," it said.

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