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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).

Vale's senior deputy has expressed amazement that the island's planners could have approved a scheme that may see up to 38 homes built on a green field close to the Power Station.

Details of a strongly-worded letter to the Development and Planning Authority over deficiencies in Guernsey's Island Development Plan have been released by the Senior Constable in response to planning frameworks being approved that could see 160 new homes built in the North.

A native wildlife hedge has been planted near the Vale Douzaine room in an attempt to improve the environment.