Proposal for new homes in St Peter Port rejected

The planning service rejected the application for new homes and flats on Mount Durand

A proposal for seven new homes in St Peter Port has been rejected by planners.

The application for four new flats and three houses on Mount Durand was turned down by the States of Guernsey's Development and Planning Authority because it said the design did not fit with the area.

The authority referred to the impact it would have on neighbouring properties, in its report. "The site lies within a conservation area in which it is the duty of the Development and Planning Authority to pay special attention to the desirability of preserving or enhancing its character or appearance," it said.

The developer SFD Limited has been approached for comment.

The States of Guernsey says the application proposed to demolish the existing buildings for the new homes

The application proposed to demolish existing buildings and erect the new homes to the north of site which was adjacent to number 16 Mount Durand and three dwelling to east of the site.

The States said the proposed terrace of houses to the rear of the site with the associated retaining wall would be of a scale that was "substantially larger than other buildings in the locality and with blank gables which do not represent a high standard of design".

"The proposed development, by reason of its design, mass and scale, would detract from the setting of the adjoining protected buildings and prove detrimental to the special interest of the protected buildings of architectural and historic interest contrary to Policy GP5 of the Island Development Plan (IDP)," added the States.