169 affordable new homes to be built in St Helier

Almost 200 'much-needed homes' are set to be built in the centre of St Helier and 169 of them will be affordable. Andium Homes will acquire the majority of the properties set to be built on the site of the former Play.com warehouse, next to the Co-op Grand Marché.

In 2020, plans were approved for 195 new homes to be built as a commercial project.

Andium has since been given approval to carry the development forward to provide social housing.

A 'small number' of commercial units will also be developed in the area, as part of the newly named 'Northern Quarter'.

Minister for Housing and Communities, Deputy David Warr says: “I am delighted that Andium Homes will be building much-needed housing on this site, which is in an area of St Helier that will benefit from such regeneration”.

The site is currently still privately owned, but Andium Homes says the sale is expected to go through the Royal Court 'within weeks'.

Carl Mavity from Andium says: ”Andium Homes is pleased to have completed negotiations on this site which already has planning permission in place. These homes will contribute to our target of providing 3,000 new homes by 2030. We have already completed 720 homes and are actively building an additional 716 on other sites. “