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The full details of how much of the Castel Hospital has been listed and why will be available to the community in the coming days.
It was only recently revealed that the Development and Planning Authority voted to list certain parts of the controversial and underused States site.
The revelation did not come from the DPA and was met with criticism from several members of Policy and Resources, including its President, Deputy Peter Ferbrache, who said it’ll now be less of an asset to the public.
Express has since reached out to the DPA to better understand why the decision was made. Deputy Victoria Oliver, who presides over the Authority, said the answers will be revealed “in the normal manner”.
“I’ve heard first-hand this week about the difficult associations some islanders have with the Castel hospital,” she said. “However, as an Authority, we are required to take an objective approach under Planning Law to protect and enhance Guernsey's heritage of buildings, monuments and sites of historic, architectural or archaeological importance.
“The Authority has a statutory duty to do this through the protected buildings list. When deciding if a building has sufficient special interest to be included on the protected buildings list, whether that is historic, architectural, traditional or another interest, it is judged against published set criteria."
Pictured: “Given the historic and architectural interest of this building, the Authority agreed to list parts of it as a protected building," said Deputy Oliver.
“The full details of what is and isn’t listed on this site will be published in the normal manner once they have been shared with the Policy & Resources Committee, who have the responsibility for the States property portfolio," continued Deputy Oliver.
"This will happen in the next few days. At that time, members of the community will be able to view the details of the decision.”
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