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1. my views on the future of St Helier

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Describe your own view, feelings and vision for how you see the Future of St. Helier?

I do not live in or near St Helier which means when I do go town it is for a specific reason such as shopping, leisure or as a connection point for transport. Currently I think st helier is a well developed part of the island which provides facilities for all the people who live work and visit there, I also think it is full of tradition and although it has been constantly evolving ever since the war there are still key features which have always been the same. After listening to the plans on the development of the water front including the finance centre I feel that the heart and sole of the island is slowly being taken away. The two new buildings on castle street look very modern and help to bring life to this area of town however I think the buildings look like any other city building and lack personality connecting them to the unique island. Jersey will never have a big city due to it’s size, so I don’t think the architecture should make it out to be something that it is not. On the other hand I also think that if jersey is going to be developed further and be built up in more areas there are ways space can be saved and the landscape can be made more interesting at the same time. There is currently a limit to the height of buildings in town which makes the skyline look very flat and boring, if permission could be granted to build up instead of out on some buildings it could ultimately save space town.

I also think St Helier needs to improve and change its rules on transport, due to the high concentration of people who commute around and through the town area, the traffic is becoming worse and worse. I think for such a small area there could be a much more efficient transport system which could work for everyone. In large cities such as London the traffic is limited when going through the city centre to reduce cramming and pollution in built up areas. This is done through a toll gate where vehicles pay to enter, a similar system could be used to prevent traffic in jersey as well as public transport such busses being made even more accessible from all parts of the island.

High rent for homes and shops is making it hard for independent businesses which give St Helier is Uniqueness to stay open, if these prices cary n going up we are going to see more and more chain companies and shops replacing them making town look like a clone of main land city.

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Future Of St Helier

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My Opinion and Views

I moved to Jersey 3 years ago from Brighton, England.

My first impressions of St. Helier were very positive as the town was much calmer than what I was used to in Brighton; It felt alive but at a much smaller scale – the amount of people, shops and attraction is much less but that doesn’t seem to affect the atmosphere or community.

Compared to Brighton there is a bigger variety of culture in St.Helier, however, it is not as visible and prominent. Brighton is very proud and honoured of its society and does its best to celebrate the diversity in whatever way possible – ranging from carnivals to displays and local holidays.

Personally, I don’t have any strongly negative or positive views of St. Helier, I’m on the fence in a sense, I can see St Helier for its beautiful and fulfilling community as well as its more negative sides. I’m hoping this project will help me establish a more concrete understanding and view of the capital.

Masterplan

Generally, a Masterplan is a high level plan with set objectives and strategies to help develop an area over time. It can also be a document that outlines rules and guidance that must be followed when building in a particular area.

It aims to define what is important about a place and how its character can be conserved, improved and enhanced. There is currently multiple documents that contain the masterplan of North of St Helier. These can be found on the Gov.je website.

What Masterplans provide is an outline of what areas must be protected completely and what areas can be altered. This is usually decided by a group of high ups who specialise and care about the future of St. Helier.  What the masterplans above show is the development plans for all the different areas of St. Helier. The future of St. Helier is the one that made me the most curious. The masterplan strives to expand and provide new housing for the growing population as well as supporting the already living population and meeting their needs and expectations.

Furthermore, the masterplan recognises the issues and challenges it will face in order to secure a steady growth in the future. It showcases the multiple workshops that have been held to interact and create a positive relationship with the public. There are multiple documents linked on the page that summarise each workshop, showing the key points and ideas obtained.

Link to Future Of St Helier Masterplan

 

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Future of St. Helier

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In my opinion,  the future of St Helier needs to be more diverse and cultural to allow it to be a place originality and authenticity . I would like to see more art e.g. galleries and public murals so St Helier could be known as a place of identity and atmosphere, which could also attract tourists as well as make St Helier a better place to live. Some parts of St Helier do keep Jersey tradition and heritage which contrast with the development of modern offices and constructions, going from one extreme to another, creating a mismatched style of buildings throughout the town. Going from extreme quiet to business could make it a hard place to live and visit. The future of St Helier could include sustaining more of the history of jersey through modern buildings and not losing jersey heritage as it still needs to grow and develop. The architecture within St Helier could develop and be more original to Jersey creating a stand out building only only seen in Jersey to attract more tourists. It could also focus on creating more of a sense of community for the people who live there, creating more community areas and open spaces, as well as more social areas for the youth.

Masterplan

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A masterplan is a 5 year project (2016 – 2020) using photography, film and archival research to tell the story of Jersey’s economic growth and development in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. It is about making the connection between buildings, social settings, and their surrounding environments. A master plan includes analysis, recommendations, and proposals for a site’s population, economy, housing, transportation, community facilities, and land use. It is based on public input, surveys, planning initiatives, existing development, physical characteristics, and social and economic conditions.

The island of Jersey is one of the world’s leading offshore International Finance Centres. In the second half of the twentieth century Jersey’s economy has experienced a radical transformation from one based upon agriculture and tourism to a financial services industry which today commands over 50% of total economic activity. 104,000 people live in Jersey in 2017 and over 13,000 islanders are employed within the finance sector.

History of St. Helier

Saint Helier is one of the twelve parishes of Jersey, the largest of the Channel Islands in the English Channel. St Helier has a population of about 33,500 and is roughly 34.2% of the total population of Jersey. The parish covers a surface area of 4.1 square miles, being 9% of the total land area of the Island (this includes reclaimed land area of 494 acres

18th century

Until the end of the 18th century, the town consisted chiefly of a string of houses, shops and warehouses stretching along the coastal dunes either side of the Church of St Helier and the adjacent marketplace (since 1751, Royal Square). La Cohue (a Norman word for courthouse) stood on one side of the square, now rebuilt as the Royal Court and States Chamber (called collectively the States Building). The market cross in the centre of the square was pulled down at the Reformation, and the iron cage for holding prisoners was replaced by a prison gatehouse at the western edge of town.

This picture shows the grand ceremony held in the Royal Square in 1881 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Jersey.  It shows the Square in very early years, before it was surrounded by buildings; at the end of the 18th century; throughout the 19th century when major chages were made to the buildings on the east of the Square, gradually expanding the line of government buildings; and into the 20th century.

20th century

In the 1960s, income from the Jersey States Lottery was used to excavate a two-lane road tunnel under Fort Regent, enabling traffic from the harbour to the east coast towns to avoid a torturous route around the fort. About the same time, the Fort was converted into a major leisure facility and was linked to the town centre by a gondola cableway – closed and demolished in the 1990s. n 1995, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Jersey’s liberation from Nazi occupation, and thus 50 years of peace, a sculpture was erected in what is now called “Liberation Square”, in front of the Pomme d’Or Hotel, the focal point for the celebrations when the island was liberated.