Chalet park plans go ahead - but only if residents agree

Sunday 28 September 2014

Residents of the chalet park at Ouaisne will have six months to negotiate to buy their homes or sign three-year leases before redevelopment work to demolish four chalets and build three new ones can go ahead.

After a Planning battle stretching out for four years of the residents at Olliviers Farm heard on Thursday that their landowner will be given permission to go ahead with the work, on the basis that it can only happen after talks with existing tenants.

At a ministerial hearing on Thursday, residents said that they were worried that they would be forced out of the area, where some have lived for many years.

The landowner had previously wanted to demolish all of the chalets and replace them with cottages, but has changed his mind.

At the hearing, Environment Minister Rob Duhamel said that he would approve the application – but that the approval was conditional on the landowner and the residents getting together and reaching an agreement.