Friday 14 February 2014
Environment Department response to media enquiry from Guernsey Press.
Guernsey Press Enquiry:
We saw in today's La Gazette Officielle, there were two notices about the department amending Fort Richmond in the list of protected monuments and protected buildings.
How has it been amended and why? Also has this been consulted on?
The story is planned in for tomorrow and I would be grateful if we were able to have a response by 4pm today.
Environment Department Response:
The whole of the Fort Richmond site (Cadastre E005370000) was a protected monument, PM173. The barrack building, moat and gun casements were also protected buildings, PB1335. The Department had become aware that there was an anomalous situation with the protection of the site, in that the protected monument and protected building status overlapped and that the most appropriate protection had not been applied to various elements. The amendments now made to the entries in the Protected Buildings List and the Protected Monuments List resolve the issues of appropriate protection by revising the boundaries of the protected monument and protected building.
The former barrack block and a couple of small structures are no longer part of the protected monument but remain protected buildings and the moat is no longer part of the protected building but remains a protected monument. The dual protection still applies to the site, but each is now exclusive of the other.
The revisions have been approved by the Environment Board. The Department discussed the revisions to resolve the anomaly with the owner of the site. There was no requirement for further consultation.
Details of the current entries on the Lists may be viewed at Sir Charles Frossard House or on- line on the States website.
Contact Information:
Jim Rowles, Director of Planning
Environment Department
Tel: 717200
