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Planners have approved an application that will allow emergency sleeping pods to be installed at the Vale Douzaine to help the island's homeless this winter.

Vale householders are being asked to ensure they put out the right materials in their recycling bags because refuse contractors have been instructed not to collect any that contain non-compliant items.

Vale property owners are reminded that hedges and streams have to be cut and cleaned in the last 15 days of September so the deadline for that starts on Monday.

The Vale Douzaine has taken the unusual step in planning matters of issuing a strongly-worded statement condemning the proposed eight-storey block of flats that has been proposed for the Bridge area by Island Land Ltd. It says One Bridge Avenue looks like an April Fool's joke and does not provide accommodation people want to live in. The statement released by senior constable Richard Leale is as follows:

Proposals for an eight-storey block of flats immediately behind the shops on the Bridge have alarmed and surprised many in the parish and the Senior Constable has said the douzaine is looking immediately into what is planned for the area and the reasons behind the application.