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.
