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The Invisible Menace – SOSJ report released today

SOS Jersey were recently invited to write a report for the Jersey Evening Post’s ecoJersey supplement, published today. Click here for that full report, as you won’t in fact see it in the supplement; this is because, late this week,

Horizon development flooded again leading to contamination of marina

Once again on the current 39ft spring tides, the sea is entering the polluted Waterfront sites and flushing out large amounts of thick leachate into the Elizabeth Marina. To see all the Horizon posts together, click here. Sediment settles onto

Horizon Developments

Well, the madness goes on. What century is Jersey in? Surely we know better than to let this happen? To find pout what’s afoot with the SoJDC’s latest development wheeze, the Horizon development, read on. We’ll keep all the updates

A Christmas Post (2018) by Dave Cabeldu, Co-ordinator of SOS Jersey

SOS Jersey wish you a happy Christmas 2018 and a peaceful New Year that includes time around our beautiful coastline! Here’s a letter to you all from SOSJ’s founder and Co-ordinator, David Cabeldu.

Groove de Lecq talk

Today SOS Jersey will be represented up at Groove de Lecq, in the Grève de Lecq Barracks ‘Utopia’ area – this area is free to attend. Do come and chat with us at our table! We will be giving two short talks

IFC-SoJDC Asbestos update

SOS Jersey are moderately pleased to report that the pile of contaminated soil at the IFC was at least (mostly) covered today. We wonder why, however,

Safety – what safety? [JDC & ASBESTOS]

ASBESTOS – HOW MUCH & WHAT PROTECTION? …And what is Environmental Health doing? SOS Jersey are strongly concerned with the asbestos situation regarding the SoJDC excavations for the International Finance Centre.

Building 5 – Many concerns come to the fore during appeal

Monday 21 March and Tuesday 22 March 2016 saw a number of people at the Appeal against the proposed (and passed) construction of the imaginatively-named Building 5, one of the buildings planned for the hotly-debated Jersey International Finance Centre due to be

Building 5 appeal starts 21st March 2016

SOS Jersey are a party to the Third Party Appeal by Le Masuriers to be held tomorrow and Tuesday (21 and 22 March 2016) at the Radisson Hotel. This is open to the public, so you can come and watch the

Possible conflicts of interest at SoJDC?

Following the resignation of Mark Boleat as Chairman of SoJDC, Nicola Palois will be the new Chair of the Board of SoJDC if the recommendation of Treasury Minister is approved by the States Assembly. What is the (potential) problem?

SOSJ receive answer to FOI request on Ozouf’s ‘pledge’

Readers of our posts and website will know of our quest to get to the bottom of the statement made to the States by the former Treasury Minister Senator Philip Ozouf.

SoJDC add another 100k to Jersey tax payers’ bill

SOJDC RESUBMIT PLANS TO TRY AND AVOID APPEAL, COSTING THE TAXPAYER OVER £100,000. 

Where are the missing Cautions?!

The ‘missing cautions’ ~ a note from SOSJ’s Chairman. In response to a comment made by Lee Henry, MD of the SoJDC, to our Facebook post last Thursday night, here is a statement received today from our Chairman Michael du Pré. 

Internation Finance Centre build – formal cautions sent out

Following several months of complaints sent to SOS Jersey by members of the public relating to possibly contaminated dust and water escaping from the Esplanade site, the Environment Department have finally responded following an internal investigation.

Jersey International Finance Centre – Today’s Damning Scrutiny Report

‘The Jersey International Finance Centre as presently constituted is not considered viable and is unlikely to to even fund the cost of the underground car park needed to replace the parking on site, let alone generate the previously step return

Esplanade ash contamination 4x higher than Minister claimed

(Please Share) Tonight’s JEP carries an article encapsulating our recent posts here and their own enquiries from various States Departments. Last Month, on 15th July, Treasury Minister Senator Alan Maclean assured the States that there would be vey little contamination. However…

Esplanade asbestos and ash – good and bad news

It’s still serious, but not as serious as we thought, on the asbestos front – more on this soon – and not OK on the ash deposits.

Esplanade Development – Deep Drilling Commences

DAY 41- DEEP DRILLING STARTS — Sample results still awaited — Load refused at La Collette due to asbestos contamination — Dust monitoring on site is now running – ‘only 2 high readings so far’ — Dust monitors for public

Esplanade Scrutiny Panel with SoJDC – Report

YESTERDAY’S SCRUTINY HEARING – SoJDC UNUSUAL ACCOUNTING, IRRITATION & ‘THAT MEETING’? Yesterday afternoon the SoJDC Chairman, Directors and three non-executive board Members gave evidence to the Corporate Service Scrutiny Panel Public Hearing in the States buildings. Here we have tried

The Esplanade protest – more photos

Around 2,000 people encircled the Esplanade car park at the protest organised by Sean Power and team and shouted ‘NO!’ Drivers of passing vehicles hooted horns to show approval. Here are some more photos from the event.

The Esplanade development – and that 200,000 sq ft pledge

Before we report on this morning’s States proceedings, SOSJ would like to stress we are not against development per se; our problems with the Esplanade development proposals are a number of environmental ones and we are still awaiting several answers.

Esplanade’s new tenant and a broken pledge

SOS Jersey have known for some time that UBS were likely to sign up for part of Building 4 – the first building of six. Building work cannot proceed under the as yet unchanged Memorandum of Understanding that exists unless

Parishioners give their views on Esplanade

Deputy Monty Tadier arranged a meeting at Communicare on Wednesday evening (20 May 2015) primarily to obtain the views of concerned St. Brelade’s residents on the International Finance Centre and to explain what he is doing about it. Here’s how

Planning’s response to Esplanade letter – No surprises, sadly!

PLEASE SHARE. Esplanade tree felling – Planning respond to your complaints – No action to be taken! Are you surprised? Sadly, we aren’t at all.Read on to see what happened.

Esplanade car park investigation – an update

The JEP have been adding articles and updates on line and today in the paper they report on the Corporate Services Scrutiny Hearing which we mentioned on Friday. The Planning Department refute the JDC’s statement that tree clearance on site

Esplanade: are Planning in breach of their own conditions?

Is planning permission for building No 4 still valid and being followed? (And was the tree clearance legal? Lawyers think not.) A letter sent yesterday to all States Members from Law Firm Collas Crill casts grave doubts.

Illegal Esplanade Carnage by JDC

CARNAGE AT THE ESPLANADE CAR PARK – PLANNING PROCEDURE IGNORED (PLEASE SHARE). We publish photos taken this morning of the current (and we believe illegal) ‘landscaping’ taking place at the Esplanade car park which we are monitoring. Reports from the public

Esplanade News – 220+ planning objections in 24 hours!

Esplanade Car Park Update. Great news – the SOSJ team survey was successful, collecting over 220+ objections in 24 hours. Why so many? That’s because people hadn’t known beforehand… Read on and please share.

Esplanade car park development – new plans submitted

SOS Jersey publish the new plans submitted to the Planning Minister which are totally changed from the planned phasing. On Wednesday night (7 Jan) in the JEP, former Senator Ben Shenton listed the failings

The Esplanade Development – Update January 2014

As 2014 brings us a New Year, SOSJ reports on the most worrying issue before islanders in environmental, social and financial terms. This is the hurried and unethically arranged development currently being rushed through by the States of Jersey Development

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