Island planning policy extended until 2030

The rules dictating where developments can built on the island have been extended until at least the end of 2030.

A review into the Island Development Plan was launched in 2023 after being delayed due to the pandemic.

Development and Planning Authority President Neil Inder said the proposal was "practical and necessary."

The current Island Development Plan (IDP) was due expire in November, 10 years after it was first agreed.

Inder said: "It is about ensuring continuity certainty and stability in our planning system while important ongoing work is completed and while the foundations for a comprehensive view to the islands planning framework are properly put in place."

Inder added a full review would have ordinarily been completed.

"However as set out in the policy letter that has not simply not been achievable within the available timeframe," he said.

"The authority is currently concluding the focused review of the IDP. That work has been extensive and complex."

In debate, DPA member Deputy Sarah Hansmann-Rouxel said that the debate on the new IDP will be "before the end of the year".

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