Agenda 2019

   A fabulous aerial shot of Plémont on the North Coast of Jersey. aerial shot of Plémont   A very favourite beach. Off to the left of the picture is the place where we spent many hours amongst the caves, rocks and rock pools after the tide went out. One afternoon as the tide was coming in with some quite big surf, I was standing in the water facing the beach (with back to the incoming surf, yes, very silly I know) talking to my wife who was still on the beach. She failed to mention a big one she had noticed coming in behind me. A wave has quite a degree of power when it hits someone in the back. I eventually surfaced from beneath the foaming azure, turquoise, sparkling dark water and stood dripping wet and breathing hard. She was doubled up with laughter and was still chuckling about the incident for days afterwards. In fact she can still smile about it now.  https://www.facebook.com/chrisbrookesjersey

  http://jerseyeveningpost.com/news/2014/07/02/saved-for-ever/#comments   The headland at Plémont could be owned by the National Trust for Jersey within weeks The Plemont headland It has been a good couple of days for the States. The decision to reject the Sunday trading trial (see post on that story) and now this agreement on the future of the Plemont headland, indicates (certainly in my opinion) , that there are occasions in the States Chamber when sanity rules and members come to the right decision for the right reasons. I have long argued that the Plemont headland is too valuable for the people of the island and for the visiting tourist to be handed to some developer to build very expensive and very exclusive homes for a very few privileged members of society. There are those (reflected in some posts on the Jersey Evening Post story page too) who argue that Jersey is a small island with a housing problem and that more homes are needed. I would certainly not...

http://jerseyeveningpost.com/news/2014/05/31/ours-for-3%C2%BDm/ Plans to build on Plémont's headland could be scrapped after environmental campaigners struck a behind-the-scenes deal to buy the site for £7.15 million. The Plemont headland.     Great news. There is too much "development" in the wrong places already in Jersey. If the Plemont headland can be retained for the islanders (and tourists), and returned to nature, then it must be a good move environmentally and socially.

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-jersey-  A date has been set for a public inquiry into plans for Plemont Headland. This exceptional location must be sold to the National trust for Jersey, and returned to nature. Any other outcome involving development of the site, can only demonstrate the extent to which greed and self interest have become endemic in Jersey.