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Guernsey Electricity has agreed to work with the Vale and St Sampson’s Douzaines to see how the current high level of community liaison between them can be improved and extended.

Members of the Vale Floral Group continue to be very active to help keep the parish in tip top condition and one of their latest projects is improving the field at the back of the Douzaine Rooms, pictured. 

Parishioners and Douzeniers have reacted angrily to proposals to build up to 156 new homes at the former Kenilworth Vinery at Saltpans (below) because of the impact it could have on the Vale.

Building a new 156-home estate on the former Kenilworth Vinery estate at Saltpans will have no significant effect on traffic in the area, an impact assessment by consultants Arup has concluded.

Plans to allow up to 156 homes at the former Kenilworth Vinery site in the Saltpans has been criticised by the Vale's Senior Constable, who said it reinforced the widespread view that politicians needed to control their planning officers far more tightly.

A new quarry to extract granite might be opened in the Vale after planners produced a framework under which aggregate could be extracted from Chouet headland, subject to formal planning permission.

Flashback to April 2018: A warning sign next to a vehicle in the Vale Church car park which police said they would remove unless the owner did so. (Picture courtesy of Guernsey Police)

Deputies from the north of the island believe that changes need to be made to the Island Development Plan to stop it being implemented based on planners' personal opinions, it has been reported.

A reminder that the Vale Parish meeting will be held tomorrow evening and seeks to raise more than £230,000 to meet parish expenses for the year plus a further £313,000 for the collection of domestic refuse.

The Vale's very popular playground at Les Amarreurs has received a makeover – thanks to staff from Specsavers' Southampton office (pictured above courtesy Guernsey Press and Star).