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P&R has passed the buck for the row over the Fort Richmond conveyance to STSB.
Answering further questions on the saga, Policy and Resources said that "political responsibility for property and real estate owned or leased sat with the States’ Trading Supervisory Board.
"The (P&R) Committee is therefore unable to comment on the approach adopted at the time."
Deputy Andy Taylor had asked for further information on the sale of the former States owned property, having previously been provided information on the matter.
Referencing his own former Rule 14 questions, Deputy Taylor asked P&R "were formal assurances provided by the purchaser of Fort Richmond?"
This concerned a previous assertion given by P&R that "formal assurances (emphasis added)," had been given "that the adjoining landowners would be willing and capable of agreeing any boundary exchanges to suit their specific requirements following completion of the sale”.
Deputy Taylor asked if this included the purchaser and P&R responded simply saying "Yes".
It was further confirmed that this formal assurance was given prior to the conveyance in June 2019.
P&R then said it couldn't answer any further questions as STSB was responsible for the sale.
Pictured: Fort Richmond was sold by the States in 2019.
Deputy Taylor has asked numerous questions surrounding the sale of Fort Richmond since tensions between the owners and neighbours escalated earlier this year.
The dispute is said to have initially centred around boundary issues between Fort Richmond itself and Maison de la Guerre, a neighbouring privately owned property.
The land where Maison de la Guerre sits has been owned by the Allez family since early last century. A bunker was built on their land during the Occupation and that was later developed into their family home.
However, the boundary line was allegedly moved - dissecting the property - when Fort Richmond was sold in 2019.
The dispute between the Allez family and Julian Mountain - a director of Bembridge Ltd, who lives in Fort Richmond - escalated in recent months with opposing views on land ownership and access rights. While that has since been resolved, Deputy Taylor has asked numerous questions of Policy and Resources - the States committee previously believed to be responsible for the sale of Fort Richmond - to try to get to the bottom of how the boundary issues arose.
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