Petition started to give St Brelade's Bay coastal national park status

A petition has started to protect St Brelade's Bay by designating it as a coastal national park under the new Island Plan.

The St Brelade’s Bay Association action group says these are "failing to respect intentions expressed by the States Assembly in the current Island Plan" and have "ignored" responses to public consultations which want to protect the area following a survey.

The group wants planning policies to "stop earmarking the bay for large scale development".

Currently the Island Plan only includes the coastline either side of St Brelade's as part of the National Park.

That is because it is classed as a developed area, and therefore has been excluded alongside other built up areas such as St Aubins and Gorey.

The petition has to reach 1,000 signatures for politicians to respond.