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Moves by the States to remove unused craft from the headland at Les Amarreurs and restore the vegetation binding the sand dunes there have been welcomed by the parish's Constables.

What's been described by some as the worst road in the island looks set for improvement following pressure from the Vale Douzaine.

Public funds will be used to help kick-start the regeneration of Leale's Yard, Policy and Resources said yesterday. It has authorised up to £400,000 to be used to revitalise four areas, including the long derelict Bridge site.

All 10 island parishes have widespread concerns about the way Guernsey's planning laws currently work, the Guernsey Douzaine Council has said.

Claims by Development & Planning Authority president Dawn Tindall that just four homes were built in the North of the island last year show how out of touch she is with parish concerns about over-development and the loss of open space, says the Vale's Senior Constable.

Vale parishioners have a week left to comment on plans to build at the "Triangle Field" at the entrance of Alliance, parish deputy Sarah Hansmann Rouxel has said.

States of Guernsey Planners do work in confidence with developers on draft development frameworks (DFs) and priority is given to housing, regeneration and key industrial expansion areas, it has been confirmed to Northern parish officials.

Parish officials in the North of the island have reacted angrily to Planners releasing yet more land for housing close to the 150-home Saltpans development as it became clear some owners were opposed to building on their property.

Up to 35 new homes could be built in the Saltpans area on top of the 150 already earmarked for the former Kenilworth Vinery site, planners said yesterday. The site, known as Le Four Banal, adjoins the entrance to the as yet unbuilt data park off Route Militaire and is said by the Development and Planning Authority to be within the Bridge Main Centre outer boundary.

The long-awaited development of Leale's Yard and the regeneration of the Bridge has moved a step closer thanks to a States debate on planning, according to the deputy behind the move.