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The consultants tasked with breathing new life into the long-awaited redevelopment of Leale's Yard have found a number of residents have good ideas about what could be done with the disused land behind the Bridge.
With previous planning permissions now expired, the focus now is on finding out what the public really want to go there, so something can finally be done with the land that backs on to the main row of shops between St Sampson's and the Vale.
The Channel Island's Co-op owns most of the land, but is now working with the States of Guernsey to find a solution to the long running problems with the area.
Planning permission has been given, and extended meaning houses and shops could have been built there but work never started before the permission expired, as investment wasn't forthcoming and construction firms weren't willing to do the work.
Pictured: Some of the people who wanted to find out more about what might happen to Leale's Yard.
'Tibbalds Planning and Urban Design' is leading the project team appointed to create a new Development Framework for the 30.71 vergees site, and staff from there met with members of the public in a drop-in session at the Church on the Rock on the Bridge yesterday afternoon and evening.
Anyone who was unable to attend or who would prefer to contribute in writing can do so by emailing planning@gov.gg by 20 January 2020. Tibbalds will then be returning to Guernsey in the future to present the findings so far.
Between 14:00 and 15:00 yesterday, up to 50 people had 'dropped-in' to have their say on the future of Leale's Yard, with hundreds of post-it notes with comments on stuck to ideas boards. Those suggestions will be used to develop plans for the site, which could then lead to its redevelopment.
More people were expected to 'drop-in' before the session closed at 19:00.
Pictured: Hundreds of ideas for the future use of Leale's Yard, and the development of the wider Bridge area, were made.
The team from Tibbalds will work on a framework for the development of Leale's Yard over the coming weeks, before going out to public consultation for six weeks from mid-February.
There'll be further drop-in sessions during that six week period and the draft development framework will also be available to view online.
Pictured top: Main image of Leale's Yard provided by the States of Guernsey.
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